Boxing fans from 110 countries around the world will be watching a world heavyweight title fight this Saturday as Wladimir Klitschko defends his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against, literally, America’s last chance at snagging a real heavyweight title, “Fast” Eddie Chambers.

If you’re reading this in the United States, though, you’ll have to settle for a $14.95 internet-only pay per view screening on the small screen.

Sounds frickin’ insane.

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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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For a fight to be labeled “The Event,” Saturday night’s sparring session turned out to be anything but. While none of the blame should be placed on Manny Pacquiao’s shoulders, Joshua Clottey certainly didn’t look like a prizefighter at all. With that said, here are five things I learned from Saturday night’s pay-per-view “event”.

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A re-injured knee has forced Andre Ward to postpone his Super Six bout against Allan Green until the summer.

Arlington, Texas- 51,000 attendees at Dallas Cowboys Stadium and those watching via pay per view almost had to check if there wasn’t a chain hanging from behind Joshua Clottey’s back as he played the role of heavy bag to Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in their bout for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title.

The bout was pretty much fought at the same pace throughout with Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) darting in and throwing quick shots at a Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KOs) who seemed more than content to block those shots with hands held high while throwing nothing in return.

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Jose Luis Castillo has declared his intentions to retire after a one-sided drubbing at the hands of Alfonso Gomez.