MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV (HBO PPV): Mike Jones, Philadelphia, PA, vs. Randall Bailey, Miami, FL, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF welterweight title; Guillermo Rigondeaux, Miami, FL, vs. Teon Kennedy, Philadelphia, PA, 12, for Rigondeaux’ WBA super bantamweight title; Manny Pacquiao, General Santos City, Philippines, vs. Timothy Bradley, Palm Springs, CA, 12, for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title; Jesse Hart, Philadelphia, PA, vs. Manuel Eastman, New Mexico, 4, middleweights. Tickets priced @ $1,200, $900, $600, $400, $200 are on sale by calling Ticketmaster (800-745-3000) or online at www.Ticketmaster.com. (Top Rank, Inc.)
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
