Proksa drops EBU title, Murray Vs Marie looking likely...



Proksa with the EBU title.

British-based middleweight prospect Grzegorz Proksa has done what was expected and relinquished the EBU middleweight title. As I said, this doesn't come as a shock as Proksa is fully occupied with his highly anticipated bout with Gennady Golovkin, which is potentially the biggest fight of his career.

 

It is now looking very likely that the EBU title will be put on the line for the fight between Martin Murray and Julien Sainte Marie (if it happens). The EBU have set a deadline of September 26th for negotiations such as purse bids and agreement to be finalised.

 

Proksa will be in the ring this Saturday night in New York where he will challenge the highly regarded Gennady Golovkin for the IBO & WBA "regular" titles.

 

Cleverly looking likely to defend against Simcic...

WBO light-heavyweight champ Nathan Cleverly.

Denis Simcic.

Prepare yourself for disappointment! Because once again Nathan Cleverly is looking set to defend against another 'nobody'. Many top boxing sites have reported that the Welshman's next defence of his WBO light-heavyweight world title will come against Denis Simcic of Germany.

As most of you probably won't know who Simcic is (because I didn't before this fight was announced), I'll just give a few background details on him: He is a German-based Slovenian that has a pretty decent record of 28-1, 14 KO's. He last fought in March of this year and won the WBO European light-heavyweight title. And although he hasn't really done much to earn it, he is ranked at No.3 by the WBO.
Now, looking at him like this (on paper) he looks like a pretty decent fight but unfortunately this isn't the case. The German-based Slovenian hasn't really fought anyone of much note and is looking like to be another Tommy Karpency style fight for Nathan Cleverly. Simcic isn't a journeyman so he will be coming to win but it is very unlikely that he will be victorious.

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but a lot of rumours have been circulating that the fight will take place at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena in October. A press conference is scheduled for Monday September 3rd and all details should be announced then.

DeGale set to defend title against Ndiaye!

DeGale with EBU title.

British super-middleweight James Degale is looking likely to make his second defence of his EBU title against Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye.

Ndiaye.

Not many people have heard of Ndiaye but the Italy-based, Senegal-born boxer will provide a good test for DeGale. He is the EBU-EU super-middleweight champion and boasts a almost perfect record of 22-1, (13 KO's). He hasn't fought anybody of much note but you still have to be half decent to build up a record like that.

DeGale (12-1, 9 KO's) last defended his belt on April 21st, when he stopped Cristian Sanavia in the fourth round. 'Chunky' is looking to prove to a lot of people that he is more than just a domestic and European level fighter. His only loss came to local rival George Groves last year. Since then he has re-grouped well and looked very good in his last couple of fights.

Some people were hoping for a rematch between DeGale and Groves but this looks very unlikely at this moment in time as Groves is looking to defend his British and Commonwealth title against Kenny Anderson. However, this is a decent fight and it will show us if DeGale really is ready to step up in class.

Mayweather could be stripped of WBC Title!

Mayweather Jr with WBC belt.

According to reports, the No.1 Pound-for-pound fighter in the world Floyd Mayweather may have his World title taken away from him by the WBC. There has been rumors that the World Boxing Council is considering stripping Mayweather of his title following his clash with WBA light-middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on May 5th and his jail sentence of 87 days which will start shortly after the fight.

No.1 Welterweight contender
Selcuk Aydin.

Seeing as 'Money' Mayweather is moving up in weight and that he is going to jail, WBC President Jose Sulaiman thinks it is only right that their is a new Welterweight champion. 

It has been revealed that Sulaiman has said that the winner of Selcuk Aydin Vs Robert Guerrero on July 28th woill likely be recognized as the new champion.

WBC silver welterweight champion Aydin is undefeated and Guerrero has won world titles in three different weight divisions but they are hardly the two guys that you would put first in line for Mayweather's title.

If it was down to us we would have recent eye-opener Devon Alexander next in line to fight for the title, but unfortunately it's not up to us or the fans. It's up to the WBC and they perhaps think that Alexander's impressive victory over Marcos Maidana wasn't enough to have him as the No.1 contender.

Mayweather is yet to talk out about the situation but it will definitely be very interesting to hear what him and his team have to say.