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European junior welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (21-0, 11KOs) has luaghed at recent reports that suggest WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is in the same class as Manny Pacquiao. The undefeated Irish fighter has asked his promoter Brian Peters to make a fight with Khan.
According to a report in Daily Mail, Audley Harrison has agreed to a £1million offer to challenge David Haye for the WBA heavyweight title on November 13. The fight would be carried on Sky pay-per-view. Harrison's promoter, Matchroom Boxing, is waiting for Haye's side to finalize the deal. If the deal has indeed been reached, it means heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will be moving forward with his mandatory WBO title fight against Alexander Povetkin.
The very anticipated light heavyweight showdown between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16KOs) and interim-belt holder/IBO champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17KOs) is heading to the champion's backyard of the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada on August 14. Pascal's promoter Yvon Michel officially announced the fight on Wednesday. A press conference is scheduled to take place this week in Canada with both fighters. HBO will televise the fight.
The returning Paul Briggs has promised the Australian fans a real fight when he challenges Danny Green for the IBO cruiserweight title on July 21 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. He told reporters that he won't end up like Roy Jones Jr., who was stopped on one round against Green last December. Briggs returns after a three year layoff to take the fight.
British welterweight Michael Jennings is getting very frustrated with his latest July bout, against John O’Donnell, falling apart after O’Donnell withdrew with a back injury. Jennings saw three dates with Kell Brook fall apart in the last year. He may now have to wait until at least September to fight again.
At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, heavyweight contender Timur Ibragimov (28-2, 15KOs) of Uzbekistan won a twelve round unanimous decision over former WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall (54-10). The scores were 117-111 on two judges’ scorecards and 119-109 on the third.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, and undefeated European lightweight champion John Murray have gone back to their domestic war of words in the British press. Khan blasted Murray's recent claims that he's ducking a fight. He said the Euro champ was offered a shot and didn't take it. He sees Murray as an easy night of work.
On BoxingScene.com's official audio show, Leave It In The Ring Radio, former two division champion Zab Judah went after WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander for some of his recent comments
If unbeaten Filipino Johnriel Casimiro beats Ramon Garcia on July 3 in Baja California, Mexico, he will get his mandatory shot at WBO junior flyweight champion Ivan Calderon on August 28 in Puerto Rico, says Puerto Rico Best Boxing Vice President Peter Rivera.
Shah Khan, the father of WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, says lightweights Michael Katsidis and John Murray are asking for too much money to fight his son. Shah confirms to hometown paper, The Bolton News, that his son will fight the winner of the Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz rematch, taking place on July 31 in Las Vegas.