Official statement from Amir Khan following the official announcement confirming that Marcos Maidana will fight Floyd Mayweather on Saturday 3rd May.

“Following the announcement by Floyd Mayweather that he will be facing Marcos Maidana on May 3rd I would like to clarify my situation for my fans and members of the media.

“Despite having signed my part of the agreement to fight Floyd in early December, I’ve been preparing myself for some time that the match up with him wasn’t going to happen, as I announced on Twitter a few days ago. Therefore, this announcement did not come as a surprise.

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In a fight with major historical implications, former three-division titleholder Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico will move up in weight to challenge middleweight champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina in one of the year's biggest bouts.

The fight will take place June 7 (HBO PPV) at Madison Square Garden and match two probable Hall of Famers on the weekend of the annual Puerto Rican Day parade in New York, a day on which Cotto has fought regularly. The bout has been in the works for a couple of months and was finalized Thursday before both boxers took to Twitter to announce the deal was complete.

"It's done. Ready to go," Top Rank president Todd duBoef, Cotto's promoter, told ESPN.com. "I think the energy and the passion associated with both these fighters and the passion that their countries have for them is going to make this an incredible event and an incredible fight, maybe unprecedented in my career, which is over 20 years.

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In what could be a crushing blow to the career of Amir Khan, WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) is saying that he’ll be the one facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 3rd. Nothing has been confirmed or announced about this yet, but Maidana seems to think he’ll be the one in the ring with Mayweather.

“I’m waiting for the fight to be announced”, said via the Buenos Aires Herald. He further said that he’s “anxious and already training for the fight”.

Where this leaves Khan is unknown. He just spent the last 10 months of his career waiting on the Mayweather fight, and he even won a twitter poll that was created by Mayweather’s website.

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Mexican boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez and his vicious, hard-hitting foe, Alfredo "El Perro" Angulo have been busy at their training camps in San Diego and Oakland, Calif., respectively as they ready themselves for their upcoming showdown on Saturday, March 8 live on SHOWTIME PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

CANELO ALVAREZ, Former World Champion

"This fight ahead is a hard one. There will be a lot of punches thrown. Two different styles will clash in the ring and there will be a lot of action. It will be a war that we're all going to enjoy.

"Angulo is a stronger fighter. He is a fighter who hits hard and can last a long time in the ring. He is a fighter that always makes his fights tough and you have to work hard to beat him. That's what will happen on March 8 and that's what we'll hope to see.

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Manchester superstar Ricky Hatton says countryman Amir Khan is capable of pulling off a huge upset on May 3rd against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Khan is the frontrunner to face Mayweather for his WBC welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Hatton, then undefeated, faced Mayweather in 2007 and was knocked out in ten rounds. Even though he gives Khan a chance, he picks Mayweather to pull through with his undefeated record intact.

Hatton told Talksport's Drivetime: "I do give Khan a chance. I know a lot of people won't share my enthusiasm, and he will be the underdog, there's no getting away from that and I think Amir would admit that, but styles make fights.

"Mayweather likes fighters to run at him and attack him, but he never has to go on the front foot and hunt someone down. If Amir could swallow his pride for one fight and use his hand speed and his boxing ability and let Floyd try to jump all over him, he's probably the only man who can match Floyd for skill.

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Welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have signed on to reprise their controversial, down-to-the-wire June 2012 match where each man is guaranteed to pocket at least $20 million. The dream match of all boxing fans is soon to be possible after Mayweather vs Khan fight.

ESPN reports Bradley and the man long saluted as “Pac-Man” will square off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 12. Read what Bob Arum stated about Pacquiao.

“I finished the deal with Pacquiao last week and [Top Rank president] Todd duBoef finished with Bradley Saturday,” said promoter Bob Arum, adding that a formal news conference promoting the bout will be held in New York over the next two weeks and a second gathering will be convened in L.A. within 48 hours of then.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vows to have "no weight problem" in advance of his 168-pound rematch with Bryan Vera, who promises "to beat Chavez decisively" on March 1 at the Alamodome in San Antonio in Vera's home state of Texas. In the other hand, Floyd is in negotiation process about Mayweather vs Khan fight by Golden Boy Promotions.

"People are going to see I have the fire and hunger back," said Chavez. "I have been training for five months and my weight is perfect." Read it here.

Vera lost a controversial 10-round unanimous decision to Chavez in California in September at a 173-pound catchweight because Chavez was not able to make the originally contracted weight.

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This past week Bob Arum of Top Rank mentioned that he’s interested in having Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s), the current WBO super featherweight champion, facing his No.1 star Manny Pacquiao once Mikey moves up in weight in the future. The fact that Arum is talking about this fight tells you that we can expect that fight to happen very, very soon. Arum doesn’t have another pay-per-view presence in his Top Rank stable, and the 35-year-old Pacquiao is about the end of the line as a PPV guy in a year or two.

We’re already seeing Pacquiao’s PPV numbers diminishing with his last fight against Brandon Rios. Was that just an aberration as a result of Pacquiao fighting in Macao, China, or a signal that fans are growing weary of him?

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Austin Trout has had a taste of the big fights, and he wants it again, which is what makes his fight with interim junior middleweight titlist Erislandy Lara on Saturday so imperative.

"I'm absolutely excited to get in the fight," Trout said. "I really wanted to fight as soon as I could. I wasn't injured, I wasn't necessarily beat up, but I had to wait for December. So, all that in value then builds up, and I'm ready to take it out on Lara.

"Somebody has got to get rid of this guy, and I'm happy to be the one to do it. I feel like I'm the only one that can do it, so it's really honorable to be able to get in there and get my belt back at the same time."

Last December, Miguel Cotto selected Trout as an opponent because Cotto wanted a shot at his junior middleweight title. Trout was all too happy to give him the opportunity, went to Cotto's house at Madison Square Garden in New York and outpointed the Puerto Rican star with relative ease. It was the victory that put Trout on the map, even though he had held a world title since early 2011.

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Marquez vs Bradley is an extremely intriguing match up with no clear favorite as both are premier fighters with superb skills.
Marquez is the more experienced, more technical counter-puncher with one-punch knockout power.
And Bradley, on the otherhand, is the younger, more agile, volume-puncher with elusive speed and quickness.

This is a match-up where proper and strict strategy application will be essential to both fighters.
Marquez is one of the most intelligent fighters in the sport today and outsmarting the veteran wizard surely won't be easy.

No one can question JMM's knowledge of the game and his ability to make adjustments in the ring without missing a beat. The biggest question most are asking is: How will Marquez's 40 year old reflexes will hold-up against the elusive 30 year old speedster?

But Marquez fully understands the disadvantage he holds and has been sparring with Bradley-esque fighters who can, to some degree, mimic Bradley's speed and movement.

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