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.

It was made clear in the immediate aftermath of May’s fight that Linares would be returning to Venezuela to make his next defence, and his team were thought to be open to the possibility of a second fight with the Dagenham man.

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Sam Eggington v Frankie Gavin a Done Deal for October 17th in Birmingham

08/18/201508/18/2015 Olly Campbell

It will be do or die for Birmingham welterweight Frankie Gavin (22-2, 13ko) when he challenges new British and Commonwealth welterweight champion and fellow Brum Sam Eggington (16-2, 9ko) on October 17th at the city’s Barclaycard Arena.

It’s a must win for the former world amateur champion against the young 21 year old up-and-comer, who began his professional career with ambitions to become a journeyman, ostensibly fighting only for the money.

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Two Future World Champions: Anthony Joshua and Artur Beterbiev

08/17/2015 James Stillerman

Two highly-skilled undefeated knockout artists who have positioned themselves to become potential world champions in their respective divisions are heavyweight Anthony Joshua and light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev.

Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs), the orthodox knockout destroyer from Watford, Hertfordshire is seen as an emerging contender in the heavyweight division. He went 7-0 last year with all of his fights ending in a knockout, most of them in the first round. He defeated veteran countrymen Matt Shelton and Michael Sprott, as well as Denis Bakhtov for the WBC international heavyweight title. This year he took out three more opponents, Jason Gavern, Raphael Love, and world title challenger Kevin Johnson all before the third. His opponents have yet to reach the fourth round. At an impressive six feet six inches and approximately 240 pounds, the former 2012 United Kingdom Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist is an ideal size for his division and always displays his fantastic conditioning with great agile footwork, speed, and a commanding jab. He’s ranked second by the WBC, third by the WBO, thirteenth by the WBA, and fourteenth by the IBF.

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Malcolm Klassen Seeking to Get Back to Top Level / Wants Richard Commey Fight

08/17/201508/17/2015 Olly Campbell

Former 2x IBF super featherweight champion Malcolm Klassen (30-6-2, 16ko), who many fans may best remember from his 2009 fight with “The Ghost” Robert Guerrero, is ready to get his career back on track at top level and is seeking a fight with big-hitting Commonwealth lightweight champion Richard Commey (22-0, 20ko).

South Africa’s Klassen has suffered various periods of inactivity in the years following the loss to Guerrero, but is now with a new team in MGM Marbella and Preston based trainer/manager Johnney Roye and is raring to go.

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Dereck Chisora: Wants European Title Shot Against Teper / Middle Finger Gesture for Lucas Browne

08/17/201508/17/2015 Olly Campbell

Finchley heavyweight and former world title challenger Dereck Chisora (21-5, 14ko) has insisted that the fight he would like the most is against new EBU champion Erkan Teper(15-0, 10ko), (to whom he is mandatory) the man who recently knocked Liverpool’s David Price out cold in Germany inside two rounds.

Despite the giant Scouser’s recent misfortunes, “Del Boy” is predicting that he will be back at some point and is confident that he can beat Teper handily himself, though has expressed doubts the German really wants to fight him.

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Bob Arum in the UK for Meetings With Both Barry Hearn and Team Khan

08/17/201508/17/2015 Olly Campbell

Top Rank chief Bob Arum is currently in the UK to discuss options for some of his fighters and has held a meeting over the weekend with Matchroom Sport chief Barry Hearn, father of Eddie, ostensibly with a view to making match-ups for Matchroom world champions Kell Brook and Scott Quigg.

On his twitter account on Sunday, the elder Hearn posted a picture of himself with the long-time Top Rank chief alongside the caption, “Great evening with an old friend. Lots to talk about!”

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Mayweather: Everybody is Overlooking Berto / The Betting Odds Should be Closer

08/17/201508/17/2015 Olly Campbell

Watching the latter day Floyd Mayweather in interviews and at media scrums is a little bit like watching a small child who has been told by it’s mother – “think carefully before you speak,” such are the deliberate pauses for careful consideration every time he opens his mouth these days.

The delay each time he’s asked a question grows more amusing every time he is interviewed, and if there were silence you’d probably hear the sound of distant tumbleweed blowing around inside his skull such is the intellectual capacity of the media-trained, self-professed “Best Ever.”

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Ricky Hatton: Kell Brook vs Amir Khan Makes Sense…

08/17/201508/16/2015 Olly Campbell

Britain’s former 2 weight world champ Ricky Hatton, who himself boxed both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, has spoken out to the ‘expressandstar.com’ to suggest that if “jilted bride” Amir Khan cannot secure the mega fights he craves with either of the two P4P giants, then he should just do what most right thinking fans want him to do – fight IBF 147 lb champion Kell Brook.

Khan has ostensibly talked himself out of a Floyd fight for good, even if “Money” goes for the 50-0, and so has now turned his attentions to trying to secure a big-money fight against the now 37 year old Filipino star instead.

In response to pleas from British fans in particular, Khan keeps saying he will fight Brook at some point “in the future,” when the champion fights what he deems big enough names.

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Tarver and Cunningham Settle for a Draw

08/17/201508/16/2015 James Stillerman

In a do or die fight for two older heavyweights looking for one last opportunity at a world title bout, Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver and “USS” Steve Cummingham gave everything they had in a hard fought, competitive twelve round split decision draw. Scores were 115-113 for Cunningham, 115-113 for Tarver, and 114-114. This main event at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey was part of the Premier Boxing Champions and was broadcast on Spike TV.

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Terry Flanagan vs Diego Magdaleno Confirmed Oct 10th / One More World Title Fight TBA for Bill

08/17/201508/16/2015 Olly Campbell

New WBO lightweight champion “Turbo” Terry Flanagan (28-0, 11ko) hasn’t got an easy 1st defence of the title he won last month in Manchester, with the unbeaten Brit set to face solid American former world title challenger Diego Magdaleno (28-1, 12ko) on the Queensbury Promotions October 10th bill from the M.E.N Arena, Manchester, UK.

Promoter Frank Warren revealed on Friday as part of the “Bunce’s Boxing Hour” show on Boxnation that Flanagan would be fulfilling his mandatory obligations immediately after capturing the vacant WBO 135lb strap against Jose Zepeda, who dislocated his shoulder in the 2nd round of their July fight and was thus unable to continue.

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