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Floyd Mayweather, Sr will be training Ricky “Hitman” Hatton for his upcoming fight against IBF Jr. Welterweight Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 22nd. Mayweather will fly into Manchester, England later this month where he will start training Hatton. Hatton thinks at this stage of his career he won’t be changing his style much but he says you are never too old to learn. Hatton says that his team all agree that it will definitely help him out with Mayweather, Sr’s knowledge.

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Victor Ortiz (21-1-1- 16 KO’s) the hot junior welterweight prospect from Oxnard, California has signed with Golden Boy promotions. Ortiz is scheduled to make his Golden Boy debut on the undercard of the Casamayor/Marquez fight on September 13th, in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand. No opponent yet named

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Retired Welterweight and Pound 4 Pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. was robbed  at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 17th. According to a source the robbers took jewerly and money worth up to $7 million. Floyd wasn’t in the home at the time of the robbery. On Youtube, there’s a video of Floyd Mayweather counting $1 million dollars in cash. You can see comments of people who watched the video talk about robbing him. Floyd is offering $70,000 as a reward for information leading to the suspects.

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WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (22-0, 19 KOs) will take the ring for his first title defense on September 27 facing former 130lb champion Steve “Two Pounds” Forbes (33-6, 9 KOs) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The welterweight clash will be on the undercard of Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga’s junior middleweight match-up, I feel good, I’m confident. I’m in tremendous shape and ready to turn in a good performance on September 27, Berto said. “Fans can expect the same Andre Berto speed and power, and I’ve been bringing in smaller guys and slick boxers. We are working on speed and boxing for this fight.” Berto opened training camp on August 19 in his hometown of Winter Haven at the Winter Haven Police Athletic League gym, the same facility he trained in as an amateur.

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While WBA welterweight Champion Antonio Margarito was in Puerto Rico cheering on his countryman Hugo Cazares in his fight against Ivan Calderon, he had plenty to say on Oscar De La Hoya. Margarito talked about the De La Hoya fight with WBC lightweight champ Manny Pacquiao on December 6 in Las Vegas. He said the bout was nothing more than a “side show. He states that De La Hoya is making an issue that the fight is about revenge for all of the Mexican fighters that Pacquiao beat. Margarito says the fight has nothing to do with revenge, and that Oscar’s decision to fight Pacquiao is for money purposes only and not about making the best fight. How is it possible that Oscar is going to fight with a fighter who used to be flyweight, Margarito said This is all about money. There is no title at stake. He fights him, but he doesn’t dare fight me. Margarito does not plan on watching the fight and says De La Hoya deserves no respect for taking on a fighter who two-fights ago was winning a super featherweight title.

I don’t want to see the fight. Oscar deserves no respect!

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It was a thriller, the “Killer Queen” Susianna Kentikian succesfully defended her WIBF and WBA flyweight championships against tough Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer on Friday night at the Burg-Wächter-Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany. It was a brutal war from the get-go, as Finer marched forward from the opening bell. Kentikian fought back, throwing brutal counter shots to the body and the head. Finer took everything the champion threw at her and dished out as well. The fight became a back and forth, an all-out war between two of the toughest fighters in female boxing. Defense flew out of the window, as both only tried to punish each other. The crowd was on their feed during the whole fight, cheering for the “Killer Queen.” Kentikian proved superior in speed, power and movement and was awarded a well deserved ten round unanimous decision by scores of 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91. It was the seventh succesful defense of the WBA belt for Kentikian, the fourth of the WIBF title, she stays unbeaten at 22-0. It was the hardest fight of her career. Finer, showing heart and will, falls to 17-7-3.

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The Floyd Mayweather of female boxing returns in Germany on Friday night, boxing at the Burg-Wächter Castello in Düsseldorf when the world’s most exciting and pound 4 pound best female fighter Susi “The Killer Queen” Kentikian (21-0, 18 KOs) headlines. The “Killer Queen” defends her WIBF and WBA world titles against the last opponent of record-holding world champion Regina Halmich, Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer (17-6-3), in a bout televised on Spotlight Boxing’s “ProSieben Fight Night.

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Eric Gomez, VP and matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions says now that WBO champion Paul Williams is now being considered as one of the fighters to fight De La Hoya on December 6th. Other fighters in consideration are WBC junior middleweight champ Sergio Mora (Only if he beats Vernon Forrest on September 13th)

Williams promoter Dan Goossen thinks De La Hoya and Williams makes perfect sense. “Oscar has said before that he wants to fight the best welterweight and that’s Paul Williams,” said Goossen. “Williams beat Margarito so it makes sense. Oscar is the biggest name in boxing without a doubt. Williams is the most feared fighter.”

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Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield believes the failure of the U.S. boxing team at the Olympics can be traced back to an obsession with money. They didn’t do very well, not well at all,” Holyfield, a bronze medalist at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, told Reuters at the Worker’s Gymnasium on Tuesday.
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A former world champion boxer accused of scheming the Houston Area Urban League out of $121,000 isn’t sophisticated enough to perpetuate a con, his lawyer said.
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In a battle for the vacant USBO junior middleweight title, Ishmail “The Arsenal” Arvin (15-1-4, 7 KOs) won a controversial six round TKO over Anthony “The Messenger” Thompson (23-3, 17 KOs) on Friday night at the Ibiza Nightclub in Washington, DC. Thompson suffered a bad gash over his left eye in the third round from an unintentional head clash, Thompson dropped Arvin twice in the same round. Thompson continued to dominate, but the bout was eventually stopped by referee Malik Waleed after the sixth round due to Thompson’s cut. The referee ruled that he didn’t see a clash of heads so the confusion started. Instead of going to the cards for a technical decision as expected, it was ruled Thompson could not continue and that local hero Arvin was winner by TKO.
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Cruiserweight Ola “Kryptonite” Afolabi (13-1-3, 5 KOs) dropped DeLeon Tinsley (9-4-1, 5 KOs) in round one and went on to cruise to an eight-round unanimous decision by scores of 79-73, 78-74, 77-74. Afolabi is now unbeaten in his last eleven bouts.

In a bout for the NABO Jr. Middleweight belt, KO artist Joel Julio (34-1, 31 KOs) scored a brutal sixth round TKO against tough Jose Varela (23-4, 16 KO’s) on Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida. Julio dropped the six-foot+ Varela twice in round two, but Varela recovered well. Julio floored Varela again in the third, and again Varela survived the round. Varela used his reach to keep Julio at bay in the fourth. Julio knocked down Varela again in the fifth but Varela was quickly back on his feet and finished the round. More heavy shots from Julio in the sixth, and Varela went down again at the end of the round but beat the count. The bout was then stopped by referee Telis Assimenios between rounds.

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WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito’s co-manager Sergio Diaz, said that Margarito is ready and willing to fight Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. De La Hoya’s negotiations for a fight with Manny Pacquiao fell through. Pacquiao’s attorney, Franklin Gacal, issued a statement calling De La Hoya’s firm stand on a 70-30 revenue split - “unacceptable.” De la Hoya rejected Pacquiao’s counter of a 60-40 split. According to Gacal, he was advised by Pacquiao to start negotiating the terms for a fight with Humberto Soto in November. De La Hoya’s back is against the wall for a December opponent. Diaz says that Oscar should show the boxing world that he is a true Mexican by stepping up to the plate to fight Margarito.
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Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga brings the reckless abandon and fearlessness of a teenager in a street brawl. Mayorga (28-6-1, 22 KOs) is very awkward and his strategy is simple: just come forward, winging big shots with the ability to knock anyone out.

Four-time world champion Sugar Shane Mosley (44-5, 37 KOs) will be the next to tangle with the Nicaraguan strongman. That bout is set for September 27th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
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Erik “El Terrible” Morales, who faced Manny Pacquiao three times during his career, gave his thoughts on the proposed bout between Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas. If the fight gets made, Pacquiao would have to move up from lightweight to an agreed upon of 147-pounds. Morales says the extra pounds that Pacquiao will pack on is going to tire him out due to the rapid climb in weight. “Pacquiao will simply be tired by the sixth or seventh round, nothing more to it than that, Morales was also joined by WBC president Jose Sulaimán, who said that De La Hoya should not fight Pacquiao and instead take the fight with WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito.
“Without a doubt, Pacquiao is a great boxer, but he is very small in this fight. He would have to blow himself up to fight De La Hoya at welterweight and it’s going to be like fighting a middleweight,” Sulaimán said. “The power of Pacquiao will not be there in that division. If they want to sell a fraud to the public, they can go ahead. De La Hoya has picked the easiest (opponent). Against Margarito he will be on equal (physical) terms.”

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With his hand healed and one fight removed from his comeback fight, Salcido looks to continue his winning ways.
Boxer Dominic Salcido broke his right hand in a fight in his March 2006 fight against Odilon Rivera. Though he TKO’d Rivera, the damage to his right hand was severe, and the young fighter was devastated, knowing he would be sidelined for sometime. His aspirations seemed to be crushed. Yet not for long. After a recuperation period of eleven months, he felt recovered enough to return to the ring, which he did on February 23, 2007 against Juan Alfonso Figueroa.

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Joshua Clottey (35-3, 21 KOs) won a ninth round technical decision over former two-division world champion Zab Judah (36-6, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Palms Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas to claim the vacant IBF welterweight title formerly held by Antonio Margarito. The bout went to the scorecards after Judah suffered a bad cut over his right eye in round nine. The cut was ruled to be caused by a headbutt by referee Robert Byrd, however on the replay it showed the cut was definitely caused by a left uppercut. It was a competitive fight with Judah tiring as Clottey was getting stronger as the fight progressed. Scores at the stoppage were 86-85, 87-84, 86-85.

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Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) became a world champion for the second time on Saturday night, dethroning IBF super flyweight champion Dimitri “The Baby” Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs) by fifth round knockout at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. From the opening bell, Kirilov seemed very hesitant in throwing any punches. Whether it was from the strength of Darchinyan the difference in firepower was apparent immediately as Darchinyan simply teed off at will on Kirilov with lead lefts, finally dropping him twice in round five, the second time for the count.