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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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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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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I Want to Unify at Bantamweight or Fight Frampton or Quigg at 122 says Jamie McDonnell

08/15/201508/14/2015 Olly Campbell

WBA (reg) bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell makes the long trip back to Texas next month for his second fight with Japan’s Al Haymon advised Tomoki Kameda as part of the secretive American advisor’s Premier Boxing Champions brand.

McDonnell squeezed past the previously unbeaten Kameda in May after hitting the deck in the 3rd and rising to show exactly why he is one of the most underrated fighters in Britain at the moment, displaying a grit and steely determination that saw him hold on to his title by scores of 114-113 across the board.

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Andy Lee/Billy Joe Saunders Postponed Until October 10th / Moved to Manchester

08/13/201508/13/2015 Olly Campbell

WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee’s defence of his title against Hatfield’s Billy Joe Saunders, that was scheduled for Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland has been postponed until October 10th and moved to the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, England.

In a joint statement last night from co-promoters Frank Warren and Adam Booth, it was claimed the Irishman is suffering from a virus that means the September date was potentially in jeopardy;

“Andy’s had a virus and he’s recovering from it, or he’s about recovered from it, according to Adam Booth, who’s contacted me.,” Warren said.

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Martin Murray Added to Matchroom Leeds Show

08/12/201508/12/2015 Olly Campbell

St Helen’s Martin Murray has been pretty active since moving to 168 lbs and signing for Matchroom Sport earlier this year, with two outings against low-tier opposition in the last seven weeks already, yet the 3x world title challenger has now also been added to the September 5th show in Leeds, UK to fill the void left by Gavin McDonnell.

McDonnell will instead head out to the US to be with twin brother Jamie ahead of his WBA (reg) bantamweight world title defence against Japan’s Tomoki Kameda, and promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed he will have Murray included in a title fight on the bill.

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Dereck Chisora: “I Have a Choice of 3 Opponents – Teper, Jennings or Browne”

08/12/201508/11/2015 Olly Campbell

An interesting tweet appeared on former world title challenger Dereck Chisora’s (21-5, 14ko) twitter account this afternoon, embedded with a short video discussing his immediate future options, that according to the Finchley fighter are European heavyweight champion Erkan Teper, American world title challenger Bryant Jennings, or Australian heavyweight contender Lucas Browne.

Chisora, who blasted out Beka Lobjanidze with the first serious punch of their fight last month in London, said in the clip;

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Anthony Joshua Sizes Up the Competition: Klitschko, Wilder & Fury

08/11/2015 Olly Campbell

Matchroom Sport have a lot invested in Britain’s London 2012 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13ko). The Watford born fighter has been embarking on the familiar career arc taken by nearly all young prospects, steadily increasing his level of opposition as the world waits to find out if he is indeed the real deal.

Joshua boxes Scotland’s Gary Cornish on September 12th in a fight many are viewing already as a foregone conclusion, including it would seem, Sky Sports, who have an exclusive broadcasting deal with Joshua’s promoters at Matchroom and have today published AJ’s assessment of the rival heavyweight big guns, including Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and, ahead of their fight, Cornish himself.

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Saunders Training Well in Marbella Ahead of Andy Lee Title Challenge

08/10/201508/10/2015 Olly Campbell

After his recent stoppage (tune up) victory over Yoann Bloyer, Billy Joe Saunders landed in Marbella last Tuesday to the Macklin’s Gym facility in the Spanish city ahead of his September 19th challenge to WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee, that will take place at Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland.

Saunders and Lee’s fight will be the first time that two men of traveller origins have contested a version of a world title and the Hatfield based former Olympian is determined to be in the best shape possible.

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