Anthony Joshua Paid For Kevin Mitchell’s Brother’s Funeral

10/18/202410/17/2024 Michael Collins

Former two-time lightweight world title challenger Kevin Mitchell revealed that Anthony Joshua Paid for his brother’s funeral.

According to the Irish Sun, Kevin’s 31-year-old brother died in a recent motorcycle accident.

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Luke Campbell/Kevin Mitchell Possible for ‘Bad Intentions’ Card

09/24/201509/24/2015 Olly Campbell

Matchroom Sport’s unbeaten London 2012 gold medalist Luke Campbell (12-0,10ko) has been added to the December 12th Anthony Joshua/Dillian Whyte bill, with a promise that the lightweight star will be in a big fight on the night, quite possibly in a WBC title eliminator against Dagenham’s Kevin Mitchell.

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Kevin Mitchell: Hoping to Work Toward 4th World Title Tilt / Returns on December 12th in London

09/16/201509/16/2015 Olly Campbell

George Groves isn’t going to be the only British fighter hoping that 4th time’s a charm in world title tilts, as Dagenham’s Kevin Mitchell – set to return on December 12th against a TBA opponent – is also looking to work his way back into a similar position.

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Jorge Linares Snubs Kevin Mitchell Rematch / Fighting Ivan Cano in Venezuela

08/18/201508/18/2015 Olly Campbell

After their thrilling fight back in May resulted in a heroic Kevin Mitchell (39-3, 29ko) getting stopped in the tenth round (despite being up on two scorecards), WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares (39-3, 26ko) has snubbed a rematch with the Englishman, and will fight unheralded Mexican Ivan Cano (23-6-2) on October 18th instead.

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Kevin Mitchell To Get Possible Shot At Redemption Against Jorge Linares?

07/01/201507/01/2015 Olly Campbell

Going into his world title challenge on May 30th against Venezuelan champion Jorge Linares, likable Dagenham lightweight Kevin Mitchell had to convince a lot of people that he really could perform when it was all on the line.

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Linares & Mitchell Set To Do It Again?

06/04/2015 Olly Campbell

Those that witnessed it saw something special last Saturday when Dagenham lightweight Kevin Mitchell tragically fell short of his world title dream against Venezuelan WBC champ Jorge Linares, when he was stopped at the end of the 10th round after giving an heroic account of himself – flooring the champion along the way and sustaining an horrific eye injury from an earlier clash of heads.

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The Heart Of A Lion : Is There A Way Back For Kevin Mitchell?

05/31/2015 Olly Campbell

Sadly it was not to be once more for Dagenham lightweight Kevin Mitchell last night – but after a brave and spirited performance – and third crack at a world title – the affable Londoner is left wondering where he can next go from here, with opposing views as to the future of the East London fighter.

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Brook stops Gavin; Joshua beats Johnson; Selby wins; Linares defeats Mitchell

06/02/201505/30/2015 Rob Smith

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) did what he had to do in destroying his opponent Frankie Gavin (22-2, 13 KOs) in six rounds on Saturday night in retaining his IBF 147lb title at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

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Kevin Mitchell Credits Matchroom For Resurgence / Focused On Linares

05/29/201505/28/2015 Olly Campbell

For many, Dagenham lightweight Kevin Mitchell is one of the most likable characters in British boxing – and at times has been one of the most frustrating to follow the career of – notably in his two crushing defeats to Michael Katsidis at Frank Warren’s massive Upton Park show in 2010 and then again in his second heavy loss to Scotland’s Ricky Burns in 2012 which was ostensibly the end of him at the time.

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‘Rule Britannia’ : Best UK Card In Years Being Mis-Sold / Preview & Predictions

05/27/2015 Olly Campbell

As boxing fans – be it writers, ticket buyers or the fighters themselves, we are all interested in good, solid, competitive and meaningful fights – as often as is humanly possible – preferably as part of our normal Sky package, terrestrial TV or even on a specific subscription fight channel like Boxnation – who provide the very best international content from America and beyond, week in, week out.

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