Securing an opponent for Joe Calzaghe’s July 8 show at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium has been frustrating for Warren. “Wherever we have turned, guys have then gone and been beaten,” said Warren to the BBC.

Former boxing champion Davey Hilton, convicted in 2001 for molesting his two young daughters, will be released on parole on June 20.

As a follow-up to my piece “Dear Diary”, this time with more emphasis of the 5 W’s and less on love and heartbreak, I asked a couple of key people at Wednesday’s Gotham Boxing card at the Manhattan Center to comment on the proposed Superfighter heavyweight tournament.

It was Cedric Kushner’s return to the NYC scene. It was the next stop in Shannon Briggs’ last shot at overturning his underachiever label. But really, Wednesday evening at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City belonged to Martinus Clay, a middleweight from North Carolina.

Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (21-0, 5 KOs) is preparing his June 10 title fight against World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) at Madison Square Garden. If he wins, Paulie will be a NY sensation, with his Gatti-boy hair and major-league trash-talking capability.

Laila Ali will be taking part in a title fight in South Africa, against opponent TBD, in August.

It’s looking like Ricky Hatton is angling for the winner of the June 4 Jose Luis Castillo/Diego Corrales bout in Las Vegas.

DiBella Entertainment’s welterweight Joshua Clottey (28-1, 20 KO’s) is ranked #4 by the WBC, #5 by the WBO, and #7 by the IBF, and has reeled off nine consecutive victories.

Wayne McCullough thought he was facing Israel Vasquez, the WBC super-bantamweight titlist, on June 10. But the Pocket Rocket’s plans have been dashed, apparently, and a legal wrangle over who should be facing the champion in Atlantic City has arisen.

Someone could produce a helluva reality show about WBO featherweight champ Scott Harrison.