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.

November 2007 Boxing Schedule

Guzman versus Soto
November 17, Saturday (HBO)
Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman 27-0 (17) from the Dominican Republic now fighting out of Brooklyn, New York, defends his WBO junior lightweight championship against Humberto “Zorrito” Soto 42-5-2 (26) who is fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico.

The fight will be held at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Top Rank’s Bob Arum who is co-promoting the bout with Golden Boy Promotions. The bout will be broadcast on HBO’s Boxing After Dark.


Vargas versus Mayorga
November 23, Friday
“Ferocious” Fernando Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs), a two-time world champion, will face Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga (27-6-1, 22 KOs), a three-time world chamption at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. The bout that was originally scheduled last September 8 was moved to November 23 because Vargas was suffering from iron deficiency.

The boxing match is promoted by Don King Productions and Main Events in association with STAPLES Center.

Their upcoming bout had been aptly dubbed “The Brawl” after a highly contentious confrontation between the fighters erupted at the initial press conference announcing the event in Los Angeles and again at a subsequent press conference in New York.