touchgloves.com has exclusive news regarding the future opponent of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sources close to HBO and Floyd have indicated that a Sept 16th date is being held open for a possible showdown between Pretty Boy Floyd and the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya.

Results and Analysis of ESPN2`s Wednesday Night Fights

WBA Champ Says a Slick Southpaw is a Recipe for Disaster for ‘The Hitman’

Oscar should have no problem destroying Mayorga. He honestly hates him and wants to punish him right out of the gate. The only problem for Oscar could be if Mayorga starts fast and wins the first 3 out of 4 rounds and forces Oscar to come out from his original game plan.

Tomorrow night on ESPN2, Wednesday night fights includes an exciting card featuring Super Middleweight Allan Green and heavyweight Jameel "Big Time" Mccline.

Wladimir Klitschko (46-3) scored a decisive victory over Chris Byrd (39-3-1) with a TKO in Mannheim, Germany to win the IBF and IBO Heavyweight Title. After being knocked down for the second time, in three rounds, the fight was stopped 41 seconds into the 7th round. This was Klitschko’s second victory over Byrd, the first coming courtesy of a unanimous decision victory back in 2000. This outcome was nothing different.

On the Klitschko/Byrd undercard, Alexander Povetkin , the 2004 Olympic Super-heavyweight gold medalist, faced off against Friday "the 13th" Ahunanya . The six-round bout ended in a Povetkin win by unanimous decision, and was quite the exciting match-up. Both fighters went straight at one another and slugged it out. The fight ended with no knockdowns, but it looked as if some were coming, had a longer fight been scheduled.

The European Invasion of Boxing Continues. Wladimir Klitschko (46-3) defeated Chris Byrd (39-3-1) with a 7th round KO, capturing the IBF Heavyweight Championship.

In an effort to separate themselves from the other fighters in the Heavyweight division, Wladimir Klitschko (45-3) and Chris Byrd (39-2-1) will fight this Saturday in Mannheim, Germany for Byrd’s IBF Heavyweight Title and the vacant IBO Heavyweight Title.

Tonight, Saturday April 15th at 9:30PM ET/PT, HBO will reboradcast last week`s bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Zab Judah.

The fight was heavily promoted albiet Judah`s unexpected loss to unknown Carlos Baldomir. touchgloves.com covered the fight live from ringside last week.

Surpassing Mayweathers first pay-per-view fight against Arturo Gatti last year, this fight generated 350,000 PPV buys producing a cool $15.7 million in revenue. HBO looks forward to other PPV events later this year including a rematch between Sugar Shane Mosely and Ferocious Fernando Vargas slated for July 15th.

Today, Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has suspended Roger Mayweather’s license as a trainer for one-year and has slapped him with a $200,000 fine for entering the ring last Saturday night during the 10th round of his nephews fight against Zab Judah. Roger Mayweather’s entrance caused a near riot and this sparked members from both entourages to enter the ring. Police and security officials entered the ring in an attempt to bring calm. Roger Mayweather was ejected from the fight after the incident.

After finishing up on part one I started to make a list as to why people may not connect with boxing the way they do other sports. What makes a great boxing match? Do people enjoy free entertainment on television rather than paying for a fight? Are there too many divisions to pay attention to? My list started to become longer than I expected, so I picked a few topics that I felt stood out the most, and chose to expand on them.

touchgloves.com has learned that Miguel Angel Cotto has a tentative match up with Jose Luis Castillo set for November in New York City

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Arturo Gatti to battle world Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir July 22 for the Welterweight championship. The NYC press conference will be held April 12th in New York

Little Known Sergei Liakhovich came to this country with $100 in his pocket and a dream to one day becoming heavyweight champion. We`ll tonight in Cleveland Ohio, that Dream came true.