1. Demetrius Hopkins has officially signed with Top Rank. Hopkins will soon be in action under Top Rank.2. Paulie Malignaggi got his cast removed off of his hand. Now he says he is ready to rock and roll for his fight in November against Ricky Hatton.
3. Rocky Juarez will face Jorge Barrios on the undercard of the Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidis fight on September 6 live on HBO from the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. Both fights will air as part of the Boxing After Dark telecast.
4. Despite the rumors, John Duddy is not scheduled to face IBF Junior Middleweight Champion Verno Phillips. Yes it is an option but nothing is close to being official for that fight, if it takes place at all.
5. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been in the news a couple times recently. He has lashed out and called out HBO for racism. Then in a documentary he is filming, he had some extremely harsh words for Oscar De La Hoya.
6. Zahir Raheem was knocked out cold in South Africa against Ali Funeka. It is considered a big upset and may be the end of Raheem's career, at least as top contender.
7. Lightweight contender Amir Khan has agreed to a contract extension with Frank Warren. Khan is also looking at getting an experienced American trainer, possibly Freddie Roach. However since Roach trains Pacquiao who is also a Lightweight and Roach's best fighter, I am not sure how that will work.
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