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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Spotlight on Boxing



A host of highly anticipated new fights have been announced for this coming fall in the world of boxing.....

Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo Mayorga at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 9/8 which also includes a very good undercard including Kermit Cintron vs. Jesse Feliciano for Cintron's IBF welterweight title and more.

Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Jorge Barrios for Marquez's WBC junior lightweight title on 9/15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A great undercard of fights is also scheduled including Robert Guerrero vs. Rocky Juarez for Guerrero's IBF featherweight title; Kassim Ouma vs. Sergio Mora and more.

Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik for Taylor's Ring/WBC/WBO middleweight title on 9/29 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera rematch on 10/6 at the Mandaly Bay in Las Vegas.

Oleg Maskaev vs. Samuel Peter for Maskaev's WBC heavyweight title on 10/6 in New York.

In addition some superfights are already on the horizon.....

Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton has pubicly challenged welterweight champion "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather to accept a fight with him this fall.

Multiple World Champion Legend "Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya has expressed interest in taking on British boxing sensation Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton sometime in the next year.

Hatton is also looking at possible fall matchups with WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, or former champion Shane Mosley.

42 year old legend Bernard Hopkins fresh off his recent victory over Winky Wright has begun to express interest in taking on WBO super middleweight champion undefeated welshman Joe Calzaghe.

With all of this action, who says boxing is in trouble? Be sure to ckeck our website www.ticketrequest.com/ for tickets to any of the above mentioned fights!

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