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By Jim Dower: The long awaited rematch between Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) and Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KO’s) will be announced this Thursday for a November 20th bout, according to the latest boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN. There’s still no venue for the fight, but at least the two fighters have finally agreed to make the fight happen.

By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) may have made a huge mistake in taking on sleeping giant Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) as his next opponent on October 16th, rather than some stuff that Vitali could easily beat. Briggs, 38, is a huge puncher with one punch knockout power in each hand.

Sure, Briggs has a few silver hairs among his brown, but he’s a young 38, and probably has less gray than Vitali. Briggs hasn’t lost anything from his prime years. His power is still there, as is his fast hand speed. Those two factors are going to make him incredibly dangerous for the slow and old Vitali. This is the worst kind of opponent for Vitali to be facing on October 16th, because Vitali has been facing mediocre opposition with little power since making a comeback in 2008.

By Scott Gilfoid: Nathan Cleverly (20-0, 10 KO’s) wants to go after World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer next after stopping number #2 ranked Karo Murat (22-1, 13 Ko’s) in the 9th round on Saturday night in the Magnificent Seven card in Birmingham.

By William Mackay: Following James DeGale’s impressive 1st round TKO of Carl Dilks last Saturday night in Frank Warren’s Magnificent Seven card, DeGale and Warren said they want George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s) next. DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) is ready to take on Groves and prove to him who the better fighter is.

By William Mackay: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (32-5, 25 KO’s) was blasted out in the 7th round on Saturday night against German based Ukrainian Alexander Frenkel (23-0, 18 KO’s) at the LG Arena, in Birmingham. I predicted that Maccarinelli, 30, would get knocked out in this fight and I was right with my predictions when Maccarinelli got a little over-confident in the 7th and tried to slug with Frenkel.

By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) fought to an unimpressive 12 round draw on Saturday night against middleweight Sergio Mora (22-1-1, 6 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. This was supposed to have been a fight in which the 39-year-old Mosley was trying to stake a case that he should get big money fights against Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.

By Joe Mitchell: It was a blockbuster night last night for British boxing with Frank Warren putting on the magnificent seven show at Birmingham’s LG arena.

The best performance for me was by Derek Chisora who beat Sam Sexton for a second time stopping him in 9 rounds. I was very surprised because he looked fast skillful and showed he is one of the best heavyweight prospects coming through the ranks, definitely up there with Solis and Boystov. I have seen Chisora a few times but this performance was a breath of fresh air for the heavyweight division he showed real class at times and great head movement unlike Sam Peter did against Wladimir Klitschko recently.

By Sam Gregory: When legendary hall-of-fame trainer Angelo Dundee moved to the city of Oldsmar, Florida several years ago, he always made it a point to visit where it started for him in South Florida.

Those visits won’t be pure nostalgia for Dundee anymore as the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach will reopen next month and Dundee will again play a role with the new facility.

By Dave Lahr: It’s been five years since IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has faced a slugger and he’s been able to get away with dominating the division by facing weaker punchers like Chris Byrd, Eddie Chambers, Tony Thompson, Sultan Ibragimov, Calvin Broch, Ray Austin, Ruslan Chagaev, and Hasim Rahman.

By Jim Dower: The World Boxing Council ordered WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto to start negotiations for a fight with number #2 ranked contender Selcuk Aydin by September 17th. However, Berto wants to take on light welterweight contender Andriy Kotelnik rather than the little known Aydin.