Parker could get $12M for Joshua fight

Parker could get $12M for Joshua fight

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker could be looking at an estimated payday of $12 million for his unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for their fight in March or April. According to the New Zealand Herald, Parker would be looking at a potential $12M payday for the Joshua fight, which is expected to take place in the UK.

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No more Mr. Nice Guy from Joshua: I don’t respect Tyson Fury

No more Mr. Nice Guy from Joshua: I don't respect Tyson Fury

Fans have both read and heard the various insults Tyson Fury has hurled Anthony Joshua’s way; the soon to return, unbeaten lineal heavyweight champ vowing to do all manner of things to the reigning WBA/IBF champion when they meet, possibly next summer. And Joshua, usually a reserved, polite and fully respectful person, has had enough of it. AJ says he is no longer able to respect Fury and that Fury has discredited everything he has accomplished.

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Wilder – Ortiz probable slug-fest looking good for March: Can “King Kong” defeat the “Half Human, Half Hybrid!”

Wilder - Ortiz probable slug-fest looking good for March: Can “King Kong” defeat the “Half Human, Half Hybrid!”

Heaven knows what the tag-line will be for this one! Reports, originating from RingTV.com, say a Deontay Wilde-Luis Ortiz rumble is close to happening – again – this time on March 3 in New York. Fans know all about the hows and whys that went into seeing that this match-up fell apart back in November – Ortiz testing positive for a banned substance, the WBC later accepting his plea of taking nothing but medication for high blood pressure – but it now looks to be back on.

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Wilder, Ortiz agree on 3/3 fight

Wilder, Ortiz agree on 3/3 fight

Luis Ortiz and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder have an agreement in place for them to meet on March 3rd on Showtime Boxing at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. RingTV is reporting the news. The fight has been talked about for weeks now for March 3, but now it looks like it’s been agreed on.

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Roy Jones Jr. will fight his “Last Day at The Bay” on February 8th; the all-time great to have final fight in Pensacola

Roy Jones Jr. will fight his “Last Day at The Bay” on February 8th; the all-time great to have final fight in Pensacola

All-time great and future Hall of Famer Roy Jones Junior is still not yet ready to call it quits and walk away from the perils of the ring. However, the living legend who will turn 49 next month (January 16) IS ready to have the final fight in his home town of Pensacola. Jones, 65-9(47) will fight TBA, at cruiserweight, on February 8, it has been announced on Jones’ twitter page.

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British boxing closes out 2017 with less than half the number of world champions 2016 saw

British boxing closes out 2017 with less than half the number of world champions 2016 saw

There were a quite amazing 13 world champions hailing from the UK at the close of last year, while this year, as 2017 reaches its end, the number has more than halved; with six men from these shores holding a legitimate world title. But this is not a reflection on a poor year for British boxing insists promoter Eddie Hearn.

Last year, top names Carl Frampton, James DeGale and Kell Brook, to name three of the then reigning British world champions who have since lost, all seemed set for a long reign.

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