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It would take a lot to shake the self-confidence of Lawrence Okolie. On Saturday night he attempts to join an impressive list of British boxers to have claimed the European cruiserweight title. By next summer, he expects to be a world champion.
There have been moments in the career of David Price when he has felt on the verge of great things, there have been times when he has thought it was all over. On Saturday night he faces Dereck Chisora at the O2 arena, London – lose and things could be close to the end, but win and he can call himself a contender once again.
God bless the World Boxing Super Series. In a crowded marketplace, where rival broadcasters in the United States are happy to throw huge money at less than stellar fights, tonight the two best super-lightweights in the world clash at the O2 arena in London.
Josh Taylor is not a man to live in the past and right now, becoming a world champion is simply history. The Scot claimed the IBF super-lightweight title with a hard-fought points win over Ivan Baranchyk in Glasgow in May, but he doesn’t even have his belt out at home, he keeps it under the stairs, next to the Hoover.
You could try for a long time to get Dereck Chisora to say something nasty about David Price, but he won't bite. However, the fact that Chisora likes Price won't mean he has any intention of going easy on his Liverpudlian opponent at the O2 arena, London, on Saturday night. This is fight week, after all, and the monster is emerging in Chisora.
Robert McCracken says he wasn’t surprised when people started pointing fingers at him after Anthony Joshua lost his world heavyweight title in June. As Joshua’s head trainer, McCracken knows he is not above criticism, neither is his naive to know that when Joshua was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr in New York, some were going to sniff an opportunity.
Josh Warrington could make a return to the ring in February before a summer blockbuster fight at the home of Leeds United, according to his promoter, Frank Warren. Warrington made short work of Sofiane Takoucht in the third defence of his IBF featherweight title at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, on Saturday, taking less than two rounds to stop the Frenchman.
Josh Warrington believes more big nights will come for him, but having set his heart on boxing in Las Vegas in 2019, he is having to be a bit patient. The Yorkshireman defends his IBF featherweight title against Sofiane Takoucht, of France, at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, on Saturday. This will be the tenth time he has topped the bill there and while he had hoped to take his massive support on the kind of Las Vegas week with Ricky Hatton, he needs a dance partner. So far Oscar Valdes (the WBO champion) and Leo Santa Cruz (the WBA champion) have not appeared too keen.
Dereck Chisora says he is hoping to spar with Anthony Joshua in his final preparation for facing David Price. Chisora faces Price in a heavyweight clash at the O2 Arena, London, on October 26 and he said he hoped to go to Sheffield next week to work with Joshua, who has started his camp for his December 7 rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr.
Nigel Benn has issued a statement denying that he was turned down for a boxing licence for his comeback by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC). Benn, the former WBO middleweight and WBC super-middleweight champion, is due to return to the ring when he faces Sakio Bika in Birmingham on November 23 at the age of 55, 23 years after he last boxed.