Amir Khan will make his debut on US soil when he defends his WBA jr welterweight title to the brash talking fighter from New York who goes by the name of Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi on May 15th at  The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NY.

It will be televised on HBO Boxing After Dark along with it’s co-featured fight which sees  Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior” Campbell (33-5-1) take on “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (26-2-1) in what should be an action packed night of boxing.

“Paulie Malignaggi did a great job of talking his way into this fight and I commend him for that,” said Khan. “But on May 15 he’ll have to pay for the things he’s said about me and I will have no problem teaching him a lesson in his own hometown. I’m excited for my United States debut and plan on giving the great fans of New York an exciting show on May 15.”

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Good news for hardcore fight fans as HBO and Top Rank have agreed that the June 5th fight between Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman, that will be held at the new Yankees stadium, will not be a PPV event.

The announcement of the fight will take place on the 22nd of March in Tampa, Florida after which another will be held in April at the fight venue itself.

Cotto will be challenging for Foreman’s 154 lb title in front of possibly 30,000 fans and will be the first boxing event to be held at the new Yankees stadium.

Bob Arum of course promoted the final bout at the old Yankee Stadium across the street when Muhammad Ali fought Ken Norton on September 28, 1976.

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Mike Tyson, age 43 could return to the ring and possibly face Evander Holyfield for a third time according to reports from the website Ringside Report.

It states that:

“According to a source close to Tyson, former Promoter Don King has a tentative deal for Tyson to return to the ring in late 2010.  The initial plan is to have Tyson-Holyfield III, but there is rumored hesitation on the part of Iron Mike, and there is a plan B”.

Other potential opponents for a Tyson comeback fight that were listed by Ringside Report included former world cruiserweight champion Jean Mormeck, also being mentioned are a list of unknowns Tony Grano, Vinny Maddalone and Derric Rossy.

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Alexander Povetkin will face Javier Mora in a 10 round bout scheduled for March 13th in Berlin.

The Mexican fighter Mora’s last outing was in September last year when he was beaten by Johnathon Banks by way of decision while  in Povetkin’s last fight in December he obliterated Leo Nolan knocking him out in the 3rd round.

Povetkin is the official contender to champion Wladimir Klitschko and will likely face the winner of his fight with “Fast” Eddie Chambers on March 20th. The Russian fighter and former kick boxer Povetkin, now under the tutelage of trainer Teddy Atlas, already holds a decision win over the challenger Chambers.

Javier Mora, 28 has a record of 22-5-1 and has only been stopped once by Sultan Ibragimov who knocked him out in the first round at Madison Square Garden on the 10th March 2007.

IBF junior middleweight champ Cory Spinks has hired Buddy McGirt as his new trainer according to reports from Boxingscene.com’s Managing Editor Jake Donavan.

Spinks split with his long time trainer Kevin Cunningham, who parted company with Cory after he came into his training camp for his fight with Cornelius Bundrage 40 pounds overweight.

His new trainer McGirt who is known for his work with the late Arturo Gatti and guiding Antonio Tarver to his two victories over Roy Jones, has come under criticsm  lately by one of his former fighters, Paulie Malignaggi, who has openly blamed McGirt for his loss to Ricky Hatton and changing his style of fighting for the worse.

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After 17 years Bernard Hopkins gets his chance at redemption as he takes on Roy Jones Jr on April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The bout will be broadcast live on Pay-Per-View beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

In an event entitled “The Rivals”, Hopkins gets a chance to have the last word on the Jones saga, a rivalry that has been ongoing for years ever since Roy’s victory over Hopkins in 1993 for the vacant IBF middleweight title.

If you are a boxing purist then you know the story. Hopkins went on to become the middleweight champ and defended the title a record 21 times holding the undisputed middleweight crown for ten years before being dethroned by Jermain Taylor.

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Let’s face it we all knew it was going to happen. WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is avoiding his mandatory defense against the hard hitting Marcos Maidana and instead opting to take on the smaller and older Juan Manuel Marquez according to Golden Boy Promotions’ Richard Schaefer.

“A fight against Marquez is a breakthrough as he is one of the best and Mexico’s No 1 active fighter” said Schafer. “Once he wins against Marquez, there is the possibility of a fight against Zab Judah – and then Mayweather Jnr.”

The fight will likely take place in Las Vegas and the date they are hoping to have this fight on is May 8th as HBO will be showing it along with the replay of Mosley v Mayweather from the week before.

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