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World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck (33-3, 22 KOs) will defend his titles against British challenger David “Hayemaker” Haye (19-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France.  → read full article

According to Sentanta Sports, Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 KOs) wants to fight Floyd Mayweather next, saying “I definitely, definitely want Mayweather.” For most, this is a welcome signal from Mosley, 36, as he’s shown little desire in the past with mixing it up with Mayweather.  → read full article

In the bronze medal match of the reality series “The Contender,” Australian super middleweight Sam Soliman (35-10, 13 KOs) earned an easy six-round unanimous decision over American Wayne Johnsen (17-3, 9 KOs) on Tuesday night at the TD Banknorth Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts.  → read full article

International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (49-3, 44 knockouts) is reportedly close to completing negotiations for a unification bout with undefeated World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 KOs) accoring to Germany’s Die Welt daily news.  → read full article

According to the BBC, Joe Calzaghe’s promter FranK Warren believes that a future bout with Bernard Hopkins may be a problem, mainly because Hopkins might be afraid to lose to Calzaghe and would make negotiations difficult.  → read full article

Last night on ESPN’s reality television series “The Contender” super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (25-3-2, 15 KOs) stopped Jaidon Codrington (18-2, 14 KOs) in the 8th round at the TD Banknorth Garden, in Boston.  → read full article

It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since former one-time World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33-4, 29 KOs) was stopped in the 7th round by International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.  → read full article

According to the latest boxing news, former World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (39-1, 29 KOs) injured his right hand three weeks before his title match with WBO champion Joe Calzaghe last Saturday night, causing Kessler to miss out on several weeks of hard sparring.  → read full article

Now that WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) has defeated Mikkel Kessler in the WBC/WBA unification match, most of the latest boxing news has indicated that Calzaghe will be choosing the grizzled veteran Bernard Hopkins as his next opponent rather than a younger more crowd pleasing opponent such as Kelly Pavlik.  → read […]

World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (28-1, 21 KOs) destroyed previously unbeaten challenger Mohamed Azzaoui (22-1, 8 KOs) in the 4th round on the undercard of the Calzaghe – Kessler fight at the Millennium Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales.  → read full article