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Given the lack of clarification on the terms of Frank Warren’s offer for British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch to challenge WBO champion Joe Calzaghe, Froch’s promoter Mick Hennessy has tabled a proposal of his own to stage the all-British super fight on a Hennessy Sports event either this July or September.

“After being made aware of Frank Warren’s comments over the last few days, I’m pleased to confirm that negotiations have started with his company Sports Network about a super fight between Carl Froch and Joe Calzaghe,” confirmed Hennessy.. Read more

NEW YORK, NY (April 16, 2007) — It’s raining ducats and dogs at Madison Square Garden’s box office! Though tickets for X-Plosive! — the June 9 world welterweight championship between undefeated defending champion MIGUEL COTTO and two-division world champion ZAB JUDAH — don’t go on sale until Wednesday, The Garden’s Backstage Access members have been taking advantage of today’s pre-sale perk to the tune of 500 tickets per hour! “I think we named this event correctly,” said promoter Bob Arum. “Judging by the response of The Garden’s Backstage Access members and from the calls and emails swamping our office and website, ‘X-Plosive!” may prove to be an understatement!”

Membership to The Garden’s “Backstage Access” is free. To join, simply click on the following link. http://www.thegarden.com/newsletter_about.html Tickets to Cotto vs. Judah, priced at $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50 and include a $4.50 facility charge, go on sale This Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. and can be purchased at the MSG Box Office, TicketMaster outlets & TicketMaster phone (866-448-7849), and online at www.ticketmaster.com / www.thegarden.com. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Prize Fight Boxing, X-Plosive! will be broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View from Madison Square Garden.

The heavyweight championship Fight of the Year is on! Wladimir Klitschko, the IBF and IBO world heavyweight titlist, will defend his belts against former world champion Lamon Brewster in “The Rematch” on July 7 at the 20,000-seat Cologne Arena in Cologne, Germany, it was announced by K2 Promotions.

In their first battle for the WBO championship, Brewster won the title with a fifth round technical knockout on April 10, 2004 in Las Vegas. The dramatic battle was stopped between the fifth and sixth rounds, after Klitschko had knocked down Brewster in the fourth round, but was saved by the bell. Brewster recovered and went on to score a spectacular win to take the title.. Read more

Nikolai Valuev has vowed to bounce back stronger than ever after losing his WBA heavyweight belt to Ruslan Chagaev. The mandatory challenger handed the Russian Giant his first defeat in 48 contests when he clinched a close majority decision in Stuttgart on Saturday night. He was ahead 115-113 and 117-111 on two scorecards while the third judge called the bout a 114-114 draw. “It certainly was an exciting encounter and a great night of boxing - except for the outcome,” manager Wilfried Sauerland stated. “It was very close.”

Valuev (46-1, 34 KOs) was off to the better start and kept marching forward throughout the twelve rounds, working cleverly behind his left jab. However, it was Chagaev who landed the clearer punches. The crowd roared every time he got through with his southpaw left - even though it did little to impress the Russian Giant, who proved his great chin. Chagaev dominated the middle of the fight before Valuev upped pressure towards the end, firing in a few good combinations himself. Read more

Manny Pacquiao knocked out the previously unbeaten Jorge Solis in the eighth round to retain his WBC International super featherweight title. Pacquiao took control of the fight after an accidental head butt by Solis in the sixth round opened a cut over his left eye. Pacquiao sent Solis to the canvas in the eighth. Solis got to his feet before the count of 10 but was immediately dropped again, prompting referee Vic Drakulich to stop the bout.

Rocky’s record is safe but I almost have to feel for previously undefeated Nickolay Valuev. Challenger Ruslan Chagaev was awarded a twelve round majority decision and with it the W.B.A. heavyweight title. One judge had it a draw. The other two scored it for Chagaev. I had Valuev winning by a couple of rounds and I thought that I was being generous to Chagaev. Nickolay had his jab out there in Chagaev’s face the entire fight. Ruslan landed the harder shots with occasional straight lefts to the head and body but for the most part Valuev kept him on the outside. Neither man was seriously hurt in a contest I found rather boring.

Brian Young, promoter of Zab Judah and last night’s ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” card, stiffed Judah’s opponent Ruben Galvan and he blames it on ESPN. “Brian Young told me that he had to wait for ESPN2 to pay him, before he could pay Ruben,” said Galvan’s promoter, Octavius James of One In A Million Inc. “Zab was paid. John Lewis, head of the Mississippi commission instructed Young to pay Ruben immediately. Young has not responded, only to blame ESPN.” ..

“Last night, my attorney contacted the Vice President of Fitzgerald’s Casino Hotel and we are moving ahead with legal action against Brian Young and Prize Fight, Fitzgerald’s Casino Hotel and the Mississippi commission, if necessary.” Read more

KELLY SWANSON: Hello everybody. Thank you again for joining us for another installment of our weekly conference call series for the May 5 welterweight Oscar de la Hoya versus Floyd Mayweather for WBC’s Super Welterweight Championship. At this time I’d love to turn the phone over to Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Boy Promotions. Richard? ..

RICHARD SCHAEFER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Thank you Kelly Hello everybody. I’m actually here in Puerto Rico. We are having the media day today, a tremendous turnout. I think we have close to 150 reporters and cameras here from as far away as Germany. We have the Mexican TV crews and writers here and Main Lines as well, so a great turnout. It’s actually still ongoing. Read more

Former light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson, deep into training camp for his May 16th bout with Montell Griffin at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, had some choice words for promoter Gary Shaw, who recently stated that Johnson would have to “wait his turn” for a shot at his fighter, WBC champion Chad Dawson. A fighter the promoter said “nobody wants to fight.” ..

“Nobody wants to fight Chad Dawson,” asked Johnson rhetorically. “Well, here I am, ready, willing, and able to step into the ring with him as soon as I get done with my business with Montell Griffin next month.” Read more

HOLLYWOOD, FL, April 13 – The match-up between two of the premier heavyweights in the world and fierce rivals Shannon Briggs and Sultan Ibragimov will finally settle their score when they square off for Briggs’ WBO Heavyweight Championship at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, on Saturday, June 2nd.

Briggs vs Ibragimov, a 12 round WBO Heavyweight Championship bout, is presented by Seminole Warriors Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions in association with Caesars Atlantic City, Golden Grain, Nafta Moskva, and Main Events. The event will be hosted by Caesars Atlantic City. Read more

Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that Junior Witter will make the second defence of his WBC light welterweight title against former world champion Vivian Harris in the UK this summer.

The right to stage the Championship was due to have been decided by a purse bid at 6pm GMT today, but Witter’s promoter Mick Hennessy was able to agree terms with his counterpart Gary Shaw beforehand. Read more

Mogens Palle is wondering whether WBO super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, who now admits he broke his left hand in his “cartoon fight” with no-hoper Peter Manfredo Saturday night in Wales, will actually face any credible or capable opponent in London July 21.

“Where can promoter Frank Warren find a doctor who would advise a boxer who breaks his hand to fight on two month’s rest? I find Calzaghe and Warren to be like “Alice In Wonderland” as things just get “curiouser and curiouser” with them. Maybe I should say it’s “Joe In Warrenland,” Palle said. Read more

The WBC purse offer for the mandatory defense of super lightweight world champion Junior Witter against official challenger Vivian Harris has been rescheduled for this coming Friday, April 13, at 12:00 noon at the Radisson Square Hotel in San Antonio.

The WBC would like to congratulate the Texas boxing authorities for their approval of use of electrolite drinks during championship fights, and in the triple header this coming April 14 all boxers will be able to rehydrate themselves during the fight with their use. Mr. William Kuntz and Dickie Cole were instrumental for this approval. Read more

NEW YORK CITY (April 13, 2007) - Fresh off of his 19th victory on March 16 against Anthony Bonsante before a sold-out house in The Theater at Madison Square Garden, “Ireland’s” John Duddy returns to the ring May 18, headlining a card against an opponent to be determined at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan.

The Derry, Northern Ireland-native Duddy (19-0, 15 KOs), rated No. 9 by the WBA and No. 13 by the IBF, is the reigning IBA World and WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion, who now fights out of Queens (NY). Read more

Boss-publicist Lee Samuels from Top Rank received a ship-to-shore S.O.S. email from the offshore coordinator on the Skandi Neptune from Subsea7, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction contractors, with a desperate request — the coordinates for the”Blaze of Glory!” pay-per-view signal! “We are a vessel currently in the North Sea and would like to book the pay per view fight on sat 14th Apr. We have Sky boxes on board and also 4 techno mates we have remote satellite that is currently tracking Astra 28.2 E, question is can we receive the fight with this system on this satellite?” Top Rank’s PPV technical team is on the case to make sure this request is not deep-sixed… Read more

Two days before his first mandatory title defense, undefeated WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev today came face-to-face with Uzbek challenger Ruslan Chagaev. It was a peaceful encounter, though, as both camps tried to play down the importance of the Russian Giant´s enormous 11-inch height advantage. “It has not affected our preparations at all,” Valuev´s coach Manuel Gabrielian said at the official press conference. “Niko is used to fighting smaller opponents. It won´t make a difference for him.”

Valuev (47-0), who is slowly but surely closing in on Rocky Marciano´s dream record (49-0), is happy to see the back of a long, yet very successful tune-up period. “We started right after the fight against McCline,” he stated. “We really took a lot of time. I am in perfect shape and ready.” Manager Wilfried Sauerland also praised the form of his star fighter. “He is lighter than in most of his recent bouts which proves how intense his training has been. I am sure he will win the fight.” Sauerland added it was too early to discuss a potential unification battle against Klitschko. “First he has to beat Chagaev who is a strong fighter. Then we´ll see what happens.” Read more

He was one of the best heavyweights of his era and possibly one of the best heavyweights to have never claimed the title. He fought the best of the late 1950’s and 60’s with a high degree of success. Eddie Machen was born on July 15, 1932 in Redding, California and he entered the punch for pay ranks in 1955. Eddie won all eleven of his bouts during his maiden year including a knockout over highly regarded Howard King..

In 1956 Eddie added eight more victories and established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the heavyweight division. He twice defeated Julio Mederos and also won two bouts against the dangerous Nino Valdes. Eddie closed 1956 with a points victory over tough Johnny Summerlin. Read more

MSG, a world class sports and entertainment network, has acquired the television rights to air the WBA boxing heavyweight championship fight between WBA champion Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev and undefeated heavyweight contender Ruslan Chagaev. The fight will be telecast live on MSG from Stuttgart, Germany on Saturday, April 14 at 4:30 pm ET. It will be re-broadcast on MSG the following Saturday, April 21 at 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm, additional airings will occur throughout the month of April. International boxing commentator Dave Bontempo will call the action for the fight..

This is the second time in the past month that MSG has acquired an overseas boxing match to air live on the network. On March 17 MSG aired the highly anticipated WBC and WBA boxing cruiserweight rematch fight between O’Neil ‘Supernova’ Bell and Jean-Marc Mormeck live from Levallois-Perret, France. Read more

The final news conference for “Blaze of Glory!” — Saturday’s four-fight Pay-Per-View extravaganza — had the eight principals facing off at The Alamodome for the final time before Friday’s Official Weigh-in, which will be open to the public.

Manny Pacquiao: “I know my opponent Jorge Solis has worked hard and is determined to win. This will be a great fight for both of us, both of our countries and all of our fans. But there can only be one winner and I have every intention of leaving the ring the way I came in — as champion.”

Justin Fortune: “We never underestimate an opponent. But a physically fit and strong Manny Pacquiao is impossible to beat, and Jorge Solis, you can call this fight Mission Impossible.” Read more

Inside a packed Wilfredo Gomez Gym in Puerto Rico, “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya held a media workout Tuesday, where he’s rigorously preparing for his May 5 “The World Awaits” WBC super welterweight championship against Floyd Mayweather . Below is a collection of quotes and photographs from Tuesday’s event:

KEEP TALKING FLOYD, KEEP TALKING—

“All the talking he’s been doing, now he’s gonna have to fight me, he’s gonna pay for it all. This is a totally different fight for me. I have to be careful, aggressive and still I have to think and fight my own fight..

“I’m a 100 percent ready. He better watch out for my fists. I’m in the best shape of my life and that trash talking really pumped me up. Read more

Promoter Frank Warren has offered middleweight champion JERMAIN TAYLOR the chance to do what 20 other men couldn’t — dethrone boxing’s current longest-reigning world champion JOE CALZAGHE in a battle of undefeated world champions. Warren has offered Taylor four million dollars to come to the UK in July to challenge Calzaghe for Calzaghe’s super middleweight title and has agreed to having the WBO assign an American to referee the fight. Inasmuch as the fight would be at 168 pounds, Taylor’s title would not be at stake..

“Saturday’s crowd in Cardiff for Joe’s title defense against Peter Manfredo exceeded 35,000 — a European indoor record. The only way to surpass that is for Joe to fight the best man out there and that man is Jermain Taylor,” said Warren “I know Jermain wants to fight only the biggest fights and make the most money, just like Joe, and to do that we need to hold the fight over here where we can build on the record attendance Joe established last weekend. We will even provide a bit of home cooking to go along with the four million dollar purse and agree to have an American assigned to referee the fight.”

Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs), from Newbridge, Wales, successfully defended the super middleweight title he has held since 1997 for a landmark 20th consecutive time when he stopped Peter Manfredo, Jr. at 1:30 of the third round last Saturday, the most of any British champion and tied for fourth on boxing’s all-time list with Larry Holmes and Bernard Hopkins.

Howard Eastman continues the process of regaining his triple crown when he faces Evans Ashira for the vacant Commonwealth Middleweight Title at the Dudley Concert Hall on Friday April 20th live on Sky Sports. Former British, Commonwealth and European champion Eastman relinquished his championships in order to challenge then undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins in 2005. Two world title eliminators followed, before he regained the domestic crown by knocking out old friend and fellow Londoner Richard Williams in December..

Former two-times world title challenger Ashira, now based in Denmark but from Kenya, is another major step back towards the top level. Read more

In April of 2006 in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio two heavyweights battled in what I felt was by far the heavyweight fight of the year. The World Boxing Organization’s version of the title was up for grabs. Lamon Brewster was defending his title against Sergei Liakhovich. Brewster had come from behind to batter Wladimir Klitschko in five rounds to win the title. Among his defenses was a one round blitz of Andrew Golota.

Sergei’s claim to fame was an upset decision over then highly regarded Dominick Guinn. Sergei was expected to put up a decent fight but most expected Brewster to win. Read more

This week’s camp notes reflect how two great champions— Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather—use different methods to achieve in-ring success. Both combatants hope that their way is better than the other and as there is only a month until their May 5 showdown, “The World” awaits the answer.

DIET DELIGHTS—FROM POWER PROTEINS TO POPEYES

DE LA HOYA

For the May 5 fight Oscar De La Hoya is adhering to a strict, complex-carbohydrate diet that gives him optimal, day-long energy. Administered by his conditioning guru Rob Garcia, who also serves as camp chef, De La Hoya ingests a combination of protein, organic and high grain carbohydrates, and a variety of vegetables and fruits to round out daily meals.. He will alternate his daily proteins, selecting from his favorites: lamb, chicken and fish. He loves sea bass. Adding to the meal is organic brown rice, vegetables or another favorite spinach salad. For fluids, it’s juices, pineapple or grapefruit, and sometimes a glass of rice milk. Read more

MONICA SEARS, PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR, GOLDEN BOY ENTERTAINMENT: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today on the second call on our weekly series leading up to the “World Awaits” May 5th Super Fight. I would like to turn the call over to Golden Boy Promotion’s CEO Richard Schaefer.

RICHARD SCHAEFER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Thank you, Monica. Welcome, all, to our second call of The World Awaits. Everybody is talking on May 5th. The whole world will be watching De La Hoya versus Mayweather. Read more

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