Zahir Raheem’s twelve round clash against Acelino Freitas at the Foxwoods was a fight that left a lot to be desired.

The Vegas boys are saying that Zahir Raheem (27-1, 16 KOs) is the favored fighter over Acelino Freitas (37-1, 32 KOs) on HBO’s Boxing After Dark Saturday (10:15 PM Eastern) broadcast from Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.

Joe Calzaghe, the southpaw super middleweight from Wales, shocked the boxing world when he utterly outclassed heavily hyped muscleman Jeff Lacy on March 3. So his next fight is more eagerly anticipated on our shores than ever before.

ESPN studio stalwart Brian Kenny will be looking at Samuel Peter’s physique when Peter stands across from towering Julius Long on Friday Night Fights from Connecticut on Friday night (8 PM Eastern).

No soft touches for the Peterson Brothers on Friday’s ShoBox card from North Dakota (11 PM Eastern).

It’s been fifty years since the great Hall of Fame heavyweight who fought out of Brockton, Massachusetts, retired on April 27, 1956, with his undefeated record (49-0, 43 KOs) intact. We’re talking, of course, about Rocky Marciano, aka the Brockton Blockbuster, aka The Rock.

It was supposed to be a gimme, a quickie blastout to impress ESPN boxing nation enroute to a high-profile bout in the near future.

Allan Green, who’s hoping to land a title shot against Joe Calzaghe, will likely put on a showy performance against outclassed opponent Donnie McCrary on ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights broadcast this evening (9 PM Eastern), says announcer Joe Tessitore.

Hot on the heels of his one-sided destruction of Chris Byrd last Saturday in Germany, IBF heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko has let down his guard, something he wasn’t willing to do against Byrd, and spoke to the press about how he relaxes, how he kicks back, how the new champ chills.

He’s lost his last three fights, but Roy Jones Jr., exhibiting the stubbornness that helped make him a living legend, is determined to keep plugging away.