1. It appears Former Heavyweight Champion now Light Heavyweight Contender Chris Byrd will be fighting Shaun George on the May 16th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights.2. For anyone who wants to believe it, Bernard Hopkins says his fight against Joe Calzaghe this weekend will be his last fight. Not sure if I believe it but somebody may believe it.
3. Ricky Hatton who thinks the only reason he lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr.was because of referee Joe Cortez, wants a rematch with Mayweather. However he wants Mayweather to come down to 140 and fight. Not sure that Floyd will give in on the dropping down in weight for the rematch.
4. If Kelly Pavlik defeats Gary Lockett in June, he will next fight in September against Marco Antonio Rubio. Rubio also has to win his next fight as well and neither fighter can be injured in order for this fight to happen in September. Bob Arum is very busy planning all of his top fighters fights well down the line. Arum is trying to get Pavlik a fight with Arthur Abraham by December or the very first part of 2009. Arum is also lining up a possible fight with Manny Pacquiao taking on Amir Khan. Once again assuming there are no losses for either fighter.
5. Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver may fight next but a lot has to happen in order to get that accomplished. Dawson has a mandatory fight against Adrian Diaconu that has already been put off. So in order for Tarver and Dawson to fight next, Dawson will have to decide if he wants to vacate his belt. In that case the fight maybe less appealing to Tarver because he wants the WBC belt and if Dawson does not have it, he may pass on the fight. WOW, nothing is ever simple.
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