Paul Williams is pursuing a fight with either WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk or Sergio Martinez on Dec. 5 in Atlantic City now that his scheduled bout for the same night, against Kelly Pavlik, has been canceled, his promoter, Dan Goossen, and his trainer and manager, George Peterson, told FanHouse.
Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) has a staph infection in his left finger that has plagued him for months, having led to the second postponement of his WBO and WBC middleweight title defenses against Williams (37-1, 27 KOs), a two-time welterweight and one-time junior middleweight champion.
Edison Miranda has demonstrated punching power throughout most of his professional boxing career.
He won his first 26 fights, with the initial 21 coming by way of knockout, and an incredible 16 of those being in the first round. However, he has had mixed results ever since with only six wins in his last 10 fights, suffering a unanimous decision loss to former Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward in April.
Showtime's Sports general manager, Ken Hershman, said that he is "thrilled" concerning the success of last weekend's two super middleweight bouts of the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament, even as he expressed concern and well-wishes toward Jermain Taylor, who was diagnosed with a concussion following his 12th-round knockout loss to Germany's Arthur Abraham.
After losing to Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) in a clash of former middleweight (160 pounds) champions, Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KOs) was hospitalized for a few days in Germany following their 168-pound battle.
Former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins will fight hard-punching Enrigue Ornelas on Dec. 2 at the Liacorous Center on the campus of Temple University in his hometown of Philadelphia.
The 12-round light heavyweight matchup for Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 knockouts) precedes an agreed-upon rematch with Florida's multi-champion Roy Jones (54-5, 40 KOs) that is slated for perhaps late January or early February, assuming Jones gets through his cruiserweight bout on the same night against Austrailia's Danny Green (27-3, 24 KOs).
When it comes to experience, no fighter in the Showtime World Boxing Classic Super Six Tournament has more than Jermain Taylor.
In fact, over the course of his past 12 bouts, the 31-year-old super middleweight (168 pounds) has faced a schedule that may be classified as infinitely more difficult than any in the entire sport.
Eleven of Taylor's last 12 matchups have been against men who were either world champs at the time they met him, or, who were once world titlists.
Mark Taffet, Senior Vice President of HBO Sports Pay Per View, said Floyd Mayweather "clearly has proven his star status by generating the kinds of pay per view numbers that very few men in the history of the sport have ever generated."
FanHouse spoke to Taffet, the man in charge of HBO's Pay Per View, as he addressed Mayweather, the Nov. 14 megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, the cable giant's "hunger to go younger" initiative geared toward drawing America's youth to the sport of boxing, and how the organization determines which fights are deserving of pay television status during this exclusive interview.
Kelly Pavlik hopes to draw another huge crowd from his hometown Dec. 5, when he defends his WBC and WBO middleweight belts against Paul Williams at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall.
In this final installment of a three-part series, Pavlik told FanHouse about his supportive fans, and how he looks forward to the first day of an eight-week "boot camp" for Williams.
For the third defense of his WBC and WBO middleweight titles, Kelly Pavlik will return to Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall to face former two-time welterweight and one-time junior middleweight champion Paul Williams on Dec. 5.
In this second installment of a three-part series, Pavlik spoke to FanHouse about Bernard Hopkins, who beat him last fall in Atlantic City, his relationship with trainer Jack Loew, his unusual training regimen and the origin of his nickname, "The Ghost."
It was Sept. 29, 2007, and there were many within the boisterous crowd of 10,127 who packed into Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall who wondered if their hometown hero, Kelly Pavlik, would go down in the first defeat of his career.
Pavlik estimated that close to 8,000 of his faithful had traveled from his native Youngstown, Ohio, to support him. Pavlik could hear them as they screamed encouragement, even as he woozily sank to his stool, having been blasted to the canvas by nearly 20 unanswered punches from Jermain Taylor.
"Are you OK? Can you continue?" asked cornerman Jack Loew, Pavlik's trainer since he first laced up the gloves at age 9.
Mark "TNT" Tucker of Eldersburg, MD., remained unbeaten by earning a unanimous, 10-round decision over Jim Strohl of Las Vegas for the United States Boxing Organization belt on Friday night before a screaming, partisan crowd at the Carroll County Agricultural Center's Shipley Arena in Westminster, MD.
In victory, Tucker, 21, rose to 12-0 with seven knockouts, while Strohl (27-8, 21 KOs) lost for the fifth straight time. The fighters were competing as light heavyweights (175 pounds).
Paul Williams is pursuing a fight with either WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk or Sergio Martinez on Dec. 5 in Atlantic City now that his scheduled bout for the same night, against Kelly Pavlik, has been canceled, his promoter, Dan Goossen, and his trainer and manager, George Peterson, told FanHouse.
Showtime's Sports general manager, 
Former undisputed middleweight champion 
When it comes to experience, no fighter in the Showtime World Boxing Classic Super Six Tournament has more than 
Mark Taffet
Kelly Pavlik
For the third defense of his WBC and WBO middleweight titles, 
It was Sept. 29, 2007, and there were many within the boisterous crowd of 10,127 who packed into Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall who wondered if their hometown hero, 
