The championship doubleheader scheduled for the March 26 edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights has been canceled. Scheduled for the event was a cruiserweight title bout pitting Steve Cunningham against Matt Godfrey as well as a light middleweight championship fight between Cory Spinks and Cornelius “K-9″ Bundrage.

The card was called off when the event’s promoter, Don King, could not reach a contractual agreement for the fights with ESPN. During the negotiations, the proposed site for the fights, Treasure Island in Las Vegas, was booked by another person. King felt it too late to look for a new venue so he opted for postponement. King hopes to work something out for the future with ESPN.

This is unfortunate news as it was a doubleheader that I was personally looking forward to. Friday Night Fights has been putting out a lot of quality programming lately. Hopefully this will be only a minor setback in what has been a good run from ESPN boxing.

Wladimir Klitschko will be making his ninth consecutive heavyweight title defense this Saturday in Germany. The challenger is Eddie Chambers, making his first attempt at heavyweight gold. The fight can be seen on television in Australia, Germany, and The United Kingdom. Fight fans in The United States will have to watch on an Internet feed from the Klitschko Brothers’ website, www.Klitschko.com. Johnathon Banks and Travis Walker will square off on the undercard that begins at 4pm ET.

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Erik Morales returns from a three year retirement on March 27 against Jose Alfaro. Morales, the last man to defeat Manny Pacquiao, made his post-Alfaro fight plans clear in the following press release, mentioning names such as Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Tim Bradley, the top-rated light welterweight in the world, will return to the ring on June 26 to face Luis Carlos Abregu. And for the first time in his career, Bradley will be fighting on HBO. Showtime had televised his last five bouts.

The move to HBO is more significant news than Bradley’s opponent. While Luis Carlos Abregu is undefeated at 29-0 (23 KOs), he is not seen as a threat to Bradley’s title. Abregu is not ranked in the Ring Magazine top ten light welterweights.

HBO opens more doors for Bradley, 23-0 (11 KOs), to get bigger names in the light welterweight division. With Amir Khan, Victor Ortiz, Paulie Malignaggi, and Nate Campbell all fighting on HBO in May, Bradley has an easier path to those fighters.

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Jokes are supposed to be funny, unless you are Tyler Perry or Jay Leno. Vitali Klitschko’s recent punchline was met with silence when it was announced that he will be defending his WBC heavyweight title against Albert Sosnowski in May. Unfortunately for the boxing community, Klitschko was not kidding and this is not a joke.

At first glance, Sosnowski seems credible enough with a record of 45-2-1 (27 KOs), but a deeper look into his fight resume shows that his record is as padded as a middle school girl’s bra.

Albert Sosnowski carries a 2008 blowout loss to Zuri Lawrence on his record. Zuri Lawrence: The Don Flamenco of the heavyweight division. Good luck finding a meaningful win on Sosnowski’s record.

This fight was made possible when negotiations for Vitali Klitschko vs. Nikolai Valuev fell apart over money. Vitali Klitschko will now defend his title against Sosnowski in Germany on May 29.

Vitali plans to retire by the end of the year, but he may as well call it a career now if these are the kind of fights he’s going to entertain.

2004 Olympic silver medalist Amir Khan will make his American debut on May 15 when he travels to New York City to face Paulie Malignaggi. Madison Square Garden will host the fight, which will be for Khan’s WBA light welterweight title. Khan will travel from his native United Kingdom into dangerous territory as Malignaggi is a native New Yorker.

HBO will televise the fight, likely accompanied by a light welterweight co-feature pitting Nate Campbell against Victor Ortiz.

A press conference is scheduled for Friday in London to formally announce the fight between Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi.

Manny Pacquiao battles Joshua Clottey this Saturday on HBO PPV in what is being billed The Event. The night of fights kicks off at 9pm ET with an undercard that features Alfonso Gomez vs. Jose Luis Castillo and Humberto Soto vs. David Diaz. This will be the first boxing event in the newly built Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Inside Fights will have live coverage of The Event on Saturday so come back for a full recap of all the fights.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shane Mosley will fight on May 1 in boxing’s biggest fight so far in 2010. Naturally, HBO will give the pay-per-view event their 24/7 treatment.

24/7 is an award-winning series that chronicles two fighters as they each prepare for their superfight. The series began in 2007 prior to the bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

24/7 Mayweather/Mosley will begin on April 10 at 10pm ET. The second episode of the four-part series will air April 17 while the third episode is scheduled to begin on April 24. The last episode will air on April 30, the eve of fight night.