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Troy Ross calls out Danny Green

Troy Ross 23-2 (16 KOs) who in June of this year lost a fight against Steve Cunningham 23-2 (12 KOs) for the IBF title has called out Australian Danny Green. Ross who is Guyanese by birth but fighting out of Canada lost the fight with Cunningham via a fifth round cut to his left eye. Until that point many ringside observers had Ross winning. Ross in an interview with boxing scribe Benny “Big Dog” Henderson had this and a number of other things to say about Danny Green “I have known Green from the amateurs and I always thought of him being a good guy”. Ross and Green both have extensive amateur pedigrees; both fighters representing their respective countries at the Olympics.

Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez

It's being reported that WBA minimumweight champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (26-0, 22KOs) will move up in weight on October 24 to challenge WBA junior flyweight champion Juan Carlos Reveco (25-1, 15KOs) of Argentina. Reveco had plans to defend against Gilberto Keb Baas on September 25, but the fight was put off after their respective promoters were unable to reach a deal. Now we get a potential fight of the year.

Evander Holyfield calls out the titlists

Former two division champion Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) says he wants a fight with World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) in the near future. Holyfield, 47, has a fight with Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KO’s) on November 5th at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. However, after that Holyfield would like to challenge for the title against the 29-year-old Haye. Holyfield says “I want to meet the people with the titles,” in an article at the Mirror.co.uk. “I am fighting this Williams guy because I need to stay active. I can’t wait to get the guys with these three belts [Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko and Haye].

Allan Green looking to redeem himself

In an article at Boxingtalk.com, Green said “I still want to fight for that belt [the WBC super middleweight title]. I just want what Andre Dirrell and Mikkel Kessler had; the chance to redeem myself in this tournament and advance to the semi-finals.”

This despite the fact that he suffered a humiliating one-sided 12 round unanimous decision loss to Andre Ward in June and then seeing his next opponent Mikkel Kessler drop out of the Super Six tournament because of an eye injury, the 30-year-old Green still wants to stay in the tourney and fight on.

However the word is out, Mikkel Kessler will not be replaced and that most probably Green will be dropped from the tourney for lack of an opponent.

Christopher Martin Vs Jose Luis “Tapitas” Araiza

Spanish language network Telefutura returns to America’s Finest City, San Diego, CA, with their weekly “Solo Boxeo Tecate” series on Friday night when Don Chargin Promotions and Jorge Marron Productions in association with Golden Boy Promotions and Bobby D. Presents feature undefeated super bantamweight California State champion Christopher Martin (19-0-2, 5KOs) as he takes on hard hitting veteran Jose Luis “Tapitas” Araiza (29-2, 20KOs) in the eight round main event. The seven-bout fight card will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel located in Kearny Mesa, a mid-town suburb of San Diego.

Vanes Martirosyan opens gym

Undefeated Armenian junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan has purchased Main Event Sports Club. The boxing and MMA club is located in Martirosyan’s hometown of Glendale, California. “I have always wanted to have my own gym. This gym was available and the price was right so we bought it,” Martirosyan said. “We want to help build future champions in boxing and MMA.”

Freddie Roach on Pacquiao - Mayweather

In an interview with Mike Vester of Boxingscene – Freddie Roach said he doesn't see a Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight ever taking place.

When asked why, he replied - "He waits for Manny to sign a contract with someone else, so he doesn't have to be pressured into fighting Pacquiao. He wants to keep the zero on his record so he can argue that he's the best fighter in the world. So he can say that he's better than Sugar Ray Robinson. As long as he has that zero, he can make an argument, but once that zero is gone - the argument is over."

"A loss is a part of life. A loss can make you better. Actually, it's good to lose sometimes in our lives to improve ourselves, to get a wake up call. In Floyd's little mind, he's content with that zero. How can he say that he's better than Sugar Ray Robinson at this point in his life? Robinson had a couple hundred fights out there. He's a master of the game and he was a better welterweight than he was a middleweight. But we only have tape of him as a great middleweight. We never really saw the best of him," Roach said.

"But when he compares himself to those type of guys, it doesn't sit with me too well because he won't even fight the best guys out there today. He actually ducked Margarito a couple of years ago also. He was offered a lot of money to fight him twice and ducked him. He picks and chooses his opponents and if that's what he's going to be happy with....so be it," concluded Roach.

Yuriorkis Gamboa arrives in Vegas

WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa of Miami arrives in Las Vegas Sunday night for his upcoming world title fight against IBF featherweight champion Orlando Salido on Top Rank’s ‘Battle of the Champions’, Sept. 11 at the Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas. Top Rank is promoting in association with Arena Box and Zanfer Promotions. Gamboa vs. Salido will be televised on HBO.

Boxer / Coach kills his wife on their honeymoon

Boxing Master 31 year old Vasyl Kiselyov. A citizen of Uzbekistan is accused of killing his wife, on the second day after their wedding.

According to statements by investigators, on the night of 19 to 20 August 2010 in the alley, located in front of the house on the avenue 41/28 Yuri Gagarin, there was a conflict between the spouses, in which Kiselev brutally beat  his wife. She died from injuries inflicted by the accused in hospital.