Ricky Hatton recently dropped his IBF LIght Welterweight title so that he could take on Jose Luis Castillo. Fortunently, both fighters have a little more to fight for, than pride, once again. Today, the IBO announced that their vacant Light Welterweight title will be on the line when the two fighters battle June 23rd from Las Vegas, Nevada. Though it`s not a part of the big four titles out there, holding any world title is an honor to have.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS---Four-Time World Heavyweight Champion, Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield’s quest for a fifth heavyweight title continues on Saturday, March 17th when he takes on Vinny Maddalone (27-3, Flushing, NY) at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Shannons Briggs first title defense of his WBO Heavyweight championship will have to wait. Briggs has been diagnosed with pnuemonia and will have to push back his defense for the next 3 months. The fight, which was slated to take place in Madison Square Garden, could hold up a possibility of a unification fight between the winner between the two rumored to fight Wladimir Klitschko later this year.

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Rumors are spreading that Miguel Cotto and Zab Judah will meet in June to fight for Cotto`s WBA Welterweight Title. The fight is slated to take place in New York at Madison Square Garden on June 9th.

It was originally planned for WBO Champ Antonio Margarito and Cotto to fight, but Margarito chose to fight mandatory challenger Paul Williams instead.

Southern California fans take notice. The March 3rd card featuring Vic Darchinyan vs. Victor Burgos and dream match up Israel Vazquez vs. Raul Marquez has been moved from its original site of Las Vegas to the Home Depot Center in Carson California.

At last night`s Mosley-Collazo press conference, Bernard Hopkins announced that he has signed his part of the deal to fight Winky Wright on July 21st. All that awaits is Wright`s signature on the dotted line. The fight, which is likely to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, is rumored to be shown on HBO PPV.

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Shane Mosley looks to continue his way back atop the boxing world when he takes on Luis Collazo tonight from Las Vegas, Nevada on HBO. Mosley (43-4, 37 KO’s) is coming off a successful 2006 campaign, earning back-to-back knockout victories against Fernando Vargas. Collazo looks to put a big nail in the coffin of Mosley’s luxurious boxing career.

Ricky Hatton has decided to drop his newly crowned IBF LIght Welterweight title rather than fight #1 contender Lovemore N`Dou, according to Hatton`s management. Hatton and Jose Luis Castillo were set to fight in June for the title, but after N`Dou won his elimination fight, N`Dou`s management demanded that Hatton skip the fight with Castillo.

As reported earlier, a fight with Castillo has been planned for months and is a bigger sell to both HBO and American fight fans. It is also financially smarter for Hatton to go with a Hatton-Castillo fight, rather than a Hatton-N`Dou.

Manndalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV - Sugar Shane Mosley came back down to his natural weight of 147 pounds and cruised through a one-sided match against southpaw Luis Collazo from Brooklyn, NY. Mosley, now 35, proved that he still has what it takes to be the best welterweight around.

Great news for fans: Both Luis Collazo and Shane Mosley made the 147 pound weight limit today. Both fighters weighed in at 147 pounds.

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STAMFORD, Conn. (February 7, 2007) – An exciting 12-round showdown between Humberto Soto (40-5-2 with 24 KOs) and Humberto Toledo (26-2-2 with 15 KOs) two of the leading super featherweight fighters, will headline the next VERSUS Fight Night in collaboration with Top Rank Boxing on Thursday, February 22 at 9 p.m. ET from the Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia.

Roy Jones Jr. will be back in the ring this Thursday, February 8th at 10pm ET/PT on this weeks installment of Spike TV`s "Pros vs. Joes". This week, the Joes have to try and survive one round in the ring with Roy Jones. Also featured this week are former football great Eric Dickerson, 7 foot rebounding machine Kevin Willias, and former MLBer Vince Coleman

Antonio Margarito`s manager Francisco Espinoza has stated that Margarito, the WBO Welterweight Champion, will take on Paul WIlliams in the upcoming months. It had initially been reported that Margarito would take on Miguel Cotto after Cotto`s fight with Oktay Urkal in March. Margarito would have been stripped of his title if he had avoided his mandatory fight with Williams.

Look for the winners of each seperate bout to fight in June or October for both the WBA and WBO titles.

Macau will have to wait for the worlds most exciting boxer. Manny Pacquiao will be taking on his next opponent April 21st from the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. An opponent has yet to be named. Pacquiao (43-3-2, 34KO`s) comes into the bout after his 3rd round stoppage of Mexican legend Erik Morales.

Also on the Card, Mexican fan favorite Jorge Arce will be in action against Cristian Mijarez as well as Julio Caesar Chavez Jr

Word is spreading that Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga will square off May 5th. The rumored fight, which would go up against Mayweather Jr.-De La Hoya, is set to take place on SHOWTIME. Both fighters are coming off of knockout defeats and this could be their last shot at a championship run!

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WBC Light featherweight champion Omar Nino was stripped of his title after failing a drug test following his disputed draw over Brian Viloria. Nino was stripped of his title after testing positive for methamphetamines.