King of the Cage 30

KOTC has announced that their next event will be held on November 2, 2003.  The card will feature a rematch between KOTC Heavyweight Champion Bobby Hoffman and # 1 ranked Paul Buentello. Hoffman won a split decision over Buentello on August 10th at KOTC 27. The event will be held at the Pala Casino Resort Spa - Pala, CA.

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UFC

Check out UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Tito Ortiz on NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" on September 16, 2003. Check NBC for local listings.

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Australia's Extreme Fighting Championship has announced that their third event will take place on November 14th in Southport RSL, Queensland, Australia. The XFC will have it's first Absolute title bout when current XFC middleweight Champ Tony Bonello takes K-1 veteran and former Australian heavyweight boxing champion Nathan Briggs.

Also on the card, light heavyweight Champ Sam Nest will defend his title against # 1 contender Tony Green.

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Boxing

The AP is reporting that WBA Heavyweight Champion Roy Jones Jr. (48-1, 38 KO's) will be holding a press conference on Saturday to announce that he will be fighting IBF/WBC Light Heavyweight Champ Antonio Carver (21-1, 17 KO's) on November 8, 2003.  

Jones held the IBF and WBC light heavyweight titles before vacating them to move up to heavyweight.

According to the WBA,  Jones had until September 1, 2003 to confirm any negotiations regarding his defense of his title against an official contender or risk being stripped. 

The WBA will be holding a purse bid on September 15th for # 2 ranked heavyweight David Tua (42-3-1, 37 KO's) and # 3 ranked Hasim Rahman (35-4-1, 29 KO's) for what is being labeled as the WBA interim heavyweight title. The # 1 ranking is vacant.

Does this mean that Jones will be stripped of his heavyweight title? 

One can only guess but it looks like Jones didn't get the kind of money he was looking for to fight the big boys so he's moving back down to light heavyweight for now.