December Is Going to Be a Great Month for Boxing

December is going to be a great month for the sport of boxing with numerous meaningful fights going mostly in the first two weeks of December.

It all starts this Wednesday, Dec. 2. Yes, Wednesday. Generally speaking the big fights usually take place on Saturday nights, but this is a special occasion, where the former pound-for-pound light heavyweight American champion Roy Jones Jr., 54(40)-5, goes up in weight to attempt to win a belt in the cruiserweight division by traveling to Sydney, Australia to fight champion Danny Green, 27(24)-3, in Green's backyard.

This will be the first time Roy will fight abroad since his highly suspect decision loss in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Also more importantly, if Roy does defeat Green, he will be slated to fight Bernard Hopkins in what is one of the most overdue rematches in boxing history. Jones easily defeated a greener Hopkins in their first match with one healthy hand.

Hopkins, 49(32)-5-1, is also fighting Enrique Ornelas, 29(19)-5, on Wednesday, Dec. 2 as well from his hometown of Philadelphia. Both the Roy Jones Jr. vs. Danny Green fight and the Bernard Hopkins vs. Enrique Ornelas fight can been seen on the channel Versus.

On HBO this Saturday, Dec. 5, the most avoided man in the sport, Paul "The Punisher" Williams, 37(27)-1, fights Sergio Martinez, 44(24)-1-2, in what should be an exciting middleweight fight.

On the undercard is the return of the most promising American heavyweight contender Chris Arreola, 27(24)-1, coming off of his brave big-hearted loss to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko in September. Chris will be facing Brian Minto, 34(21)-2.

On Saturday, Dec. 12 on Showtime, heavy-handed pound-for-pound champion Vic Darchinyan, 32(26)-2-1, faces Tomas Rojas, 32(22)-11-1, for the WBC super flyweight title and the WBA super flyweight title.

Also on the same card, undefeated American WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, 24(11)-0, will put his title on the line against undefeated American Lamont Peterson, 27(13)-0.

Also on Saturday, Dec. 12 on HBO, it is the rematch of the highly controversial fight between Juan Diaz, 35(17)-2, and Paul Malignaggi, 26(5)-3. In their first match, which took place in Juan's hometown of Houston, many experts and media felt Malignaggi experienced a hometown robbery decision.

On the undercard, fast-rising star Victor Ortiz, 24(19)-2, looks to make his comeback against Antonio Diaz, 46(29)-5-1, in their light welterweight match as well.

On the same day on Sky is the WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, 38(37)-2, defending against undefeated American Kevin Johnson, 22(9)-0.