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Jerry Glick reporting: With the rematch between 41 year old Roy Jones Jr. and 45 year old Bernard Hopkins that took seventeen years to happen now only two and a half weeks away it was the trainers turn to face the tough questions of the media.

By Tri Nguyen: This Saturday’s fight at the Du Burns Arena in Baltimore, MD will feature two Mid-Atlantic Middleweight up and comers fighting for respect.

By Derek Gionta: Throughout the United States, the month of March is known as March Madness, a time where 65 of the best college basketball teams play for the coveted NCAA National Championship. In this case, Deandre “The Bull” Latimore, of St. Louis, MO, will have his own version of March Madness and will enter a Final Four, if you will, with three other junior middleweights with the possible end result and goal of winning a world title.

HOBOKEN, N.J. (Mar. 17, 2010) – Three-division world champion Erik “El Terrible” Morales, the last opponent to defeat Manny Pacquiao, returns from a 2 1/2-year layoff March 27 to headline “The Champion Returns” pay-per-view event, live from Monterrey, Mexico.

By Andrew Wake: Joan Guzman is promising a return to his best form when he reengages with South Africa’s Ali Funeka for the vacant IBF lightweight title in Las Vegas next Saturday (March 27)

Rising 140 lbs. prospect & 2008 US Olympic team alternate Danny O’Connor takes on Franklin Gonzalez, and super middleweight Joe McCreedy battles Dhafir Smith, this Friday, March 19, at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI – presented by CES.

Jerry Glick reporting: Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) International heavyweight champion and former Cuban Olympic gold medalist, Odlanier Solis, 15-0 (11 KOs), talked to the media about his upcoming fight with former world title challenger, Carl Drummond, 26-2 (20 KOs), via a teleconference call on Wednesday.

An opponent for Audley Harrison’s latest clash will be announced in the next 24 hours.

By James ‘Smitty’ Smith: Over 50,000 showed up at the new palatial Dallas Cowboys Stadium. We saw Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, of course, and former Cowboy Super Bowl winning coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. We saw Neon Deion Sanders along with a plethora of sporting super stars and other luminaries. They were all there to see one Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao, boxing’s biggest star these days in action.

By Peter Lerner: The highly-anticipated dual match between Ireland and Italy came to a premature end on Sunday evening with only five of the 12 bouts having been completed.