James Slater

Amir Khan wants revenge against Lamont Peterson

Amir Khan wants revenge against Lamont Peterson

Amir Khan wants to fight just about any welterweight aside from Kell Brook. Khan has repeatedly called for a return bout with Danny Garcia, he recently topped a fan poll where Manny Pacquiao asked his fans to pick his next opponent, and now Khan is targeting a revenge fight with the man who scored a contentious decision win over him in the most controversial fight of his career: Lamont Peterson.

Last night Peterson won the WBA “world” welterweight belt with a wide points win over David Avanesyan and Khan immediately called him out.

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Drop me and pick up £1,000 says Tony Bellew

Drop me and pick up £1,000 says Tony Bellew

Tony Bellew insists he is already in absolutely great shape for his big heavyweight showdown with David Haye. Sparring ten and 12 rounds daily, Bellew is putting the rounds in and, as he tells BBC Radio, he is “not blowing one bit in any of those rounds.”

Bellew did not name his sparring partners but he did say that “these guys are out-weighing me by two-and-a-half stone (35 pounds).” Bellew is of course moving up to heavyweight (or back to it in a way, as “Bomber” fought at heavyweight in his amateur days a long, long time ago now) and he is a considerable underdog going into the March 4 duel with Haye.

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“Old School” Errol Spence Jr. says he doesn’t care where he fights Kell Brook, welcomes prospect of performing before 30,000 fans at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane

“Old School” Errol Spence Jr. says he doesn't care where he fights Kell Brook, welcomes prospect of performing before 30,000 fans at Sheffield's Bramall Lane

Reigning and defending IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook will enjoy home town advantage when he meets his mandatory challenger Errol Spence Junior in May. But if Brook thinks the prospect of facing him in front of around 30,000 rabid Sheffield fans fazes Spence, he can think again – so says the unbeaten southpaw in speaking with Sky Sports.

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Artur Beterbiev-Sullivan Barrera IBF light-heavyweight final eliminator set for Miami, April 21

Artur Beterbiev-Sullivan Barrera IBF light-heavyweight final eliminator set for Miami, April 21

One of the most excitingly powerful fighters in boxing today, unbeaten Russian terror Artur Beterbiev is now just one win away from a shot at a world title. The 11-0(11) banger has announced on his twitter page how he will face Sullivan Barrera of Cuba in a final eliminator for the IBF light-heavyweight title (currently held by Andre Ward; Ward having to fight his return bout with Sergey Kovalev in his next bout) on April 21 in Miami, Florida.

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Deontay Wilder says he wants to see stiffer penalties introduced for drugs cheats before they “ruin the sport of boxing”

Deontay Wilder says he wants to see stiffer penalties introduced for drugs cheats before they “ruin the sport of boxing”

Reigning WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder knows all about the time that can be wasted and the various other negative aspects that arise when a fighter is caught cheating by taking illegal stimulants or drugs. Twice Wilder has seen fights of his fall apart due to his would-be opponent testing positive for an illegal substance just prior to the bout.

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Dereck Chisora says if Dillian Whyte “runs away from rematch” he will go after return fight with Robert Helenius

Dereck Chisora says if Dillian Whyte “runs away from rematch” he will go after return fight with Robert Helenius

It’s been just over two months since the brutally entertaining British heavyweight slugfest between bitter rivals Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora, and fans are eager to see what the two warriors do next; whether they will meet in a return fight or go a different route. Chisora, who lost a razor-thin, debatable 12 round split decision, wants the rematch but – as he explained to Sky Sports – he doesn’t think Whyte wants it.

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