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THE WBC has made a mess of their title situation at light-middleweight. Early last year,
when JAVIER CASTILLEJO was champion, No. 1 contender ROMAN KARMAZIN agreed to
step aside to allow OSCAR DE LA HOYA to challenge for the title.
This Karmazin did on the grounds he would face the winner. De La Hoya, as expected,
beat Castillejo and signed to face the Russian in Los Angeles last December, but then
pulled out with a wrist injury.

Camacho Jnr moves up
IT will not be Hector Camacho Jnr boxing Ricky
Hatton in Manchester on September 28.
The Puerto Rican southpaw has decided to move
to welterweight and boxes Arturo Ureno at the Los
Angeles Olympic Auditorium on September 6.

BYRON BRAWL \ BYRON MITCHELL retained his WBA super-middleweight belt on the Ruiz-Johnson bill
f but was put down twice by unfancied warhorse Julio Cesar Green. Mitchell looked
far too casual in the first and was nailed by a thumping left hook as they traded in
mid-ring. Down went the champion.
He still hadn't recovered fully late in the round when a flurry which didn't seem to land
properly dropped him again seconds before the bell.
One punch at any time appeared capable of ending this exciting if basic brawl.
Mitchell, the taller, younger man, still looked wooden-legged in the second but by the third
was having more success.
Then, in the fourth, Green suffered a long gash left over his left eye. Because the injury was
deemed to have come from a punch, Mitchell was declared a cuts stoppage winner, but a
return looks a must.

WELSH welterweight ANTHONY DOHERTY pulled off a minor shock
when he outscored English southpaw DANIEL HAPPE 33-22 in an
exciting second series bout.
"I've never lost to an English boxer," said Doherty proudly. "I beat
Michael Lomax in the Four Nations and this was my first bout since, so I
was a bit rusty.
"Beating Happe has given me a lot of confidence, because he'd boxed in
the World Championships."
Anthony clearly has no trouble with southpaws - both Lomax and Happe
are portsiders. He also switched to southpaw himself a few times, adding:
"It's a tactical move, to stop them knowing what I am. I've done it before."
Happe, who had boxed the night before (Doherty enjoyed a bye), was in
control only in the opening session, when he used all the ring to stay away
from Doherty's lusty shots.