Anthony Dirrell: Starting the Rebuilding with Marco Antonio Rubio

Former WBC super-middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell (27-1-1, 22ko), begins his rebuilding tomorrow afternoon (US time) against fringe-level Mexican veteran and 2x world title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (59-7-1, 51ko) on the PBC on CBS card that comes from the American Bank Centre, Corpus Christi, Texas.

The fight follows on from Dirrell’s upset defeat at the hands of Sweden’s Badou Jack last April, in which the Michigan man dropped the belt he won against teak-tough veteran Sakio Bika in August 2014. He was taking the voluntary defence instead of fighting Britain’s George Groves, who had stepped aside, and the plan backfired on him when Jack edged a MD, leaving him with no choice but to go on the rebuilding trail.

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“If I Can’t Beat a 40 yr Old Man, I Want Banning From Boxing” says Tyson Fury

Ahead of his October 24th challenge to long dominant lineal champion Wladimir Klitschko, that takes place at the 56,000 capacity Esprit Arena, in Dusseldorf, Germany, Britain’s Tyson Fury has stated that if he can’t beat what he sees as an aging fighter in the champion, then he must be, by his own admission, ‘useless’.

Displaying a now trademark straight-forwardness, Fury has also expressed his concerns at getting a points decision in the champs adopted homeland – something many Brit fighters have struggled with over the years – and the 6ft 9″ giant is more than prepared for the fact he will get no favours of ANY kind in Deutschland.

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Jamie Mcdonnell vs. Tomoki Kameda: The Texas Two Step

This Sunday afternoon the PBC on CBS will bring boxing fans a rematch between Jamie Mcdonnell and Tomoki Kameda. Their first meeting back in May on CBS was a two-way affair and the second time around has only increased the stakes at hand. Can Mcdonnell have the same continued success he found after coming off the mat? Will Kameda use a smarter game plan rather than head hunting as he found himself doing after scoring the early knockdown?

Jamie Mcdonnell seems a bit distracted heading into the rematch with Tomoki Kameda. Mcdonnell has spoke of future opponents like Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton but can’t afford to look ahead. After all it was a debatable victory Kameda with all three scorecards reading 114-113. That’s not to say that Jamie didn’t fight well enough to deserve the win. But it was a close fight that could have gone to either man or ended in a draw.

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Roy Jones Jr: Training Fedor Chudinov Ahead of Buglioni Clash in London

As he continues to fight on at 46, it would seem that future Hall of Fame Inductee Roy Jones Jr has again dipped his finger into training, this time helping to prepare Russian WBA (reg) champion Fedor Chudinov for his September 26th maiden defence against Frank Buglioni in London.

After a brief flirtation training welterweight contender Jessie Vargas recently, Jones, who boxes in England himself on September 12th, has turned his attention to the Eastern European fighter, perhaps owing in part to his close relationship with Chudinov’s promoter Vlad Hrunov.

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Josh Warrington: Ready for Toughest Test Tonight Against Joel Brunker

Britain’s insanely popular featherweight contender Josh Warrington (21-0, 4ko) goes to battle in Leeds tonight in a defence of the Commonwealth title, against Australia’s Joel Brunker, in what will represent the toughest test of the Yorkshireman’s career to date.

The relatively intriguing headline fight at the First Direct Arena, is carrying an otherwise average-at-best card, and Warrington will need to be at his very best if he is to prevail against the dangerous former Olympian, whose sole blemish is a stoppage loss to current IBF 126lb champion, Lee Selby, 10 months ago.

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Mayweather talks Berto fight

Leonard Ellerbe
I’d like to thank everyone for calling in today to hear the one and only Floyd “Money” Mayweather. But before we get to Floyd, I’d like to introduce the Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME, Stephen Espinoza, who’s going to make a few comments.

Stephen Espinoza
Thanks very much Leonard. As most of you know, Episode 1 of ALL ACCESS “Mayweather vs. Berto” premiered last Friday. We had tremendous viewership numbers on the network for the premiere night. In fact, premiere night viewing of that episode was on par with the viewership for the premiere of “Inside Mayweather vs Pacquiao.”

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Golovkin – Lemieux live on BoxNation

As announced on ‘Bunce’s Boxing Hour’ one of this year’s most exciting fights has landed on BoxNation with knockout artists Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux set to produce a spectacular showdown on October 17th.

The two world champions meet head-to-head in one of the most eagerly anticipated unification clashes in 2015, as they look to prove who is the best middleweight on the planet, live and exclusive on the world’s number one boxing channel.

Kazakh hitman Golovkin has risen to become among the most electrifying fighters around accumulating 30 knockouts in his 33 wins, picking up the WBA, IBO and interim WBC world title belts along the way.

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Kell Brook: Blame Amir Khan for Not Giving What the Fans Want / Khan vs Provodnikov Speculation

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, currently being met with an unenthusiastic reception to his October 24th clash with Argentina’s Diego Chaves, has hit out at bitter divisional rival Amir Khan, once again blaming the Bolton man for being the reason behind their bout not happening, insisting that if it doesn’t come together next year, then it probably never will.

Fans angry at being promised the big names for Brook by promoter Eddie Hearn, were not expecting Khan to step up next, as he had already stated he believed Brook needs to fight bigger names, although this fight with Chaves – reasonably high risk, for very little reward/credit – is hardly going to set the world alight in that respect, and do little to entice Khan in, as the Argie is a relative unknown outside of the hardcore fans in the UK.

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George Groves: Hitting Back at the Critics Ahead of Badou Jack Fight

Ahead of his crunch challenge to WBC super-middleweight champion Badou Jack, that takes place on September 12th’s Mayweather/Berto undercard, Britain’s “St.” George Groves has spoken out to dispel any myths regarding his 12 round fitness, as well as to counter those people seeking to attribute any perceived dip in form to his hook-up with trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick.

Groves, a former student of noted tactician Adam Booth, whom he left shortly before the 1st Carl Froch fight, is training up at Abel Sanchez’s “Summit” Facility in Big Bear, California – basecamp of Kazakh middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin – to prepare properly for the fight with Jack, and rejects outright any notion his fitness is a problem.

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Devon Alexander & Lee Selby Both on October 14th PBC on ESPN Bill

Former two division champ and gay marriage advocate, (only joking!) Devon Alexander (26-3, 14ko), will return to the ring against 2nd tier Mexican Aaron Martinez (19-4-1, 4ko), on an Oct 14th PBC on ESPN bill that is to also feature new IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (21-1, 8ko) defending against Mexican veteran Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39ko).

Alexander will be returning for what is ostensibly a confidence builder, which follows his shutout points loss to Britain’s Amir Khan last December, a fight that was the culmination of a dip in form that started when he was lost his IBF title to pre-fight underdog Shawn Porter almost two years ago.

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