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By FightFan News Wire (02-Jul-2009)
Lucian Bute to rematch Librado Andrade!
It looks as though IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute of Canada will rematch the durable and tenacious Librado Andrade this fall. Golden Boy Promotions has won the purse bid and is likely to announce the fight within the next ten days. Rumors are circulating that would place the fight as a preliminary bout to Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s September 19 return bout against Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas. It looks as though the fight will not take place in Montreal, but Bute is anxious to rematch Andrade, who he was comfortably beating on points in their first encounter before surviving a late scare at the end of Round 12. “I’m disappointed not to fight in Montreal, but I’m ready to fight anyone, anywhere,” Bute told the media this week after the purse bid results were announced. “The important thing is that I get to fight Andrade again.”
“Pinoy Power 2″ set for Aug 15 featuring Nonito Donaire!
IBF flyweight champion Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano return to the top of the marquee to headline “Pinoy Power 2” — the world championship extravaganza taking place Saturday, August 15, in The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. “Pinoy Power 2,” Top Rank’s newest boxing series, will also feature undefeated Cuban heavyweight sensation Odilanier Solis and Filipino junior welterweight contender Mark ‘MJM Grand’ Melliguen in separate exciting 10-round all-action brawls. The exciting card will be produced and distributed by Top Rank, Live on Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT, with a suggested retail price of $34.95. It will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD.
Shane Mosley nominated for a 2009 ESPY Award!
Welterweight champion ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley has been nominated for a 2009 ESPY Award in the category of “Best Fighter.” ESPY nominations were announced to the public June 25th Fans have the chance to vote for Shane by voting online at www.ESPYS.tv or visiting www.sugarshanemosley.com. Fan voting concludes July 12. ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley is a future hall of famer and has a career record of 46-5-1. His last victory came in January 2009 when he defeated Antonio Margarito in a ninth-round knockout earning him the WBA Welterweight Super Championship.
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