The ever bashful Edison Miranda has, shockingly, come out guns ‘a blazin’ once again on past and potential foes.

“The middleweight division always had proud champions willing to fight everyone, like Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, and Sugar Ray Robinson,� said Miranda in a release. “Now we’re stuck with paper champions like Jermain Taylor and Arthur Abraham, who are disgracing this division.�

Miranda dominated Allan Green on March 3, and had the formerly unbeaten Oklahoman out on his feet in the tenth and final round of their bout. But it’s the man who handed him his sole loss, Arthur Abraham, who “Pantera” is eyeing.

“Arthur Abraham talks a lot about fighting me again, but if he is so serious, why is he asking the IBF for an exception so he can avoid me again,� asks Miranda, who broke Abraham’s jaw in two places in their highly controversial first bout last September. “I know why. Every time he looks in the mirror, he sees what I gave him in our first fight and it hurts him just to think about going through that pain again. He should just retire if he doesn’t have the guts to face me.�

Jermain Taylor, a favorite Miranda target, is also in the fighter’s sights.

“He’s going to fight Cory Spinks? I’ll give Taylor this, after beating Kassim Ouma and if he can beat Cory Spinks, he will definitely be the best junior middleweight in the world. Unfortunately for the rest of us, he’s supposed to be the middleweight champion. It’s disgraceful that the powers that be in this sport allow fights like these to happen while true contenders have to wait for the shots they earned.�

In closing, Miranda sets the bar high for himself.

“I want my fans to know that when I become champion, I will fight anyone and everyone who rightfully deserves a shot at the title. I won’t hide behind my belts like Abraham and Taylor have, and my reign will live up to that of the last true middleweight champion, Bernard Hopkins.�