Super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan of Australia is scheduled to make his mandatory title defense against interim champion Tomas Rojas of Mexico on December 12.

Welterweight world champion Andre Berto of the U.S. requested approval for a voluntary title defense on January 30 against WBA champion Shane Mosley of the U.S. The request was approved on the condition that Mosley publicly apologize to the WBC for abandoning the WBC title to challenge Antonio Margarito for the WBA title in January, 2009. No. 2 ranked Luis Collazo of the U.S. was ordered to fight No. 3 ranked WBC International champion Selcuk Aydin of Turkey for the interim world title, with the winner to be the mandatory challenger.

During today’s WBC general assembly meeting, No. 3 ranked super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell of the U.S. requested a rematch of his split decision loss in October against super middleweight world champion Carl Froch of England. The WBC is a strong supporter of Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight tournament, in which both Dirrell and Froch are participants. If the rematch could be scheduled without interfering with the tournament, it will be approved. If it cannot, then Dirrell will become the mandatory challenger after the tournament has finished.

ALFREDO ANGULO-HARRY JOE YORGEY TO FIGHT

FOR INTERIM WBO JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

Saturday, November 7, at Hartford’s XL Center

Live on HBO World Championship Boxing

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HARTFORD, Conn., (Nov. 4, 2009) – Title Night in Hartford just got that much better with the announcement that Saturday night’s HBO televised co-feature between “Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey and Alfredo “Perro” Angulo has been approved for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim junior middleweight world title.

“It’s been 20 years since Hartford has hosted a world championship fight and now it will be hosting two on the same night,” said Gary Shaw, who is co-promoting the Yorgey-Angulo fight along with Banner Promotions. “It’s a testament to the quality of this matchup that the WBO is sanctioning Angulo vs. Yorgey for its interim world title. Fans attending and viewers watching on HBO are in for an exciting night of fistic fireworks.”

HBO will televise the fight as the co-featured bout on its World Championship Boxing series and it’s scheduled for 12 rounds.

Angulo (16-1, 13 KOs), of Mexicali, Mexico, is world-rated No. 4 by the WBO. He meets WBO No. 5 Yorgey (22-0-1, 10 KOs, of Bridgeport, Pa.), in a matchup that was originally for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental junior middleweight title. The spectacular co-feature will take place on HBO beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. PT, from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. and will precede the Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson rematch for the WBC interim and IBO light heavyweight title.

Remaining tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50, and $35, (plus any applicable fees and surcharges), can be purchased at the XL Center box office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 and online at www.xlcenter.com.

Arnaoutis-Coleman Clash in NYC 12/3 for USBA Belt
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

Atlantic City, NJ - With the stakes higher than ever, “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis will face another tough challenge when he meets Baltimore, MD’s Tim “The Pitbull” Coleman in a 12 round contest for the vacant USBA junior welterweight title. Joe Deguardia’s Star Boxing will promote the event in the classy Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York City, NY.

Arnaoutis, 22-3-2 (10 KO), of Atlantic City, NJ by way of Sparta, Greece has faced the very elite of the division including champs Juan Urango, Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres. The heavy-handed southpaw slickster is back with trainer Ray McCline and says that he feels rejuvenated and ready to go.

“I’m hungry to win back my title. I’m happy to be back fighting in New York City where I’ve had some of my best fights. I want to thank Star Boxing for giving me this opportunity. I want to win a world more than ever and I need to first beat Coleman to achieve my dream.”

The 16-1-1 (4 KO) Coleman’s experience comes from 180 amateur bouts and numerous tours in training camp with the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton and Zab Judah. He has been training for two months in Manchester, England with trainer Lee Beard after a bout with Marvin Cordova fell through. Though he has never fought in a 12 round fight, he is determined to show the world what he’s made of.

“This is the biggest fight of my life and will make me or break me in boxing,” says Coleman. “I’m not gonna let this man beat me. Come December 3 I’m gonna let it all hang out!”

Tickets priced $202, $152, $102, and $52 are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Star Boxing Office at 718.823.2000. VIP tables of ten are also available.

The Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center is located at 311 W 34th St in New York City, NY.

Valuev not letting Haye get into his

Saturday’s “David vs. Goliath” PPV card live from Germany

HOBOKEN, N.J. (Nov. 2, 2009) – Two-time and reigning World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” Valuev isn’t letting constant trash- talking by 3-time world cruiserweight champion David “The Haymaker” Haye get into his head as he makes final preparations for Saturday’s “David vs. Goliath” world title fight being broadcast in North America live on Pay-Per-View from Nuremberg, Germany.

Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia, is the tallest and heaviest champion in history at an unnerving 7 feet and 325 pounds, who has defeated a trio of heavyweight champions — Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, John “The Quietman” Ruiz (twice), and Sergei Liakhovich. With his obvious physical advantages, coupled by invaluable ring experience, Valuev will not be intimidated by Haye’s “smack.”

“He can say what he wants,” Valuev said. “I don’t care about it. I will give my answer in the ring. A lot of opponents have tried to provoke me but nobody has ever succeeded. I don’t care about his statements. Needless to say, I am very confident of success.”

Valuev-Haye is promoted by Wilfried Sauerland’s Sauerland Event and its Managing Director, Christian Meyer, in association with Don King Productions. The broadcast is being distributed in the United States and Canada by Integrated Sports for live viewing at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, TVN, DISH Network, Viewer’s Choice, Shaw PPV and Bell TV for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. A replay will be shown that same night at 9 PM/ET, 6 PM/PT.

“This is great news,” the WBA champ remarked upon learning his fight will air in North America. “I want to thank my fans in the US and Canada for their support. I hope they will enjoy the fight November 7th.”

Haye, (22-1, 21 KOs), from London, England, has defeated four world cruiserweight champions: Enzo Maccarinelli and Jean Marc Mormeck for unified crowns, Giacobbe Fragomeni (TKO9) for the European title, and “King” Arthur Williams (TKO3). “The Hayemaker” moved up to heavyweight a year ago after leaving the cruiserweight division in ruins as the unified WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion. He plans to showcase his superior quickness and athleticism against “The Russian Giant.”

“Obviously, he is fast,” Valuev noted. “But I have prepared for his speed. We have prepared well in practice for him and his style. How he stands-up to my punching remains to be seen when we are in the ring. I don’t make predictions but I will defend my title.”

Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs), the current WBA No. 1 rated and “official challenger,” faces former IBU champion Adnan “Aachen Assassin” Serin (19-10-1, 7 KOs) in the opening live PPV bout on the Valuev-Haye. Additional undercard bouts will also air on the PPV telecast.

ROACH READIES VIRAL ATTACK ON COTTO!

MANNY PACQUIAO TO APPEAR ON

ABC’S “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!”

TOMORROW! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 - 12:05 A.M. ET/PT

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (November 2, 2009) – Three-time Trainer of the Year World-Famous Freddie Roach issued a medical warning to World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, the pride of Puerto Rico, who will be defending his title against boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and box office attraction Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao.

Roach, who is training Pacquiao at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, promised to go viral. “Manny is a carrier of the incurable M1P1 Virus – PacMan Fever. It has a short incubation period. Once Cotto is exposed to it on November 14 the prognosis is not good. In fact, he’ll be cooked — laid out within nine rounds. Even Louis Pasteur couldn’t create a vaccine to protect Cotto from this!”

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Check out Roach’s video interview with Mark Kriegel of FoxSports.com, where Roach breaks down the upcoming fight and predicts a ninth-round knockout victory for Pacquiao.

http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=db9eed3f-86dc-45f9-9572-b5723226c809.

New Team Ruiz in Germany

for Saturday’s fight on Valuev-Haye PPV card

LAS VEGAS (November 2, 2009) – A new-look Team Ruiz has arrived in Germany to make final preparations for Saturday night’s 10-round fight between 2-time World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, the current WBA No. 1 rated contender, against former IBU champion Adnan “Aachen Assassin” Serin on the Nicolai Valuev-David Haye pay-per-view card live from Nuremberg, Germany.

Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) agreed with the promoters for Valuev and Haye to “step aside” as the WBA “Official Challenger.” By defeating Serin (19-10-1, 7 KOs), he is guaranteed a title bout against the Valuev-Haye winner by the end of May, 2010.

Ruiz, the first and only world heavyweight champion of Latino heritage, has made significant changes to Team Ruiz, adding head trainer/cutman Miguel Diaz and former WBA bantamweight Richie Sandoval (1984-86) as an assistant trainer. They join Ruiz’ brother, Eddie, in the corner and Atty. Tony Cardinale remains as manager/legal advisor.

“I’ve been boxing a long time but I work hard to continue improving,” Ruiz said from his Las Vegas training camp before departing for Germany. “Miguel is an outstanding trainer and everything has gone very well in training camp. Somewhere along the line, I got away from the basics, and we’ve been working in that area. I had been leading in and landing to close to my opponent, which resulted in a lot of clutching and grabbing. Miguel has been an inspiration for me. We’ve improved my style and I’m more aggressive. I’m moving more and getting hit less.”

Ruiz-Serin is tentatively scheduled to be the opening bout on the live PPV show being distributed by Integrated Sports in the United States and Canada starting at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite via iN Demand, DIRECTV, TVN, DISH Network, Viewer’s Choice, Shaw PPV and Bell TV for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. A replay will be shown that same night at 9 PM/ET, 6 PM/PT.

Diaz has worked with 33 world champions having trained Roger Mayweather, Stevie Johnston, Diego Corrales, Robert Garcia and Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas, among the more notables. He’s also served as cutman for other champions such as Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Kelly Pavlik, James Toney and Hasim Rahman.

“When I first got this job,” Miguel explained, “all I really knew about John was his clutching and grabbing that led to boring fights. Everyone will see a completely different fighter today. He’s smart and learns. He won the world title twice on guts and conditioning alone. He doesn’t look 37 and a lot of heavyweights mature older.

“He’s got a great jab that we’ve been emphasizing more. I’ve seen him stop guys in the gym with a jab to the chest and hook to the head. I’ve got him fighting up and down. He moves his knees, moves up and down, bobbing and weaving, and uses that stiff jab. More head and shoulder movement, too. When he’s on the ropes, he’s sitting down to make his opponent pay for missing. John has a great chin and he’s correcting mistakes he’s made in the past. People watching him fight are going to think he is John Ruiz’s younger brother. I am confident he will be world champion once again.”

Spina and Del Valle fight to majority draw

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Oct. 31, 2009) – World rated light heavyweight Joey “KO Kid” Spina (25-1-2, 17 KOs) and former world champion Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle (36-6-2 (22 KOs) fought to a 10 round majority draw tonight in the main event on the “Fright Night At The Sun” card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Del Valle won on one judge’s scorecard, 97-93, but the other judges had it even, 95-95. If Spina had won the final round he would have gotten the decision.

“I thought it was a nice win,” Del Valle said after the fight. “I lost 60 pounds in five weeks. Give me six weeks and I would have knocked him out. I was sluggish, not rusty. I hurt my right and my left was numb the whole fight. If he’s rated 12, I should be 10. I wasn’t planning on fighting. I trained Tony Grano for his last fight (a win vs. Travis Kaufman). When they asked me if I’d take this fight at 181 I set let’s go. I want a rematch with Spina and then we’ll go from there. I’ll do it at 175 but give me two months.”

“I thought it was fine,” Spina commented about the draw. “I just couldn’t get off like I wanted. He’s a slick fighter. He was very frustrating. I thought I hit him with the better punches, but I couldn’t get close enough. I’d hit him, he’d grab and the ref wouldn’t let us fight. He’s a tough, experienced guy.”

In the co-feature, undefeated lightweight “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy (16-0-1, 10 KOs) made a strong statement by stepping up in class and not missing a beat. The reigning UBC light welterweight champion fought as a lightweight again and kept rolling with a first-round TKO win against Aldo “El Pato” Valtierra (25-12, 13 KOs). Lundy caught Valtierra with an explosive left hook that dropped the game Mexican (25-12, 13 KOs), who was unable to get to his feet before the referee counted to 10 near the end of round one. Valtierra suffered his second stoppage in 37 pro fights, the first coming in 11 rounds.

“I tell everybody the hard work is done in the gym,” Lundy explained. “My sparring partners gave me good work. I did what my corner told me – sat-down on my punches and took my time. When they’re in there with ‘Hammerin’ Hank — my speed and power — once they get hit it’s a wreck and the fight is over.

“This says I’m ready for anybody from 135 to 140 – Timothy Bradley, any of the Peterson brothers, anybody in the world. If they think they’re man enough, call ‘The Hammer.’ I’m not playing. I gave out the punishment and got right out of there. “

Unbeaten Hartford middleweight David Bauza (3-0, 3 KOs) teed-off against overmatched Vaughn Anderson (0-2) from the opening bell until the match was halted less than 2:00 into the first round. “This was my best fight so far as a pro,” Bauza noted. “Little by little, I’ve been working with my trainer, Luis Rosa, to correct the little things.”

2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam “World Kid” Ali (4-0, 2 KOs) was impressive once again, outclassing fellow Bronx welterweight Osvaldo Rivera (2-2-1, 1 KO) en route to a victory by a unanimous 4-round decision. “I don’t think I had ring rust, it was him moving and not staying in there with me,” Ali commented. “I know I can do better. He knew how to use his defense after he got hit.”

Quincy (MA) lightweight Ryan “The Polish Prince” Kielczewski (6-0, 2 KOs) won a thrilling 4-round unanimous decision versus a slick Israel Suarez (2-3) in a back-and-forth bout.

Long Island light heavyweight Joe “The Irish Bomber” Smith, Jr., 2008 New York Golden Gloves champion, went into his pro debut advertised as a heavy hitter and he lived up to his advance billing, slamming David Brown (0-1) with a straight right, and followed with a barrage of hard punches that resulted in the bout being stopped late in the opening round. “It felt good,” Smith described his big right that started the damage. “I felt it in my hand, saw his eyes go back, and my instincts took over.”

Hartford super lightweight Edwin Soto improved to 2-0 by way of a 4-round majority decision against Deroy Beaton (1-1).

The show was taped live and will air in December on NESN with Pat Sullivan handling blow-by-blow duties and 5-time world champion Vinny Paz as color commentator. Go to www.cesboxing.com for the schedule when it’s announced in a few weeks.

Full results below:

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Joey Spina (25-1-2, 17 KOs), Providence, RI D10 (93-97, 95-95, 95-95) Lou Del Valle (36-6-2, 22 KOs), Long Island, NY

Joe Smith, Jr. (1-0, 1 KO), Long Island, NY WTKO1 (2:35) David Brown (0-1), Newark, NJ

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

David Bauza (3-0, 3 KOs), Hartford, CT WTKO1 (1:09) Vaughn Anderson (0-2), Philadelphia, PA

WELTERWEIGHTS

Sadam Ali (4-0, 2 KOs), Brooklyn, NY WDEC4 (40-36, 39-37, 39-37) Osvaldo Rivera (2-2, 1 KO), Bronx, NY

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTS

Edwin Soto (2-0, 1 KO), Hartford, CT WDEC4 (39-37, 39-37, 37-39) Deroy Beaton (1-1, 0 KOs), Toms River, NJ

LIGHTWEIGHTS

Hank Lundy (16-0-1, 10 KOs), Philadelphia, PA WKO1 (2:41) Aldo Valtierra (25-11, 13 KOs), Cuernavaca, Mexico

Ryan Kielczewski (6-0, 2 KOs), Quincy, MA WDEC4 (40-36, 39-37,39-37) Israel Suarez (2-3, 0 KOs), Uncasville, CT

Name: “Fright Night At The Sun”

Date: Saturday night, October 31, 2009

Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut

Promoter: Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. in association with Mohegan Sun Casino

Matchmaker: Ted Panagiotis

COTTO NATION UNITE!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 at 3:55 P.M. PT

Fans Invited To Greet The Champ!

LAS VEGAS, NV. (October 30, 2009) – Three-time world champion MIGUEL COTTO breaks his Tampa training camp and heads to Las Vegas Sunday, November 1. Cotto fans are invited to greet the champ at McCarran International Airport when he arrives at 3:55 p.m. PT on America Airlines #2249.

Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, who has held a world title every year since 2004, has been in training since August, preparing for his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship defense against boxing’s No. 1 attraction and pound for pound fighter Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao (49-3-2, 27 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Miguel Cotto Promotions, MGM Grand and Tecate, Firepower: Pacquiao vs. Cotto will take place Saturday, November 14 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be produced and distributed Live on HBO Pay-Per-View®, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

HBO’s® fast-moving reality series “24/7 Pacquiao/Cotto” returns with an all new episode Saturday, October 31 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The four-episode series chronicles the preparations and back stories of both fighters as they train for their November 14 pay-per-view showdown. Episode one is available on HBO ON DEMAND®.