1. Ex-stripper Milana Dravnel has dropped her $25 million lawsuit against Oscar De La Hoya. Experts finally concluded that the images of Oscar in drag and stipper clothes were doctored.
2. In other Oscar De La Hoya news, Oscar has stated he is fighting only one more time. Since Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired, it left De La Hoya searching for a new opponent for his September fight. Since it is believed De La Hoya wants to fight the winner of the Cotto-Margarito taken place on July 26, De La Hoya is going to push his fight back to probably November.
3. Vernon Forrest said he is going to fight a rematch with Sergio Mora in September. Mora who upset Forrest this past Saturday, was looking to try and land a fight with Oscar De La Hoya. Forrest was kind of enough to point out to Mora that they have to fight a rematch first. In the fight contract, it states (very loosely translated by me) that if Forrest loses and exercises his right to an immediate rematch, Mora cannot fight anyone else first. So whether Mora has the title or not, he has to fight Vernon Forrest next. Forrest says the reason for his horrible performance was due to weight drain. He says he was having difficulty making the 154lb weight.
4. Andy Lee, coming off his KO loss to Brian Vera, is going to fight Willie Gibbs in Limerick Ireland on July 19. Gibbs says Lee's handlers are making a mistake because he is going to give Lee his second loss in a row.
5. Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao and former one time trainer of Oscar De La Hoya, says he believes Pacquiao could beat De La Hoya if they fought. Pacquiao who is going to fight at 135lbs on June 28 says he could make the Welterweight limit of 147lbs to fight De La Hoya. Pacquiao walked into the ring in his last fight at 146lbs. Many believe that although Pacquiao is fast, he will not have the power to hurt De La Hoya. It is also speculated that De La Hoya has enough power to possibly seriously hurt Pacquiao. Interesting to see if this fight happens. Money talks.
6. The WBC has ranked David Haye #5 in their Heavyweight divisional rankings. Haye has relinquished all his Cruiserweight titles in order to pursue Heavyweight glory.
7. It is official that the June 21 fight between Andre Berto and Miki Rodriguez will be for the newly vacant WBC Welterweight title. The title was just vacated by newly retired Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
8. It appears that Joel Casamayor-Juan Manuel Marquez will be fighting on HBOPPV September 13.
9. Alexander Povetkin is going to fight Taurus Sykes in a tuneup fight on July 19 in Russia. Povetkin is the IBF mandatory for Wladimir Klitschko.
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