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Unconfirmed reports circulating that Floyd Mayweather. Jr. is preparing for a ‘tune-up’ fight scheduled early next year in England against a tough opponent in Ricky Hatton’s brother Matthew. The world may have to wait a little longer for a much anticipated fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, jr. as the latter is rumored to take on Hatton first in preparation for his showdown with Manny Pacquiao. This came after Jeff Mayweather, Floyd’s uncle made comments on media last weekend making hints that Floyd Jr. has begun to train under his uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather secretly for a match in England most likely against Matthew Hatton.

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Golf Superstar Tiger Woods confirmed that he will not join the tournament to benefit his charity foundation as he is still recovering from minor injuries he sustained last Friday. He will miss the Chevron World Challenge that is scheduled to begin on December 5. Woods figured in an accident last weekend while driving  near his home in Florida.  Earlier reports indicated Woods suffered facial cuts and bruises.

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Seo Jang-Hoon of the ET Land Elephants became the first player in the Korean Basketball League (KBL) to reach the 11,000-point mark after leading his team to a win against the SK Knights. The 35-year old 6-foot-8 Center who joined the KBL in 1998-99 season scored 16 points in that game to secure a place in history for the South Korean professional league.

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Atsushi Fujimoto recently joined with the Yakult Swallows in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The 32-year old middle infielder agreed to a 2-year contract with the team worth Y100 million. Fujimoto became a free agent after last season and expressed his disappointment with his former team Hanshin Tigers because of limited playing time.