The month of August comes to a disappointing close with the cancelation of the anticipated Marcos Maidana-Robert Guerrero fight.
Maidana, THE RING?s No. 3-rated junior welterweight, was expected to receive a stern challenge from the magazine?s No. 3-rated lightweight, who had to pull out of the Aug. 27 fight with a severe shoulder injury suffered in training.
However, fight fans won?t have to wait very long for other significant high-profile matchups between bona-fide contenders. Four bouts between RING-ranked contenders are coming up next month.
Andre Berto, THE RING?s No. 3-rated welterweight, challenges once-beaten beltholder Jan Zaveck for the No. 4-rated contender?s IBF title on Sept. 3 in Biloxi, Miss.
The HBO-televised bout is Berto?s first since his thrilling decision loss Victor Ortiz in April.
Vitali Klitschko, THE RING?s No. 1-rated heavyweight, defends his WBC title against Tomasz Adamek on Sept. 10 in the No. 2-rated heavyweight?s native Poland.
The anticipated heavyweight bout, which is expected to fill a 45,000-seat soccer stadium in Wroclaw, will be televised live on HBO. Later that same day the premium cable network will air a scheduled 12-round featherweight bout between Yuriorkis Gamboa and Daniel Ponce de Leon from Atlantic City.
Gamboa, an ultra-talented former Cuban amateur star, is THE RING?s No. 1-rated featherweight. De Leon, a hard-punching former 122-pound beltholder from Mexico, is the magazine?s No. 5-rated 126 pounder.
