30.01.07 – By Michael Marley/Boxingconfidential.com: Bob Arum was on his way to the dentist in Las Vegas when I drilled him with the news that Oscar De la Hoya had just announced on a media conference call that his trainer for the May 5 Superfight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be the ubiquitous Freddie Roach. “He cannot train both Manny […]
30.1.07 – Oktay Urkal is preparing for a hot battle in the heat of San Juan, Puerto Rico where he takes on WBA welterweight champion Miguel Angel Cotto on March 3. “That will be a tough fight,” said the 37-year-old mandatory challenger. “But I am ready. It´s not the first time that I´m in the same ring with a world-class […]
30.01.07 – “Sounds like Cap’n Freddie Roach was smart enough to jump ship before the U.S.S. Manfredo sinks in Wales on April 7!” – Joe Calzaghe, world super middleweight champion, commenting on Freddie Roach exclusively training Oscar De La Hoya for his fight against Floyd Mayweather, Jr.. Undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (42-0, 31 KOs), boxing’s current longest-reigning champion […]
30.1.07 – By Per Ake Persson: Female flies Susianna Kentikian and Carolina Alvarez clash for vacant WBA title February 16 in Cologne in a fight between stablemates. In the co-headliner Sebastian Zbik take on Dane (licensed in Germany) Fawaz Nasir for the vacant WBO I/C middleweight belt. Nasir thus skips the planned fight against Malik Dziarra February 17 in Magdeburg. […]
30.01.07 – Michael Marley, www.boxingconfidential.com: Oleg Maskaev promoter Dennis “The Menace” Rappaport spent a week on a Caribbean cruise where he barely had time to sit in a lounge chair. Rapstar, who admits to being a workaholic, spent most of his “vacation” burning up the phone lines with WBC president Jose Sulaiman and Shelly Finkel, who handles returning WBC heavyweight […]