Tyson Fury offers to take 40% split for Joshua fight

12/20/2017 Andy Brooks

Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) appears to be willing to accept a 40-60 split for a fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) when the two of them face each other.

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Floyd Mayweather challenges Lomachenko to fight Mikey Garcia

12/20/2017 Andy Brooks

Super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) sent a Tweet on Tuesday to promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr., telling him to stop hiding former IBF 130 lb. champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (19-0, 18 KOs). Lomachenko wants to fight Davis if possible in 2018.

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Tyson Fury’s trainer knows key to beating Joshua

12/20/2017 Andy Brooks

Former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury’s trainer Ben Davidson knows what he needs to do to defeat Anthony Joshua when the two big heavyweights battle it out soon. Davidson has taken over the reins to train the 6’9” Fury to get him ready for his comeback in 2018.

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Danny Jacobs fights on 4/28, wants Saunders

12/20/2017 Andy Brooks

Danny Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) will be fighting next on April 28, and his management are offering WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders the shot at facing him. Jacobs will be fighting on HBO on April 28, so Saunders will have a chance to showcase his skills to the U.S boxing fans like he did last Saturday night in beating David Lemieux.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Alfredo Angulo on 1/26

12/19/2017 Andy Brooks

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be looking to get back to winning again when he faces Alfredo Angulo (24-6, 20 KOs) next month on January 26 at a still to be determine venue in the U.S.

Chavez Jr. vs. Angulo was supposed to take place in December, but there wasn’t an available fight date for the match to take place, so it’s been kicked to January 26.

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Frankie Gavin vs. Bethuel Ushona on Feb.23 for vacant IBO 147lb. title

12/19/2017 Andy Brooks

After 8 years as a pro, Frankie Gavin (25-3, 15 KOs) is in a position to finally win a world title when he faces 35-year-old Bethuel Ushona (36-5-1, 9 KOs) for the vacant IBO welterweight title on February 23 at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, UK.

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Dillian Whyte to fight in March

12/19/2017 Andy Brooks

#1 WBC heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte WON’T be fighting on February 3 as previously believed now that the cruiserweight match-up between Lawrence Okolie (7-0, 6 KOs) and Isaac Chamberlain (9-0, 4 KOs) has been announced for that date.

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Lipinets thinks Mikey Garcia could lose power in moving to 140

12/19/2017 Andy Brooks

IBF World light welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs) is counting on former 3 division world champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) losing power on his punches when he moves up to 140 to challenge him for his IBF title on February 10 on Showtime Boxing at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas.

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Jeff Horn wants BIG money for Terence Crawford fight

12/20/201712/19/2017 Andy Brooks

WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) is looking to cash in big for his mandatory defense against Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) in 2018. Horn, 29, won’t be agreeing to take the fight against Crawford for $1 million.

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Canelo-Golovkin rematch close to being finalized

12/20/201712/19/2017 Andy Brooks

We could see the Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin rematch finalized this week, according to the latest boxing news. Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez is hoping to wrap up a deal with Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler to get the rematch done for May 5.

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