Arthur Abraham Back Out on Nov 21 / ‘Plenty More Knockouts to Come’

09/16/201509/16/2015 Olly Campbell

Germany’s WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will return to the ring on November 21st in Hannover, Germany against a TBA opponent, insisting that at 35 years old, there is still plenty more to come in terms of action.

Abraham last beat countryman and former champion Robert Stieglitz in June, in what was the pair’s fourth meeting, knocking out his rival in 6 rounds to take the series 3-1, putting a full stop on their 3 1/2 year fight saga. After fracturing his jaw in that fight, Abraham claims he’s now fit and keen to move on.

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‘Tick Tock Adonis, 50/50 on HBO PPV Sounding Generous’ say Duva and Main Events

09/16/201509/15/2015 Olly Campbell

After last Friday’s maligned Adonis Stevenson v Tommy Karency PBC on Spike fight from Toronto pulled in a series average of 581k viewers, Main Events boss Kathy Duva – promoter of WBA/WBO and IBF light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, has again asked Stevenson to consider coming to Kovalev’s broadcaster HBO for their heavily demanded unification fight.

Kovalev is tied exclusively to the broadcasting giant, and that is proving – technically at least – the sticking point in putting together the fight, which Duva and Kovalev have stated they are willing to travel to Canada for, as well as give Adonis 50/50 in terms of the purse split.

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Tragedy for Boxing: Australian Super Featherweight David Browne Jr Loses Fight for Life

09/16/201509/15/2015 Olly Campbell

Australian super-featherweight, David Browne Jr, injured in a regional title fight in Ingleburn, NSW, last Friday evening, has tragically lost his fight for life after his family made the agonizing decision to turn off his life support machine on Tuesday.

Browne, 28, was knocked down by Filipino, Carlo Magali 30 seconds into the 12th and final round, and was initially treated by a doctor ringside, regaining consciousness before being taken to hospital in critical condition where he then slipped into a coma.

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Daniel Jacobs/Peter Quillin Title Clash Confirmed for December

09/16/201509/15/2015 Olly Campbell

The long mooted clash between WBA (reg) 160 lb champion Daniel Jacobs and unbeaten fellow New Yorker, Peter Quillin, is finally looking set for December when the two will meet in a ‘Battle of Brooklyn,’ to determine the borough’s top dog at middleweight.

Promoter Lou DiBella has told ESPN.com he is looking at December 5th as the provisional date for the clash and has the Barclays Centre on hold as contracts and other minutiae are ironed out between the Al Haymon advised fighters, yet while this date admittedly isn’t concrete just yet, he insists the fight most definitely is.

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James DeGale on George Groves: “It’s Funny How Things Work Out”

09/16/201509/15/2015 Olly Campbell

As rumours abounded on social media that George Groves may announce retirement following last Saturday’s world title challenge loss to Badou Jack, bitter rival James DeGale seems to believe it karma, saying openly it’s “funny how things work out.”

As Groves deleted his social media accounts in the wake of his Las Vegas disappointment, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist spoke to Sky’s Ringside Reaction online show, to reflect on how when his own career ‘hit the skids’ under promoter Mick Hennessy, leaving ‘Chunky’ boxing in shopping malls against less than stellar opposition, Groves was one of the first to openly mock him.

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‘Man vs Machine’: I Will Rip Into Buglioni Like a Shark says Fedor Chudinov

09/15/201509/14/2015 Olly Campbell

WBA (reg) super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov (13-0, 10ko) has promised he is going to finish Frank Buglioni when he comes to London on September 26th to defend his title, and when he’s through with that, he wants to dethrone the other key British 168 lb fighters – chief among them, IBF champion James DeGale.

Chudinov, who postponed the fight once already, has one eye on German puncher Vincent Feigenbutz, the Interim WBA champ, and thus, mandatory challenger to his title, and the fight between the two young punchers is already agreed in principle, provided the Russian gets past Buglioni – something he is extremely confident of doing.

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Ruslan Provodinkov Talking to Team Khan About Potential November Showdown

09/14/201509/14/2015 Olly Campbell

Big punching Siberian Rocky, Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17ko), has confirmed that his team are talking to Amir Khan’s about a potential clash for later this year.

Rumours about a mooted bout surfaced early last week, with Khan initially appearing to scotch the speculation, although on Boxnation’s UK broadcast of Mayweather/Berto, he acknowledged the possibility, all the while continuing to insist it is Manny Pacquiao he now really wants to fight – seemingly for the size of the pay-day involved, given that his “Money Shot” at the newly retired Floyd Mayweather is dead in the water.

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Eddie Hearn on Anthony Joshua: ‘You’re Not Gonna Stand Up to His Power, I Don’t Care Who You Are’

09/14/201509/14/2015 Olly Campbell

After his 14th one sided victory in a row on Saturday night, which saw him pick up the Commonwealth heavyweight title, destroying Gary Cornish in 90 seconds, Anthony Joshua’s December 12th fight with fellow Londoner Dillian Whyte is well and truly on.

While many are predicting that the old rivals will put on a competitive dust-up for the fans, another element, including AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn, believe it doesn’t matter who is in front of the Olympic gold medalist, such is his raw ability and heaviness of hand, that Whyte will go the same, brutal way as those who have come before him.

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Dillian Whyte: Looking Forward to December Anthony Joshua Clash

09/14/201509/13/2015 Olly Campbell

After both men came through their respective fights in style last night in London, new Commonwealth heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and bitter rival Dillian Whyte, are all set to square off on December 12th at the O2 Arena.

Despite nursing a shoulder injury in his 3rd round stoppage of overmatched late notice opponent Brian Minto, the unbeaten Whyte confirmed that he will be fit for AJ, and the injury will not put the brakes on the big domestic showdown that will also be for the vacant British title.

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Keith Thurman: Floyd Will Be Missed to a Degree / Plenty of Talent to Fill the Void

09/14/201509/13/2015 Olly Campbell

WBA (reg) welterweight champion Keith Thurman has joined the chorus of those who were pleasantly surprised by last night’s Mayweather/Berto PPV, which actually turned out to be one of the more entertaining Floyd fights of recent times.

Following the fight, which Floyd continued to insist will be his last, Thurman stated he now senses a changing of the guard in the welterweight division should “Money” stick to his word and retire.

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