With less than a week left to the uberfight between the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr., touchgloves.com will bring you daily updates from both camps, provide a detailed fight analysis and bring you the latest from Las Vegas.

The fight which takes place on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is set to break the record for the largest all-time pay-per-view fight, a title currently held by Tyson-Lewis at 1.98 million PPV buys.

WBA Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz took on WBO Lightweight Champion Acelino Freitas in what was expected by most to be an exciting battle between a rising star and an accomplished veteran. Diaz (32-0, 15KO's) pressured Freitas (38-1, 31 KO's) from the opening bell forcing Freitas against the ropes. Once Freitas was against the ropes, Diaz would unload powerful combinations landing with accuracy and precision.

Freitas looked tired and discouraged after round five during which he was stunned and badly hurt. Diaz continued to apply pressure landing strong left jabs which stopped Freitas from being able to set his punches. Freitas took a significant amount of punishment in rounds seven and eight. Freitas didn't answer the bell for round nine.

Diaz who is only 23, said that he is looking to fight any of the champions out there and he looks for a dream fight against Manny Paquiao.

One of the sports most exciting young fighters will be on display as WBA Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz defends his title against the WBO Lightweight Champion Acelino Freitas in an explosive twelve round unification fight. “HBO: Boxing After Dark” will televise the main event live from the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Fierce punching rising star Edison "Pantera" Miranda sat down with touchgloves.com for this exclusive interview. Miranda (28-1, 24KOs) discusses his upcoming bout against undefeated knock-out artist Kelly Pavlik (30-0, 27KOs). Miranda's aggressive style and heart have increased his popularity amongst boxing fans around the world. His recent battles against previously undefeated Allan Green (23-1, 16KOs) and Arthur Abraham (27-0, 17) have proven that Miranda has a bright future. Miranda discusses his dismay with the middleweight division, his thoughts on Bernard Hopkins, Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor.

If a man was giving a speech and hiccuped at the podium, he would step back, clear his throat, and continue his address. Following the only hiccup of his career, Mike Anchondo, 27-1 (19 KO), is ready to continue his declaration as one of the elite fighters in the sport on April 27, when he faces off with dangerous Darling Jiminez on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.

The first installment of "De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7" drew about 1.4 million households, according to the Los Angeles Times. The four part series gives fans inside access to both training camps as both fighters train for their "The World Awaits" HBO PPV fight on May 5th. Make sure to catch part two this Sunday night after "The Sopranos" and "Entourage".

CHICAGO, IL, April 19, 2007 – According to TicketsNow (www.TicketsNow.com), the world's leading online marketplace for premium event tickets, the May 5th bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., one of the most anticipated and hyped boxing matches in recent times, is turning into an event on par with the Super Bowl in regards to ticket pricing and availability. Currently at TicketsNow, tickets to the fight in Las Vegas range from $1,220 to $14,375, with prices expected to escalate as the event draws nearer.

Former Heavyweight Champion Chris "Rapid Fire" Byrd (40-3-1, 20KO's) returned to the ring in style with a seventh round technical knockout over Paul Marinaccio (22-3-2, 9KO's). Byrd, who's last fight was a knockout loss to Wladimir Klitschko just under one year ago, came out slow and sluggish in the first round. As expected, the ring rust was there.

NEW YORK – Two fighters who have made a name for themselves on the popular SHOWTIME boxing series "ShoBox: The New Generation," return to the network for the most significant fight of their respective careers. In arguably the finest, most meaningful match-up in the six-year history of "ShoBox," Duva Boxing's Kendall Holt, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 1 contender, will take on No. 2 contender Mike Arnaoutis in a WBO 140-pound elimination bout Friday, April 20, 2007.

Tickets for the highly anticipated bout between Miguel Cotto (29-0, 24 KO's) and Zab Judah (34-4, 25 KOs) are now available at ticketmaster.com. The fight will take place on June 9th at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight is billed as “X-PLOSIVE!” Cotto is the current undefeated World Welterweight Champion. Judah is a two-division champion who has been embroiled in strange an unfortunate events of late.

Ticket prices are $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50.

In an ever-growing push, UFC President Dana White announced yesterday that UFC programming will be on HBO by this summer. Rumors of a UFC-HBO deal began spreading last year but soon died-out as the two organizations couldn't come to an agreement on who would be in charge of production. HBO currently the world champion in boxing production wanted to have complete control over the UFC shows while Zuffa, the parent company to UFC wanted to maintain control. It seems that the Zuffa team decided that no progess was being made and will allow HBO to have the final say in the production of each show.

HOLLYWOOD, FL, April 17 – The most charismatic middleweight in the world, people’s champion Edison ‘Pantera’ Miranda, checked in today from his training camp in Puerto Rico after another grueling workout in preparation for his May 19th bout with Kelly Pavlik, to send a message to Jermain Taylor.

Seminole Warriors Boxing announced that is has signed unbeaten middleweight "Mean" Joe Greene to a promotional contract.

Tickets for the highly anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) match-up between street fighter Kimbo Slice and former Heavyweight Champion Ray Mercer are on sale at ticketmaster now! The fight takes place on June 23rd at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall.

Since the announcement of the fight by Cage Fury Fighting Championships, most observers believe that both fighters have a good shot of winning this fight. The bout has been properly named "Last Man Standing" as most anticipate stand up fight between the two. In an interview with touchgloves.com, Mercer said " I might surprise everybody and go to the floor, who knows." Either way, this should be an exciting match-up.

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I have to admit my bias. I am a huge Mike Tyson fan. Sure Tyson had tremendous punching power and in his youth and was one of the all-time great heavyweights. I am a Tyson fan for a different reason. I enjoyed the sideshow, the circus side of "Iron Mike." The post-prison Tyson. I am a fan of the children-eating Mike Tyson, the one with the impregnable defense and impetuous style. I like the Mike Tyson who refuses to speak to woman without fornicating with them first. Mike Tyson is fading into Bolivian, which is sad and unfortunate. But maybe, just maybe we have a little Mike Tyson in Zab Judah.

Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor told BBC Sports that he will fight Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32KO's) for $10 Million Dollars. Taylor, (26-0-1, 17KO's) will be defending his titles May 19th against Cory Spinks.

Wladimir Klitschko will seek revenge when he takes on Lamon Brewester July 7th from the Cologne Arena in Cologne, Germany. In their first meeting back in April of 2004, Klitschko (48-3, 43 KO's) was knocked out by Brewster (33-3, 29 KO's) in the 5th round of their WBO Heavyweight Championship fight. Klitschko is coming off a 2nd round knockout of Ray Austin, while Brewster is fully healed from an eye injury he suffered during a unanimous decision loss to Sergei Lyakhovich. HBO will televise the fight.

More news as we hear it!

Filipino Sensation and congressional candidate Manny Pacquiao (44-3-2, 35KO's) scored a Knockout victory over previously undefeated Jorge Solis (32-1-2, 23KO's). Pacman came out slow due to Solis's awkward style. The larger Solis was able to use his longer arms to slow the forward pressing Pacquiao. In the 6th round, a gash opened up above Pacquiao's left eye after an accidental clash of heads. From that moment on, Pacquiao began to increase the pressure and attack Solis. In the 8th round, Solis was dropped twice after a barrage of punches from Manny. Solis was unable to rise before Referee Vick Drakulich counted to 10. Official time was 1:16 of the 8th round.

This weekend could be one of the best boxing weekends in recent history. Two of the most exciting boxers will be fighting on the same card as Manny Pacquiao and Jorge Acre headline a spectacular card in San Antonio, Texas. Half way around the world, the Russian Giant, Nikolai Valuev will try to keep his winning streak alive again heavyweight contender Ruslan Chagaev.

Nikolai Valuev vs. Ruslan Chagaev

Rayne: Valuev by 6th Round KO. He's just too big and strong. Tune up fight for a major bout later this year.

Korosh.: The Russian Giant will continue on his road to History. This man is just a freak of nature. Even with Average boxing skills, he will rise to the top. Not sure if there is anyone who can stop him. Valuev by Knockout in the 3rd.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solis

Rayne: Pacquiao by 2nd round Knockout. He's too strong and too fast. You're talking about the world's best fighter against a relative unknown.

Korosh: Pacman by knockout in the 7th. The world's most exciting fighter has more big fight experience. He's also considered one of the best for pulling through in big fights. Manny is peaking and i'm not sure anyone can match him.

Jorge Arce vs. Cristian Mijares

Rayne: Arce by 4th round knockout. The Most exciting fighter in boxing will show us why we love to watch him fight

Korosh: Arce by 8th round TKO. This one will be one of the best fights of the year. Expect violent exchanges in the center of the ring, with Arce coming out on top.

Brian Viloria vs. Edgar Sosa

Rayne: Vilora by Decision.

Korosh: Vilora by knockout. This young man will be the future Manny Pacquiao. He has an exciting style and is now more determined than ever. With Joe Goosen in his corner, the killer instinct in him should come out. Keep an eye out for this kid. He's fun to watch.

And the streak is over. Ruslan Chagaev (23-0-1, 17KO's) over came the odds and defeated the Russian giant Nikolai Valuev (46-1, 34KO's) by Majority Decision. The loss ends was Valuev's first and ends his attempt at Rocky Marciano's 49 fight win streak. Judges at ringside had the fight 117-111, 115-113, and 114-114.

In front of a packed crowd in Mississippi, Zab Judah (34-4, 25KO's) returned to the ring and controversy. His return bout on ESPN's Friday Night fights was ruled a No Contest after the fight was stopped because of an "accidental foul" caused a bloody gash along Ruben Galvin's head. With his tuneup victory over Ruben Galvin (27-11-2, 10KO's), Judah has cleared the way for a June 9th bout with Puerto Rican sensation and welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.

HOLLYWOOD, FL, April 13 – Former light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson, deep into training camp for his May 16th bout with Montell Griffin at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, had some choice words for promoter Gary Shaw, who recently stated that Johnson would have to “wait his turn” for a shot at his fighter, WBC champion Chad Dawson. A fighter the promoter said “nobody wants to fight.”

This Saturday, April 14th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring for the first time in 2007 to take on undefeated contender Jorge Solis. The fight is available Live on Pay-Per-View and will feature four bouts showcasing some of today's most promising young stars. Top Rank President Bob Arum recently indicated a different approach to the production of show by "using some of the formats the UFC has been so successful with recently with more music, less talking and less interruptions allowing us to have four fights on instead of two or three."

Olympic hopeful Robert Herrera was set back of his goal of qualifying to fight for the state title in the 201-pound division. On Saturday March 31, 2007, 16-year-old Herrera fought a 3 round war against the San Diego district champion of 201 pounds, 28-year-old P.J. Faxson. The bout went to the scorecards where Herrera failed to get the decision. “I felt as if I was overconfident. I felt that I could have knocked him out. In the first round I had him. I had him pretty good, I stumbled him,” Herrera said. “In the 2nd round I got out of my game plan.”

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ APRIL 12 - Tickets for the Kimbo Slice-Ray Mercer match-up on June 23rd go on sale April 13th.

Slice is currently training in Miami, Floria.

Mercer just made his way to Atlantic City where he will continue his training until the fight. Both fighters will be present at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 4, where they will be introduced and highlight films of both in action will be shown. Cage Fury Fighting Championships 4 will be held on April 13th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

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Watching an old, washed-up, past his prime, over the hill, has been, Tony Soprano get his ass kicked by an overweight Bobby Bacala on last Sunday's of Sopranos got me thinking. I started thinking about how sad it is when a famous, larger than life figure is clearly past his prime but keeps insisting on doing things his own way. The list is long and distinguished.

WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolay Valuev looks to extend his winning streak to 47 when he takes on Ruslan Chagaev this Saturday live from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Valuev (46-0, 34 KO's) is three wins shy of Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0. Valuev is coming off a 3rd round TKO victory against Jameel McCline, after McCline couldn't continue after injuring his knee while throwing a punch.

Chagaev (22-0-1, 17 KO's) will be giving up close to eleven inches to the Russian Giant. Chagaev will be the first southpaw Valuev has fought in quite some time and could pose problems for the Heavyweight Champ. Chagaev is coming off a strong split decision victory in the WBA eliminator fight over Heavyweight slob John Ruiz.

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Zab "Super" Judah (34-4, 25KO's) is back. After a one year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Judah will be facing Ruben Galvan (27-11, 10KO's) in the main event on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights".

If successful, Judah will be in position to take on Puerto Rico sensation Miguel Cotto (29-0, 24KO's) in a mega-fight later this summer.

Joshua Clottey (31-2, 19KO's) destroyed Diego Corrales (40-4, 33KO's) for 10 rounds Saturday Night. Corrales was sent the the canvas twice, once very late into round 9 and once in the final round. He was also penalized 1 pt for spitting out his mouth piece. Judges Scored the bout 97-90, 98-89, 100-87, all three in favor of Joshua "Hitter" Clottey .

More to Come!

If you are planning on watching the Calzaghe-Manfredo match tonight on HBO, do not click more. If you want to know what happened, go on.

Diego Corrales (40-4, 33 KO’s) makes his return to the ring tonight when he takes on Joshua Clottey (30-2, 19 KO’s) live on SHOWTIME. Corrales (40-4, 33 KO’s) , known for his two electrifying fights with Jose Luis Castillo, is making the jump from Lightweight Division, 135 pounds, to the Welterweight Division, 147 pounds. The decision comes after struggling and failing to make weight in his last fight against Joel Casamyor. Both fighters know that they must win to remain in the championship picture.

Joe Calzaghe (42-0, 31 KO’s) looks to make his 20th straight successful title defense when he takes on Peter Manfredo (26-3, 12 KO’s) live from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

The fight will be shown live on HBO. Calzaghe, the WBO Super Middleweight Champion, has been reigning supreme in the Super Middleweight division for the last ten years. He’s looking to attract more American fan attention with a win over “The Contender” runner-up Manfredo. Promoters expect a sold-out crowd of 35,000 to pack the Millennium Stadium.

The eagerly awaited fight predictions for this weekends big fights are in. Feel free to leave a comment with your predictions below. Remember HBO will televise Peter Manfredo v.s Joe Calzaghe, shown live at 5pm/ET and once again replay at 10pm/ET. Showtime will show Diego Corrales in his debut at the welterweight division against Joshua Clottey. The Corrales fight will begin at 10pm/ET on Showtime.

Joe Calzaghe v.s. Peter Manfredo (HBO)

Farz B. - Unanimous Decision for Calzaghe. I think Manfredo lacks big fight experience and the hometown crowd will be a big factor for Calzaghe. Manfredo will put up a great fight, but in the end, Calzaghe will come up victorious.

Korosh - In a shocking upset, Manfredo by KO. I think Calzaghe is looking past Manfredo. The Contender realizes his dream.

R. Maiker - I usually like to go with the underdog but Calzaghe is too experienced. Hometown advantage for Calzaghe, big fight credentials, speed and power all in favor of Calzaghe. I will be rooting for Manfredo, but I predict Calzaghe by TKO.

Diego Corrales v.s. Joshua Clottey (SHO)

Farz B. - Corrales by 7th round TKO

Korosh - Corrales will have the same trouble as Ricky Hatton by moving up in weight. Corrales will however pull through the victory.

R. Maiker - Corrales will come out guns blazing. He should be ok moving up in weight. Corrales will let his hands go. Corrales by TKO.

PENSACOLA, FL, APRIL 6 - Former Pound-for-Pound King Roy Jones Jr. revealed on ESPN's Friday Night Fights that he is expecting to take a tune-up fight in June, followed by a Middleweight Championship against current undisputed Champion Jermaine Taylor on HBO. HBO has a September 21st 2007 date reserved for the meeting between the two.

Jones Jr. said that the potential match-up with Anthony Hanshaw fell apart because he did not want to have Gary Shaw promote his fight and that it had nothing to do with Hanshaw. "Hanshaw can come down to the Gulf in June and I'll pay him what he was going to get paid and we can fight" said Jones Jr.

If the fight with Taylor takes place, Jones Jr. will be coming down to the Middleweight division where he has not fought in over ten years.

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New York, April 6—K2 Promotions confirmed today that an agreement was not able to be reached between all of the parties involved in trying to secure an immediate world heavyweight championship fight between Vitali Klitschko and Oleg Maskaev.

Zab "Super" Judah is set to make his return to the boxing ring next Friday night when he takes on journeyman Ruben Galvan. The fight will be televised on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights”. Judah (34-4, 25KO's) is coming off a six month suspension for his involvement in an in-ring riot last May after he hit Floyd Mayweather Jr. with an intentional low blow. If Judah is victorious over Galvan, he’s set up for a June 6th WBA Welterweight Championship fight against champion Miguel Cotto.