December 2007 Boxing Schedule

Mayweather versus Hatton
December 8, Saturday
Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather will face Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton for the welterweight championship on Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The fight billed as “UNDEFEATED” will be produced and distributed live on HBO PPV.

Mayweather, 30, is 38-0 with 24 KOs and the reigning welterweight champion. He is a six-time world champion in five weight divisions such as super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight, and super welterweight. On the other hand, Hatton, 28, is 43-0 with 31 KOs and hails from Manchester, England. He is a multi-division champion and universally recognized world junior welterweight champion.

Lacy versus Manfredo
December 8, Saturday
Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (22-1, 17 KOs) will fight Peter Manfredo (28-4, 13 KOs) on the undercard of Floy Maweather-Ricky Hatton championship bout on December 8 at the MGM Grand Arena.




Abraham versus Elcock
December 8, Saturday
Arthur Abraham (24-0, 19 KOs), Undefeated International Boxing Federation Middleweight Champion will take on Britain’s Wayne Elcock (18-2, 8 KOs) in Basle, Switzerland on December 8.





Valero versus Salgado
Linares versus Diaz
December 15, Saturday
Undefeated WBA Super Featherweight Champion Edwin “Dinamita” Valero (22-0) and WBC Featherweight Champion Jorge “The Golden Boy” Linares (24-0) will co-headline a boxing bout billed as “Night of Champions: Iron Fists” in Cancum Mexico on Saturday, December 15.

The boxing bout is promoted by Jose Gomez with support from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and it’s Governor, Licenciado Felix Gonzalez Canto.

Juan Carlos Salgado (18-0-1), who is also undefeated, will face Valero while Linares will make his very first defense of the WBC title versus veteran Gamaliel “El Platano” Diaz (22-6-2) of Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico.