Declining star of Mexican boxing and former WBO/IBF/WBA welterweight world champion Antonio Margarito (39-8, 27 KOs) faced off with his compatriot and the next foe Ramon Alvarez (23-4-2, 15 KOs) who is Canelo’s older brother at the kickoff press conference. Margarito will clash with Alvarez in August 13 at the Centro de Convenciones in Rosarito, Baja California.
Participants of Friday boxing show WBC light heavyweight World title-holder Canadian Adonis Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) and challenger from USA Thomas Williams Jr. (20-1, 14 KOs) made their last pre-fight claimes at the final press conference before a clash on Spike TV which will take place in Quebec City, Canada.
Former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) says the negotiations to fight WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 26KOs) are coming together, but there are still items that both parties have to agree on. The match is targeted for June 7th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. If a deal is not reached, Cotto plans to move forward with another opponent
%foto2%Vladimir Klichko (61-3, 51 KOs) announced his intention to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title, which until recently belonged to his older brother Vitaliy. The championship belt remained vacant after the end of Vitaly's career. “Of course, my goal is to return the WBC title to the Klitschko family,” the 37-year-old world heavyweight champion in the other three prestigious versions of professional boxing told the Bild newspaper. The WBC world champion belt became vacant after the council recognized Vitali Klitschko as an honorary champion. If the Ukrainian decides to return to the professional ring, he will be the first person the future contender or title holder will have to fight. Vladimir will first have to defend his WBO title. Then a fight will be held for the vacant WBC title, and only after that the new title holder can give the green light to a meeting with Klitschko Jr. Based on materials build.de
%foto2%Vladimir Klichko (61-3, 51 KOs) announced his intention to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title, which until recently belonged to his older brother Vitaliy. The championship belt remained vacant after the end of Vitaly's career. “Of course, my goal is to return the WBC title to the Klitschko family,” the 37-year-old world heavyweight champion in the other three prestigious versions of professional boxing told the Bild newspaper. The WBC world champion belt became vacant after the council recognized Vitali Klitschko as an honorary champion. If the Ukrainian decides to return to the professional ring, he will be the first person the future contender or title holder will have to fight. Vladimir will first have to defend his WBO title. Then a fight will be held for the vacant WBC title, and only after that the new title holder can give the green light to a meeting with Klitschko Jr. Based on materials build.de
WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady «GGG» Golovkin is currently in the final stages of his training camp for his June 29th fight against Mathew Macklin. While the fight against Macklin is a dangerous one, boxing fans and insiders alike can’t help but speculate on potential match ups against some of the biggest names in the middleweight and super middleweight divisions. You can count Golovkin himself amongst those who wonder how he would fare against the elite names around his weight class
Promoter Kalle Sauerland of Sauerland Event watched, and wasn’t impressed, with Tomasz Adamek’s controversial twelve round split decision victory over Steve Cunningham from Saturday night. The fight was a semi-final IBF eliminator for a shot at WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko. Adamek
A pair of intriguing bouts top the October 27 show planned at Club Sportlife in Kiev, Ukraine. In the main event, unbeaten contender Victor Postol
