“The Upsetter” Seeking to Live Up to His Name Tonight in Buenos Aires

10/05/201510/02/2015 Olly Campbell

Tonight in Argentina, British Cruiserweight contender Ovill McKenzie (25-12, 13ko) will be looking to make his own personal piece of history when he walks into the metaphorical “Lion’s Den” against hometown favourite and new IBF champion Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-2, 17ko) in Buenos Aires.

Never one to shirk a challenge, the Jamaica-born Brit received just 11 days notice for the fight after inactive Cuban former champ Yoann Pablo Hernandez, was stripped for again seeking to postpone his own defence against Ramirez, resulting in the South American being upgraded to full champion and needing a late-notice opponent for tonight’s date.

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New Klitschko Date Leaves UK PPV Headache for Sky TV and Hearn.

10/05/201510/02/2015 Olly Campbell

As expected, the new date for Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury’s heavyweight clash dropped today [Fri], although the rescheduled November 28th date now leaves UK broadcaster Sky with a giant PPV headache.

Fury confirmed the news of the new date on his social media accounts, writing;

“GREAT NEWS! Just heard from my team @HennessySports @peterfury that @Klitschko has had the all clear to box on Nov 28 Dusseldorf. #LETSGETITONNNN”

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Rescheduled World Title Fight Dates Announced in Days

10/02/201510/01/2015 Olly Campbell

Both the rescheduled WBO middleweight clash between Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders and the massive WBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight clash between Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury, are set to have their new dates revealed very shortly.

The Lee/Saunders fight has been beset with bad luck, suffering two separate postponements – firstly due to a virus suffered by Lee, and then a cut sustained by Saunders in sparring that prompted date and venue shifts from Ireland to England/September to October, and a new date is finally set to be announced on Monday after Saunders was given the all-clear by medics.

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Danny Jacobs/Peter Quillin Official for December 5th

10/01/201510/01/2015 Olly Campbell

It’s been confirmed after weeks of expectation that WBA (reg) middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs will square off against fellow New Yorker, Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin on December 5th at the city’s Barclays Center.

Both fighters are well acquainted with each other being Brooklyn natives in the same division, and their long-time friendly association will go out of the window for one-night only in front of their hometown fans in a fight for Brooklyn bragging rights.

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Broner: Focused Ahead of Allakhverdiev Clash

10/01/201510/01/2015 Olly Campbell

Saturday night in Ohio, local former 3 weight world champion Adrien Broner goes into battle for a world title opportunity he arguably doesn’t deserve against relatively inactive Russian, Khabib Allakhverdiev.

After June’s loss to Ohioan rival Shawn Porter, Broner saw his stock decline sharply once again, and after a series of ill-thought out social media posts, has taken a vow of silence as he prepares for his shot at the vacant WBA (sup) 140 lb title.

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Matthysse: I’ll Beat Postol and Eventually Move Up to 147

09/30/201509/30/2015 Olly Campbell

Lucas Matthysse goes into his WBC 140lb title fight with Viktor Postol this Saturday at a significant size disadvantage to the Ukrainian, whose listed height is 5′ 11″ – and “The Machine” knows he must use every scrap of grey matter in his boxing brain to negotiate the relative unknown, who holds a solid knockout win over Selcuk Aydin and is guided by legendary trainer, Freddie Roach.

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Lee Selby Keen to Impress on PBC Debut

09/30/201509/30/2015 Olly Campbell

IBF 126 lb champion Lee Selby (21-1, 8ko) is relishing the chance to impress on his debut under the Premier Boxing Champions banner, which takes place October 14th against Mexican veteran and former multi-weight champion, Fernando Montiel (54-4-2-KO39) in Glendale, Arizona.

The Welshman – newly signed to elusive ‘advisor,’ Al Haymon – was impressive winning his title in May, when he forced a stoppage over a cut Evgeny Gradovich after appearing to dominate the IBF fighter of the year for large periods of the contest, and will be looking to do much the same against the admittedly smaller, and older, 36 year old Montiel.

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Pacquiao/Khan Moving Closer for Early 2016 says Amir

09/30/201509/30/2015 Olly Campbell

They say the best things come to those who wait, and in Amir Khan’s case that’s half true, as after missing out on a Floyd Mayweather fight after over 2 years of very public chasing, the British former 140 lb champion looks set to land his “plan-b” and secure a 2016 clash with Filipino superstar, Manny Pacquiao instead.

Khan turned his attentions to “Pac-Man,” ostensibly as a next best thing after failing to land the Floyd fight, and with Bob Arum last week confirming that talks were well underway and he wasn’t looking at any other opponent for his fighter, it seems a fight is on for the first part of next year, although exact details need ironing out.

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Carl Froch: Playing Devil’s Advocate Over Klitschko Injury

09/30/201509/30/2015 Olly Campbell

Retired former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has called into question the injury to Wladimir Klitschko that has caused the date for the Ukrainian’s title fight with British challenger Tyson Fury to be moved back.

Froch, writing in his Sky Sports column – and admittedly playing ‘devil’s advocate’ – is questioning the legitimacy of the calf-strain that Wladimir picked up just days after a fun-filled press conference in London that saw Fury arrive in a Batman costume, claiming the giant challenger may well have ‘rattled’ the champion.

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Fedor Chudinov Looking at Sturm & Groves Fights Next

09/30/201509/30/2015 Olly Campbell

WBA (reg) super-middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov (14-0, 10ko) is looking at taking a small rest and then moving onto a December rematch with German former world titlist Felix Sturm, hopefully then coming back to England next year, possibly to fight George Groves.

Chudinov retained his belt in London in a methodical, yet destructive breakdown of a brave Frank Buglioni at the weekend (UD), and his promoter Vlad Hrunov has claimed their immediate plans do not include dangerous mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz – just yet at least.

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