Callum Smith vs Erik Skoglund Sept 16th in Liverpool – Tickets on sale!

Callum Smith vs Erik Skoglund Sept 16th in Liverpool - Tickets on sale!

Smith Ready To Fulfill Childhood Dream Of Hometown Glory

On the day that tickets for the opening World Boxing Super Series Super-Middleweight quarter-final between Callum Smith (22-0, 17 KOs) and Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs) go on sale, the Liverpool fighter spoke of how long-term ambition has brought him to the edge of greatness.

“I am really happy to be headlining at the Echo Arena,” said Smith. “When I turned professional, and even when I was a kid, the plan was to go as far as I could and to hopefully one-day headline shows. Especially in my home city and I have been lucky enough to do that before in my career but this time, opening the Super-Middleweight part of the World Boxing Super Series, it is an honour and I am really looking forward to it.”

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Chris Traietti: Fighter, Promoter, Matchmaker, and Gym Owner

Chris Traietti: Fighter, Promoter, Matchmaker, and Gym Owner

Chris Traietti is an extremely busy individual, who is involved in almost every facet of boxing. He is a promoter that co-owns Granite Chin Promotions, a matchmaker, co-owner of a boxing/fitness gym TKO Boxfit, and also a cruiserweight fighter (23-4, 19 KOs). He will serve as fighter, promoter, and matchmaker for “Fight Night at the Bay” on Saturday, August 5th at the Marina Bay SportsPlex in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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Errol Spence “chasing world title fights,” says he has wanted a fight with Keith Thurman since he was 15-0

Errol Spence “chasing world title fights,” says he has wanted a fight with Keith Thurman since he was 15-0

In the opinion of some good judges, unbeaten Errol Spence Junior, the reigning IBF welterweight king, has already proven himself as the best 147 pounder in the sport today; others need further proof. And the gifted southpaw who relieved the long-reigning Kell Brook of his IBF belt just over two months ago is fully intending on providing this proof.

The 27 year old from Texas with the 22-0(19) record spoke with Sky Sports recently, and “The Truth” made it clear he intends to prove his bold nickname is one he is worthy of carrying. Spence wants all the titles at 147 and he wants them asap.

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It’s Ghana vs UK in latest Azumah Nelson Fight Night August 19

It's Ghana vs UK in latest Azumah Nelson Fight Night August 19

Former 3-time world champion and Hall of Famer, Azumah Nelson’s collaboration with Hemann Promotions to reposition Accra as the fight capital of Africa reaches new heights on August 19 when four UK boxers square off against Ghana based opponents including an amateur clash featuring Azumah’s own son at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.

Headlined by the bout between Ghana super featherweight champ, Wahab Oluwaseum and Irish opponent, John Hicks and also featuring other UK boxers, Kieran Leinster against Emmanuel Anim of Ghana, London based southpaw, Anthony Ayinde up against Ghana’s Raphael Kwabena King as well as the amateur fight between Oliver Duffy and Azumah Nelson Jnr, full details will be announced at a press conference on Thursday August 3 at the African City Hotel, formerly Novotel Hotel in the Ghanaian capital.

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Jimmy Lennon Jr: You never knew what to expect with Tyson and really I don’t know what’s going to happen with this one

Jimmy Lennon Jr: You never knew what to expect with Tyson and really I don't know what's going to happen with this one

MC Jimmy Lennon Junior, who learnt the trade from his late father, is used to introducing big names in big, big fights. Over the course of his long career, Lennon has introduced superstars such as Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather.

And Lennon will be the man on the microphone as Mayweather and Conor McGregor get ready to trade leather in their hugely hyped August 26 fight. Lennon, who is as much a fight fan as the rest of us, spoke recently with Sky Sports – who will of course televise the fight in the UK via their Box Office platform – and he said that he is totally unsure of what to expect once the bell rings inside The T-Mobile Arena later this month.

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30 years ago today: Mike Tyson unifies the WBC/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles with win over Tony Tucker

30 years ago today: Mike Tyson unifies the WBC/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles with win over Tony Tucker

Was it really thirty years ago – three full decades; a generation – when a peak Mike Tyson put all the heavyweight belts around his 34” waist? It was indeed, as hard as it may be to believe for fight fans who were mere teenagers at the time.

It was August 1st, 1987 when a 21 year old “Iron” Mike met 28 year old Tony “TNT” Tucker in Las Vegas. The fight between the two unbeaten heavyweights was dubbed “The Ultimate,” and with everything but the lineal heavyweight title on the line, such a tag-line was apt.

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Can the Can-Man Comeback?

Can the Can-Man Comeback?

There is no denying that Adrien Broner is an extremely talented boxer. With fast hands, decent power, underrated toughness, good counter punching skills he became a four weight world champion with a decorated amateur career with 300 wins and only 19 losses. Broner is an athletic boxer with a big time camera grabbing personality and only 28 years old. With such an impressive history what would make me as if Broner can make a comeback?

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Jorge Linares vs Luke Campbell on 9/23 – Ticket Infos

Jorge Linares vs Luke Campbell on 9/23 - Ticket Infos

Tickets for the Sept. 23 showdown between the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine champion Jorge “El Niño de Oro” Linares (42-3, 27 KOs) and the United Kingdom’s Olympic gold medalist and current No. 1 contender Luke Campbell (17-1, 14 KOs) will go on sale this Wednesday, August 2 at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET. The scheduled 12-round fight will take place at the “Fabulous” Forum in Los Angeles, California and will be televised on HBO Boxing After Dark® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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Vasyl Lomachenko – Miguel Marriaga this Saturday; can the Colombian give the pound-for-pound star a fight?

Vasyl Lomachenko - Miguel Marriaga this Saturday; can the Colombian give the pound-for-pound star a fight?

Ukraine’s Vasyl Lomachenko is so good, fans do not want to see him fight against anything other than truly elite opposition, each and every time out. The two-weight champ with the deceiving pro record – 8-1(6) in no way being numbers that are indicative of the 29 year old southpaw’s formidable talents – wants the big, big fights himself, but for now he must make do with the Jason Sosas and Miguel Marriagas of the world.

This Saturday, in what will be another boxing boost for ESPN (the network recently having exclusive rights to superstar Manny Pacquiao’s shock upset loss to Jeff Horn; ESPN also set to showcase the August 19 140 pound unification clash between Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo), Lomachenko will take on Colombia’s Marriaga, 25-2(21).

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