Friday night at the Estadio Cubierto Newell Old Boys in Rosario, Argentina.

Lucas Matthysse (27-0, 25 KO’s) of Argentina retained his WBO Latino junior welterweight title against Rogelio Castañeda (26-16-3, 8 KO’s of Mexico by way of first round KO.

Sebastián Luján (34-5-2, 22 KO’s) of Argentina successfully defended his WBC Latino welterweight title against Emilio Julio (16-8-1, 8 KO’s) of Colombia by way of seventh round TKO.

Vitali Klitschko fight on ESPN

For fans of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s), they may get the opportunity to see his next fight against 38-year-old former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) on ESPN, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Antonio Tarver Vs Nagy Aguilera

Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KO’s) will be fighting for the first time at heavyweight against the hard hitting 24-year-old Nagy Aguilera (16-4, 11 KO’s) on October 15th on Showtime.

“Zorrito” Barrera – Full Monty Weigh in

Alejandro “Zorrito” Barrera was stone-faced and clearly not bothered by an embarrassing incident during the official weigh-in for the “Philippines vs The World” blockbuster fight card at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu on Saturday.

Barrera was half-a-pound over the stipulated featherweight limit of 126 pounds and decided to strip completely while a large Mexican flag was wrapped around him. But even as he prepared to step onto the scales the flag fell. Barrera was not bothered. He stared down at opponent Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista who tipped the scales at exactly 126 pounds and vowed to prove his earlier boast that Mexican fighters are better than Filipinos.

Samuel Peter – Promises better performance

Samuel Peter promised on a conference call Friday to box better and smarter during his rematch against Wladimir Klitschko on Sept. 11 than he did during their first fight. Peter dropped Klitschko, then still shell-shocked from technical knockout defeats in 2003 and 2004, three times in their IBF elimination match nearly five years ago in Atlantic City.

Peter’s performance before and between those two knockdowns in the fifth round and another in 10th round was what cost the rugged Nigerian the fight and a guaranteed shot at Chris Byrd, then the IBF champion. Klitschko, while reluctant to engage, out-boxed the knockout-crazed, impatient Peter and won comfortably, 114-111, on all three scorecards, despite those three trips to the canvas.

Vitali Klitschko in unconfirmed talks with Tomasz Adamek

According to UNCONFIRMED information, the World Champion team in the WBC Heavyweight Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko in talks with Representatives of the Polish heavyweight Tomasz Adamek. It is expected that in the case of Successful completion of negotiations, the fight will be the Eighth of March at the famous New York arena Madison Square Garden and will be broadcast HBO.

Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins

According to Fan House - the CEO of Golden Boy, Richard Schaefer has said that there is a good possibility of a match between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins. The fight could be held on December 18. Shafer noted that negotiations were fruitful and both fighters had shown great interest in this fight. "I've had a very interesting conversation with Pascal’s promoter and so far everything is going well – said Shafer Fanhouse.com. - As we consider the approximate date the 18th of December. "