Oscar De La Hoya has named legendary trainer Freddie Roach as his new corner man for his May 5th Superfight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

As promised, here are the pictures from Saturdays HBO Boxing After Dark fight night, enjoy!

Jorge Arce came to the ring dancing upon a horse. Who would have known that his entrance would have been the most exciting part of his fight. Arce (46-3-1, 35 KO`s) won an intriguing fight against Argentinian Julio David Roque Ler infront of a nice crowd in Anaheim, CA. Ler (23-2, 14 KO`s) ran in circles, covered up, and lasted 12 round with the Mexican Cowboy.

More news and pictures ahead!

Touchgloves.com team members Korosh, Reza, and I have officially arrived in Anaheim for tonights HBO Boxing After Dark fight card. We`ll be ringside tonight, so look for great pictures and a full review tomorrow.

Touchgloves.com is happy to announce that Korosh, Reza, and I will be in Anaheim, CA this Saturday for HBO`s B.A.D. In the main event, Super Flyweight Jorge Arce will take on Julio David Roque Ler. Also on the fight card will be Kelly Pavlik and touchgloves.com friend and undefeated Middleweight Vanes Martirosyan. We`ll be ringside taking in all the action, with full updates and photos coming shortly after the event.

We`ll see you at the Honda Center in Anaheim!

In a move that was expected, Ricky Hatton will defend his newly earned IBF Light Welterweight title against Jose Luis Castillo live from the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight is slated to take place in June and fans and the medis have already discussed it as a fight of the year candidate. We only hope Castillo can make weight and show a little more excitement than his fight last Saturday.

More news as we hear it!

Ricky Hatton won a unanimous decision victory over IBF Light Welterweight champion Juan Urango. Hatton won all but one round, 119-109, on three of the judges scorecards. With the victory, Hatton reclaims his IBF title and sets himself up with a big fight against Jose Luis Castillo.

Ricky Hatton looks to reclaim the title he gave up last year when he takes on Juan Urango for the IBO Light Welterweight Title. Hatton earned “2005 Fighter of the Year” when he won the IBO title back in 2005 with a convincing knockout victory over Kostya Tszyu. He would drop it in 2006 to fight Welterweight champ Luis Collazo. Along the way, Urango came along and defeated Naoufel Ben Rabah to win the vacant title. With the return of Luis Castillo on the under card tonight’s boxing card on HBO should start 2007 off with a bang.

BASEL, SWITZERLAND (TICKER) -- Nikolay Valuev is obsessed with Rocky Marciano`s record.

The tallest heavyweight champion of all time, Valuev will defend his WBA title against American Jameel McCline on Saturday.

Valuev (45-0, 33 KOs) is four wins shy of matching Marciano`s streak of 49 consecutive wins.

"I definitely want to break his record," Valuev said. "If there`s the chance to get your name in the history books with such a great record, it is of course my aim to accomplish it. But that does not mean I will fight weak opponents."

STAMFORD, Conn. (January 19, 2007) – VERSUS, in collaboration with leading boxing promoter Top Rank, today announced that the IBF light flyweight world championship will be up for grabs in a showdown between Mexico’s Ulises Solis (22-1-2, 16 KOs) and Will Grigsby (18-3-1, 7 KOs) of St. Paul, MN. The fighters will headline the network’s second live Fight Night telecast of the New Year on Thursday, January 25 at 9 p.m. ET from The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

BLOOMFIELD, NJ (January 16, 2007) – Heavyweight contender Calvin Brock (29-1, 22 KO’s) has added entrepreneur to his professional resume, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Brock has started www.CalvinBrockTravel.com, an online travel agency that aims to “save people money.”

As most boxing fans know, the heavyweight division is the most incomplete division in boxing. All other divisions have a clear champion, whose faces represent their respective weight classes. O’Neil Bell represents the Cruiserweights, Joe Calzaghe the Super Middleweights, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. the Welterweight division, and so on. Last year we saw four different heavyweight hold four first different belts, and surprisingly, it ended the same way. Though new champions were crowned, a unified championship bout was never made. Luckily, this year, with my help, boxing fans will soon find out who the true face of the heavyweight division is.

James “Lights Out” Toney and Sam “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter will kick off the new year with some heavyweight boxing tonight on SHOWTIME. The two heavyweight contenders are coming off a controversial September decision, a fight that Peter won by split decision, but left many fans and boxing experts unsatisfied. The winner of tonight’s fight will be the mandatory challenger for Oleg Maskaev’s WBC Title.

Sam Peter earned a unanimous decision victory over James Toney tonight from Hollywood, FL. Unlike the first fight, the final outcome was much more obvious, as Peter dominated Toney for 12 rounds. Peter put Toney on his butt in the second round with a jab that sent the off balanced Toney to the ground.

More details ahead.

STAMFORD, Conn. (January 4, 2007) – VERSUS, in collaboration with leading boxing promoters Top Rank, today announced that a NABF Lightweight Championship battle between Kid Diamond (23-1-1, 14 KOs) and Antonio Pitalua (41-3, 35 KOs) will headline the network’s first live Fight Night telecast of the year on Thursday, January 11 at 9 p.m. ET from the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia.

"Sugar" Shane Mosley will return to the ring and the Welterweight division on February 10th against Luis Collazo live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Mosley, (43-4. 37KO`s) will be coming into this fight winning his last four fights, including a spectacular knockout of Fernando Vargas in his last bout. Collazo, (27-2, 13KO`s) will be looking for reclimb the Welterweight ladder after his controversal lost to British Boxing sensation Ricky Hatton.

The Executioner may be back for more. Rumors are heating up that Bernard Hopkins is ready to step back into the Ring. Sources tell touchgloves.com that Hopkins has a July 14th date set for his return the the ring. Possible opponents include Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev, Cruiseweight Champion Oneil Bell, and former pound for pound king Roy Jones Jr. More news to come!