3 Judges Suspended! Brandon Rios vs. Michael Katsidis? Alfonso Gomez may face Canelo Alvarez and More Boxing News:

3 Judges Banned! The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (NJSACB) indefinitely suspended 3 judges, who worked the Paul Williams-Erislandy Lara fight, on Wednesday. After a full review, the NJSACB didn't find any evidence of “bias, fraud, corruption or incapacity on the part of any of the judges.” but they still aren't satisfied with the scoring. The judges will be required to have additional training before they can return to pro boxing.

Vladimir Rodionovich Klitschko died last Wednesday – he was 64. The father of the heavyweight champs Wladimir and Vitali had lymph node cancer. He was stationed near Chernobyl during the nuclear diaster, and participated in the immediate cleanup. He is survived by his wife, his sons and 3 grandchildren.

Brandon Rois vs. Michael Katsidis? Rios remains unbeaten after his recent win against Antillon, while Katsidis is 27-4. Either way, if this fight happens, it'll be one to watch!

Alfonso Gomez vs. Canelo Alvarez set to face each other September 17^th at The Staples Centre in L.A.? September 17^th also being the night that Floyd Mayweather will face Victor Ortiz, and Erik Morales will fight Anthony Crolla. The fight is not official yet, but if it comes through will be Canelo's 3^rd world title fight – and he just turned 21 yesterday, July 18^th.

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Cristobal Wins With Sloppy Performance, Paul Williams Gets Controversial Win, Brandon Rios Kills in 3rd Round, Boxing Gear, Punching Bags, Boxing Gloves, Boxing News…

Cristobal Arreola Wins Fight – but not happy with his performance... saying that he should have knocked out his opponent Friday Ahunanya, but just couldn't pull the trigger. He compared his performance to Haye, and joked that his toes were messed up. Arreola may get to fight Wladimir Klitschko before it's all said and done.

Paul Williams gets controversial win. His opponent Erislandy Lara landed more, and better, shots but the judges gave the fight to Williams. Williams got pretty beat up, and Lara had a large knot on the left side of his face. Turns out that he suffered a small facial fracture. Williams hopes to have 1 or 2 more bouts before his retirement, one of which he hopes to have a rematch against Martinez.

Brandon Rios had a quick fight on Saturday – he finished off opponent Antillon just before the end of the 3^rd round of an action-packed fight. Rios knocked down Antillon twice in the 3^rd round, and referee David Mendoza stopped the fight just 11 seconds before the end of the 3^rd. Rios's next fight may be against Mexican champ Marco Antonio Barrera... and there is already talk of a Rios vs. Pacquiao fight, but that will be farther into the future.

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I’m Going to Get That Belt, Boxing News, Brash Brandon Rios to Defend Title Against Aggresive Antillon, Cotto vs. Margarito Rematch, Ricky Hatton Retires,

Ricky Hatton Retires

“The Hitman” Ricky Hatton formally retires from boxing. He will be focusing on his promotional company, Hatton Promotions, which promotes fight cards. Will he make it to the boxing hall of fame?

Andre Berto to challenge titleholder Slovenian Jan Zaveck on September 3^rd. Location unknown. This will be Zaveck's 4^th defense. Knockout artist Randall Bailey will fight the winner, providing he wins his undercard bout.

Cotto vs. Margarito Rematch on December 3^rd. Margarito won their last bout, but was caught trying to cheat in his next fight against Shane Mosely. Arum hope to have the rematch in July, and then September, and now December due to Margarito's health issues. (After suffering a broken orbital bone Margarito also developed a large cataract from his fight with Manny Pacquiao. He was told that he couldn't box if he had surgery on his eye and seriously considered retiring – his vision was really blurry. However, an eye specialist was able to successfully do a different kind of surgery). Let the Mexican – Puerto Rican rivalry continue... I'm looking for an interesting fight.

Cotto vs. Margarito Rematch Scheduled

Paul “The Punisher” Williams returns today aftering losing to Martinez. He will fight undefeated junior middleweight fighter Erislandy Lara.

“I'm going to get that belt” says Rico Ramos. The Puerto Rican-American will face WBA champ Akifumi Shimoda, also today. Since going pro in 2008, Ramos has yet to lose a fight. He's 19-0, with 10 knockouts. This could be an interesting and entertaining fight.

Brandon Rios to defends WBA lightweight title against Urbano Antillon today. The guy has a pitiful defense, but exclaims “To me, a great defense comes from having a great offense.” He can take a beating and give one right back. Plus, Antillon is a great offensive fighter. If you are looking for an exciting fight full of punches, I'd recommend this fight.

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Wladimir Klitschko Easily Defeats Haye, MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice To Take Up Boxing, Boxing Gear, Thailand Boxers May Not Fight in Olympics, Boxing Equipment, More Mayweather vs. Pacquiao & More Boxing News…

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko dominated Haye in the big, hyped-up fight on Saturday. Haye's talk was big, but unfortunately, he didn't deliver. However, he was sure to inform us that it was due to a hurt toe. Quick recap / news bits on the fight:

• Haye did a bunch of falling, and finally got penalized for it.
• Of Klitschko's last 9 fights, Haye is the second opponent to have heard the final bell – not exactly what Klitschko was hoping for.
• Klitschko, the “boring” fighter (according to Haye), threw close to twice as many punches as Haye himself (Klitschko threw 509; 134 landed vs. Haye's 290; 72 successful).
• This is Klitschko's 14^th straight win
• The Klitschko brothers now hold all the major heavyweight title belts
• Both fighters were on their guard, not wanting to be knocked out.

John Murray

Mayweather will to fight Pac-Man only if there is random blood and urine testing, which Pacquiao's team is currently unwilling to do. Of course, Mayweather must fact Ortiz first... and Ortiz declares there is only one problem with Mayweather's plan to fight Pacquiao next, and that is that he will be Pacquiao's next opponent!

Thailand's boxers might miss the Olympics next year because of a election issue. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) expelled the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand because they hadn't called new elections by the end of June. The March elections had cause for concern over whether all was fair and right.

Kevin Mitchell

John Murray vs. Kevin Mitchell postponed due to Mitchell's viral infection trouble, which cost him almost a week of training time. The fight was to take place this Saturday, July 9^th, but is re-scheduled for one week later on July 16^th. Mitchell wants to fight Murray when he's “fully fight fit so there are not excuses”. Way to go Mitchell!

MMA Fighter "Kimbo Slice"

MMA fighter Kimbo Slice will make his boxing debut, against an opponent-to-be-determined, on August 13^th. The four-round heavyweight fight will be untelevised in Miami, Oklahoma. Kimbo, who's real name is Kevin Ferguson, is 6' 2” and 225 pounds. Put this guy in the back of your mind... we may be hearing lots more of him.

Jhonny Gonzalez got a new opponent. Gonzalez's first title defense will still be this coming Saturday, but will be against Tomas Villa in Atlantic City, N.J. He was to fight Roinet Caballero in Gurrero, Mexico but Caballero dropped out due to a visa issue.

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Jermain Taylor Returning, Floyd Mayweather Sued, Haye vs. Klitschko Saga Continues, Felix Sturm Barely Keeps Title, Mayweather “Absolutely” Wants to Face Manny Pacquiao, Boxing Gear & Boxing Equipment

Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor Returns! After suffering a severe head injury nearly 2 years ago, he is returning with a clean bill of health. His trainer is Pat Burns, and he'll be in the 160-pound middleweight division. He might be fighting August 13^th.

Floyd Mayweather sued. 21-year-old Anthony Cliff, of Las Vegas, claims that Mayweather had his bodyguards attack him after asking about a match against Pacquiao. He's being charged with assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress as well as negligent hiring, training, supervision and retention of employees. However, this all happened on March 27, 2010. Why didn't this guy press charges sooner? What next?

“I will absolutely destroy him” says David Haye. Once again, David Haye is full of words... saying that he will send Klitschko to the hospital, and it's going to be a “brutal execution”. However, Klitschko promised to make Haye eat his (famous or infamous?!) t-shirt showing himself holding the Klitschko brothers severed heads, and, that he will knock Haye into reality, which will be good for him. Plus, he'll have better manners! Meanwhile, Haye showed up 45 minutes late to the news conference, which received a “Be on time, princess” comment from Klitschko. There is a light at the end of the tunnel – the fight is this Saturday!

Felix Sturm

Felix Sturm keeps his WBA middleweight title after a split-decision win. 2 judges had 116-112 for Sturm, and the other scored 115-113 in favor of the opponent, Matthew Macklin. This is Sturm's 10^th successful defense since his loss and regaining of the title to Javier Castillejo.

Mayweather “Absolutely” Wants to Face Pacquiao. At his press conference, for his September 17^th fight with Victor Ortiz, he said that “Floyd doesn't duck or dodge no-one” and also that he never once said that Manny is cheating. Only that he must take the tests.

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Robert Guerrero Will Fight Marcos Maidana, Cristobal Arreola Fight, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez?, Really Haye? & More…

Marcos Maidana

Confirmed: Robert Guerrero will indeed fight Marcos Maidana. Guerrero said of the August 27^th bout “I think it the biggest one so far and I think it's the most dangerous one so far, too.” Guerrero is super-excited about moving up in weight for this fight. Maidana will train in Puerto Rico, and exclaims that this fight will be a tough one, but that he will win.

Cristobal Arreola will fight again on July 9^th, in Atlantic City, N.J. This will be his fourth fight this year, and he fought twice in May! He will contend with Friday Ahunanya.

2 undercard fights canceled... for the 2^nd time! Lamont Peterson vs. Victor Cayo – promoter issues.ill possibly be July 5^th. Joel “Love Child” Julio vs. Antwone Smith was called off due to a family emergency.

Cristobal Arreola

Bob Arum is ready for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, provided that Golden Boy is interested in co-promotion. However, Arum states that he doesn't think Canelo's team is ready for it.

Haye belly-aches about the referee choice! Their fight takes place next Saturday, in Germany. Genaro Rodriquez is the un-appreciated referee, with perfectly fine credentials. However, he has officiated for 4 of Klitschko's previous fights... hopefully, this won't be a lame excuse for Haye to pull out, especially after all the tough-guy talking Haye has done.

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Saul Canelo Alvarez Wins! – Beats Rhodes in 12th Round, Meet Unusual Olympic Hopeful Jose Saenz, Michael Katsidis vs. Graham Earl Called Off, Boxing Gear & Boxing Glove, Guillermo Jones Withdraws Due to Back Injury, Discount Punching Bag...

Saul Canelo Alvarez celebrates his victory over Ryan Rhodes

Saul Canelo Alvarez is Victorious! He beat the European champ Ryan Rhodes in the 12^th round with a technical knockout, plus, he had won all 11 rounds. They were 48 seconds into the last round when referee Hector Afu stopped the fight. Rhodes either would not, or could not, fight. Rhodes declared that he “probably underestimated his power”, saying that “He's a strong, young kid, he caught me with a lot of body shots... that took a toll on me.” However, he's not finished and he claims he's still number one in Europe. Alvarez's next opponent may be Ricardo Mayorga.

Jose Saenz

Jose Saenz is hoping to compete in Olympic Boxing, however, there is one huge difference about this young man. He has no sponsor, therefore he has to fund himself. Plus, no coach at his home gym, so he has been training himself. On top of all that, he is attending Rockhurst University (accounting major). Hopefully, this young man will “turn some heads”...

Michael Katsidis' fight with Graham Earl has been called off... due to unspecified contractual issues. Instead, he will fight Michael Lozada on August 13^th. Katsidis will be moving up to 140 lbs, and he hopes to face Erik Morales after a win over Lozada.

Guillermo Jones sustained a back injury, and has withdrawn from his Saturday title defense. Poor guy has been “living under a rock and giving it my heart and soul for eight weeks, and it's not going to come to fruition.” He was up against Ryan Coyne.

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