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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.

By Chris Williams: I can’t figure out why Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is so interested in matching Antonio Margarito up against Manny Pacquiao rather than someone else either inside his own stable or preferably outside. Recently, Pacquiao sent out a press release where he said he was still interested in facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in November. Arum then came out saying that Margarito is definitely going to be fighting Pacquiao on November 13th. Why Margarito and not someone else? Heck, Margarito doesn’t even have a boxing license to fight in the United States and he may not even get it all by the time the fight takes place in November.

By Jim Dower: Junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s)has turned down a reported $750,000 to fight World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, according to Steve Kim at maxboxing.com. Angulo, 28, wanted $1 million to fight Martinez and wasn’t satisfied with the $750,000. Gary Shaw, Angulo’s promoter, was all for the Angulo-Martinez fight and thought it would have been a “great opportunity” for him. Now, however, Angulo likely won’t be seen for the rest of the year on HBO, because their schedule is booked with fighters from other promotional companies. There was only that one small window for Angulo to fight and unfortunately he passed up on his opportunity.

By Ronnie Jordan: In a recent interview with the sports journalist Elie Sechbeck, boxing legend and five weight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard was asked how frustrating it was being over looked by opponents who refused to fight him?. Leonard answered saying there wasn’t that problem in his day, the best fought the best and champions fought champions. His answer highlighted a real problem facing modern boxing.