Amir Khan Set to Announce Jorge Rubio as New Trainer
Various reports emanating from Great Britain indicate that Amir Khan will announce this week that he has chosen Cuban trainer Jorge Rubio as his new chief second.
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Risking The Jewels in Top Rank’s Crown
By T.K. Stewart - Make no mistake about it, Miguel Cotto, Kelly Pavlik and Manny Pacquiao are the three shining jewels in the crown of Bob Arum’s Top Rank. And surprisingly, the ageless 76 year-old Arum, not normally known as a risk taker with his meal tickets, has decided to go all in. First on the roulette wheel is the unbeaten Miguel Cotto who will go in tough against Antonio Margarito on July 26th at the MGM Grand. It’s Cotto’s most serious challenge and there is no certainty that he will come away the winner. ”I promote both of these fighters...They are both terrific fighters,” said Arum of Cotto and Margarito. “The one thing I take pleasure in is that the battle of these two guys are in the biggest fight in years and in a fight that is attracting a lot of attention. Bob Arum will be sitting at ringside with the outcome having absolutely no affect on me – that’s how I like it.” Rolling the dice next is undefeated middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik who will fight Bernard Hopkins on October 18th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Arum admitted the fight against Hopkins was not his first choice and he has criticized Hopkins in the past for hanging around the sport too long and for making boring fights. But with few marquee opponents to choose from and with HBO forcing his hand, Arum claims he was left with no other viable alternatives. Finally and perhaps most surprising of all, Arum might risk the crown jewel and bet it all on Manny Pacquiao against - stop the presses - none other than The Golden Boy” himself, Oscar De La Hoya. Were that fight to come to fruition it would be a surety to take place on December 6th also at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Marciano Honored by President Bush and the WBC
Brockton, Mass. - Former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, the only heavyweight champion to ever retire undefeated, will be honored by the US Postal Service as the Brockton, Massachusetts Post Office will soon be renamed after the former champ. It will become known as the Rocky Marciano Post Office Building.
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Cotto vs. Margarito Tickets Not as Hot as Vegas Temps
An inside source at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas confirmed today what many within the industry quietly suspected - the tickets for the Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito welterweight title fight on July 26th are somewhat cooler than the summer temps on the Strip.
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Tarver vs. Dawson Done For October 11 in Connecticut?
Sources have revealed that an autumn showdown between rival southpaws, IBF Light Heavyweight titlist Antonio "The Magic Man" Tarver and soon to be former WBC 175-pound, belt-holder "Bad" Chad Dawson, will land at either the Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods casinos in Connecticut with Showtime televising the fight on October 11.
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Everything Favors Wladimir Klitschko in Thompson Bout
Everything from the betting odds to the German locale favor WBO and IBF heavyweight titlist Wladimir Klitschko heading into his Saturday fight against top challenger Tony Thompson.
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Randy Griffin Fights for Family and Country Against Sturm
In a fight takes place the day after America's birthday, Philadelphia-born #1 WBA middleweight contender Randy Griffin, 24-1-3 (12)KO's is chomping at the bit to again face WBA 160-pound belt-holder Felix Sturm, 29-2-1 (13)KO's on Saturday night at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany.
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Mike Tyson, at Forty-Two, is Still a Tabloid Sensation
Mike Tyson turned 42 on Monday, has not been heavyweight champion since 1996, and has been out of boxing for three years, but he still has the ability to make sensational headlines around the world.
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When Less Could Be More For John Duddy's Career
by T.K. Stewart - BOSTON - Only minutes earlier, John Duddy had finished a spirited ten rounds with Charlie Howe in the old gun room of the muggy Castle at Park Plaza in Boston. But as he stood in the makeshift dressing room in the basement of the 117 year-old armory, it was dank and cool. Duddy was still bathed in warm sweat when trainer Pat Burns made his way down the dark and winding staircase and he saw Duddy with his arm around Howe's shoulder. Burns knew right away that if his fighter stood there in the chill like that for long he'd end up catching a cold. "Get his robe on, get John his robe," said Burns to no one in particular. Duddy got back on track with the unanimous decision win over Howe on Saturday night and he electrified the standing room only crowd of 1,300 while notching his 25th straight win. It was the first fight that Burns and Duddy had spent together as a team and now it was now time for Burns to give his thoughts to a few of us that had cornered him in the bowels of the medieval stone structure.
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John Duddy Rolls Past Howe, No Hassle in the Castle
By T.K. Stewart - BOSTON - It was a distance night of fights on the corner of Arlington Street and Columbus Ave. in Boston tonight. Inside the steamy brick walls of what used to be an armory and with local favorites Tony DeMarco, 1960 Olympian “Skeeter” McClure and heavyweight Kevin McBride in attendance along with a paid full house of 1,300, boxing returned to Boston.
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