Jesse Brinkley 35-5 (22) boxed better than ever before when clearly outpointing favourite Curtis Stevens 21-3 (15) this past Friday night. The fight was an eliminator for the IBF super middleweight number 2 spot but it seems like Brinkley’s win may jump him straight into a bout with Romanian/ Canadian IBF champion Lucian Bute 25-0 (20).

Brinkley is promoted by Lets Get It On Promotions, run by legendary referee Mills Lane’s two sons and it seems they are on the verge of making the fight with Bute.

Say what you want about the perceived lack of quality fighters that graced the tv show “The Contender” but there can be no doubt that the exposure has helped numerous fighters too big fights that may not have taken place had they not appeared on the show.

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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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Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge “Travieso” Arce 53-6-1 (40) has provided lots of thrills and spills in a long career but promised to retire if he lost his challenge for the vacant WBO super flyweight title last night. Luckily for Arce and us boxing fans, his career lives on after he won a 7th round technical decision over Angky Angkota 23-5 (14).

Arce seemed to be quite some way ahead on the scorecards when Angkota suffered a nasty cut from an accidental head butt and was ruled unable to continue. The judges scored the bout 60-54 (twice) and 58-56 all for the veteran Arce.

On the undercard featherweight Eduardo Escobedo 27-3 (19) had just a little too much in every department for Joksan Hernandez 17-2 (10) and was awarded a unanimous decision over 10 rounds. The scorecards read 97-92, 97-93 and 96-93.

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