Carl Frampton (Frank Warren) Vs. Amir Khan (Eddie Hearn) on April 21st

01/13/2018 James Slater

Fight fans, British ones in particular, will possibly have a tough choice to make on the evening of April 21st: attend/watch at home the hugely intriguing Carl Frampton-Nonito Donaire fight in Belfast, or attend/watch at home the Amir Khan comeback fight in Liverpool.

Both British stars will engage in their respective fights, while a ratings battle will also take place, between Sky Sports, who will televise Khan’s comeback, and BT Sport/BoxNation, who will do the business with the Frampton-Donaire clash. Frank Warren, who promotes Frampton, obviously wants his show to triumph, but Eddie Hearn, who of course has just signed Khan to a three-fight deal, believes the star power of Khan will see to it that his show gets the bigger viewing figures.

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Amir Khan signs deal with Matchroom Boxing; Khan to fight Brook?

01/10/201801/10/2018 Matchroom Boxing

Amir Khan has signed a three-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing – and returns to action on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports.

The former unified Light-Welterweight World champion and GB Olympic silver medal man is back in the ring following a successful appearance on reality show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’, and now Khan is focused on ruling the world once more – starting on Merseyside in April.

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Amir Khan to hold presser in London tomorrow, set to announce something “major” – whispers says Khan has signed with Eddie Hearn!

01/09/2018 James Slater

Amir Khan is set to host a press conference in London tomorrow, during which the former 140 pound champ will make what he himself says will be “a major announcement.” Just this week rumors surfaced, suggesting Khan has a fight set against Adrien Broner, but while this may indeed be the big news the 31 year old will release officially tomorrow, there are more whispers saying he has even bigger news.

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Can Joshua make history as the first man to hold WBA / IBF / WBO / WBC belts simultaneously?

01/08/2018 James Slater

No man has ever held, simultaneously, all four major heavyweight belts: WBA/IBF/WBO and WBC. Anthony Joshua, who currently holds two of these coveted titles, could take one big step closer to getting an opportunity at getting his hands on a third strap this week.

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Anthony Joshua: If Fury was fit, we’d probably be talking about March

01/07/2018 James Slater

While unbeaten former heavyweight champ (still lineal) Tyson Fury continues to call out reigning WBA/IBF champ Anthony Joshua for his first fight back – the return expected, Fury says, in either April or May – Joshua has replied by stating how this is mere “fantasy” on the part of Fury.

Fury, 25-0, who has hurled all manner of insults at Joshua, 20-0, has questioned whether or not AJ “has the balls” to fight him. In response, Joshua has told the Daily Mail how if it were up to him, he would fight Fury next – but that he cannot do so as, “he’s just not fit, he hasn’t had a fight.”

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Tyson Fury offers Anthony Joshua ‘Winner Take All’ clash

01/16/201801/05/2018 James Slater

Not only does Tyson Fury want to fight Anthony Joshua is his very first fight back after well over two years of inactivity, but Fury wants to meet his rival unbeaten heavyweight in a ‘Winner Take All’ showdown. Taking to twitter once more, Fury – who is currently training alongside WBO middleweight champ Billy Joe Saunders – insisted how a fight between he and AJ is not about money to him.

“@anthonyjoshua To prove this fight is not about a few measly pounds for me I’ll do a winner take all! Loser gets nothing but a beating & that loser will be you,” Fury wrote.

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David Haye: 2018 is going to be the most exciting year of my life

01/04/2018 James Slater

David Haye is buzzing, anticipating as he is, an exciting 2018. The former cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight ruler has released a video on social media, showing us the scar that is the result of his biceps operation. As fans know, it was this injury that forced Haye to postpone his December return with Tony Bellew, but the sequel is now back on for May.

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Tyson Fury challenges Anthony Joshua to fight him in his first fight back after layoff: “I don’t need any warm-ups”

01/16/201801/03/2018 James Slater

Lineal heavyweight champ Tyson Fury refuses to let up in his goading of WBA and IBF heavyweight ruler Anthony Joshua. Fury, expected to get his licence to box back this month, has taken to social media (again) to call Joshua out. Fury, who changes his mind almost as fast as he punches, says one day how he will look to box a tune-up or warm-up fight upon his ring return, and then the next day he says he doesn’t need any such thing.

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Carl Froch hot on Dmitry Bivol, admits he wouldn’t have liked to have stood in front of him

01/02/201801/02/2018 James Slater

The pundits over at Sky Sports have been listing their ‘One To Watch for 2018,’ with the likes of Johnny Nelson, Tony Bellew, Paulie Malignaggi and Carl Froch picking their hot prospects for the coming year. What Froch had to say was most interesting. “The Cobra,” happy and content in looking back on a career that saw him define himself as one of the toughest, most durable of warriors, one who consistently fought the very best, is hugely excited about Russian light-heavyweight Dmitry Bivol.

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Who has a better chance of ruling the world again: Amir Khan or Kell Brook?

01/01/2018 James Slater

British stars Amir Khan and Kell Brook both had a tough time of things back in 2017 (Happy New Year!) – Brook being beaten by Errol Spence in losing his IBF welterweight title and then being sent to hospital (again, with a broken eye socket) and Khan, though not fighting at all, taking something of a hammering from factions of the press due to the events in his personal life and because of his Australian adventure in the jungle (reality TV strikes again!).

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