Drop me and pick up £1,000 says Tony Bellew

Drop me and pick up £1,000 says Tony Bellew

Tony Bellew insists he is already in absolutely great shape for his big heavyweight showdown with David Haye. Sparring ten and 12 rounds daily, Bellew is putting the rounds in and, as he tells BBC Radio, he is “not blowing one bit in any of those rounds.”

Bellew did not name his sparring partners but he did say that “these guys are out-weighing me by two-and-a-half stone (35 pounds).” Bellew is of course moving up to heavyweight (or back to it in a way, as “Bomber” fought at heavyweight in his amateur days a long, long time ago now) and he is a considerable underdog going into the March 4 duel with Haye.

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“Old School” Errol Spence Jr. says he doesn’t care where he fights Kell Brook, welcomes prospect of performing before 30,000 fans at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane

“Old School” Errol Spence Jr. says he doesn't care where he fights Kell Brook, welcomes prospect of performing before 30,000 fans at Sheffield's Bramall Lane

Reigning and defending IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook will enjoy home town advantage when he meets his mandatory challenger Errol Spence Junior in May. But if Brook thinks the prospect of facing him in front of around 30,000 rabid Sheffield fans fazes Spence, he can think again – so says the unbeaten southpaw in speaking with Sky Sports.

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Artur Beterbiev-Sullivan Barrera IBF light-heavyweight final eliminator set for Miami, April 21

Artur Beterbiev-Sullivan Barrera IBF light-heavyweight final eliminator set for Miami, April 21

One of the most excitingly powerful fighters in boxing today, unbeaten Russian terror Artur Beterbiev is now just one win away from a shot at a world title. The 11-0(11) banger has announced on his twitter page how he will face Sullivan Barrera of Cuba in a final eliminator for the IBF light-heavyweight title (currently held by Andre Ward; Ward having to fight his return bout with Sergey Kovalev in his next bout) on April 21 in Miami, Florida.

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Results: Roy Jones Jr. TKOs Bobby Gunn

Results: Roy Jones Jr. TKOs Bobby Gunn

Roy Jones Jr. took care of his over-matched opponent Bobby Gunn tonight in defeating him by an 8th round TKO in a fight that looked more like an exhibition bout than a real one at the Chase Center in Wilmington, DE. The fight was brought to a halt in the 8th. Gunn’s trainer stopped the fight at the start of round 8. The fight should have been stopped immediately after the 7th, as Gunn looked hurt and in bad shape.

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Wilder-Washington and Hurd-Harrison Interview Transcript

Wilder-Washington and Hurd-Harrison Interview Transcript

Lou DiBella
Thank you everybody for joining us. This is a call for a really big fight card on Saturday, February 25 at the Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama.

The show will be PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes, the main event — the Heavyweight Championship of the World — the WBC Heavyweight Championship between Deontay Wilder and Gerald Washington.

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Deontay Wilder says he wants to see stiffer penalties introduced for drugs cheats before they “ruin the sport of boxing”

Deontay Wilder says he wants to see stiffer penalties introduced for drugs cheats before they “ruin the sport of boxing”

Reigning WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder knows all about the time that can be wasted and the various other negative aspects that arise when a fighter is caught cheating by taking illegal stimulants or drugs. Twice Wilder has seen fights of his fall apart due to his would-be opponent testing positive for an illegal substance just prior to the bout.

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Broner vs. Granados: Where Art Thou Adrien?

Broner vs. Granados: Where Art Thou Adrien?

The Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio plays host to a Showtime tripleheader themed with back to the wall urgency fights. Familiar foes in Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados meet in the main event that won’t lack drama. Lamont Peterson returns off a lengthy layoff to face David Avanesyan for his 147-pound WBA trinket. The opener should produce energy in the crowd in a bout between light heavyweight contenders Marcus Browne and Thomas Williams Jr.

The battle of Adrien’s should make for a good television fight and if Broner isn’t on his game he could get beat.

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Liam Smith vs Liam Williams: War Of Words

Liam Smith vs Liam Williams: War Of Words

After a reasonably amicable press tour, the armistice is over and an almost inevitable war of words has broken out between the rival camps of Liam Williams and Liam Smith ahead of their sure to be combustible super-welter showdown at Manchester Arena on April 8th.

Ex WBO king Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith is smoldering from the insinuation yesterday that, at 28, he is now damaged goods following his valiant defeat to ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in September, the only reverse on his 25 fight resume. Speaking to Glynn Evans, the Mersey mouth responded:

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