
Ramirez, Valdez Doubleheader Possible For March, Says Arum
Two of Top Rank's bright young champions are WBO featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez (21-0, 19KOs) and WBO super middleweight belt-holder Gilberto Ramirez (34-0, 24KOs).

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Two of Top Rank's bright young champions are WBO featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez (21-0, 19KOs) and WBO super middleweight belt-holder Gilberto Ramirez (34-0, 24KOs).

Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank is optimistic that a rematch between WBO super featherweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5KOs) and tough brawler Orlando Salido (43-13-4, 30KOs) will take place in the spring of 2017.

Andre Rozier, the trainer for Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs), couldn't contain his glee over the deal that was finally secured over the weekend that will see his man face WBA, IBF, WBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).

The fight that many boxing fans were yearning for didn't take place on December 10th as originally planed, but it will be happening on March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York, when Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) puts his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight belts on the line against mandatory challenger Danny Jacobs (32-1, 19KOs).

A fight between Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) and Danny Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs) was consummated for March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

A WBA purse bid - which was scheduled for Monday afternoon in Panama was averted when the two sides representing Gennady Golovkin and Danny Jacobs came to an agreement that will see the two meet on March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

Golden Boy Promotions President Eric Gomez spoke to BoxingScene.com about the ongoing negotiations to finalize a deal for an all-Mexican pay-per-view showdown between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) for the lucrative Cinco De Mayo weekend date of May 6.

Despite its low ratings this past weekend for the broadcast that featured Abner Mares' latest title winning effort versus Jesus Cuellar from the Galen Center in Los Angeles, Stephen Espinoza, the Executive V.P and General Manager of Showtime Sports and Event Programming, is taking the long term approach to things.

Junior welterweight contender Antonio Orozco was scheduled to face Fidel Maldonado tomorrow night as the co-feature on HBO Latino from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Unfortunately, Orozco - who is rated number one by the WBC - has been pulled out of this contest.

So what became of middleweight Avantil 'Suicide' Khurtsidze, who after bursting the bubble of the undefeated Antoine Douglas on March 5th hasn't been seen in the ring since?