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Multiple sources have informed BoxingScene.com that newly crowned WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan could soon be defending his belt against Diego Magdaleno, who is rated number one by that organization. This fight would take place on October 10th in Manchester, England.
A bout between Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton would be one of the more anticipated match-ups that could be made in the UK. Both are undefeated and possess major title belts. However, like many other potential bouts what keep them from becoming a reality is the business of boxing.
With Bryant Jennings and his team deciding to bypass an opportunity to face Luis Ortiz on the Golovkin-Lemieux pay-per-view undercard on October 17th at the Madison Square Garden in New York, his promoter Gary Shaw is now focused on another fight for his heavyweight.
While tickets for the middleweight unification bout on October 17th don't officially go on sale till Wednesday, it's been a robust pre-sale in regards to the fight between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux who duke it out at the famed Madison Square Garden.
Coming off his solid ten-round decision over Emanuel Taylor on May 16th, Antonio Orozco and his team were ready to take the leap to the next level. And on October 3rd they will face the respected Humberto Soto as the co-feature on HBO's 'Boxing After Dark' telecast.
As of now, veteran Humberto Soto is slated to face Antonio Orozco in what figures to be an interesting crossroads match-up on October 3rd at the StubHub Center in what will be the opening bout on HBO before Lucas Matthysse faces Victor Postol. And the good news is that as of this moment, this fight hasn't been postponed or cancelled.
It was announced recently that Greg Cohen Promotions had signed welterweight Zab Judah to a promotional contract. For the 38 year old Judah, it's one last chance to get back to the mountain of the sport in what has been an accomplished - if up and down - career. Judah, who has not fought since December of 2013, when he lost a lopsided decision to Paulie Malignaggi, will be active in the upcoming months.
As previously reported, Hall Fame trainer Freddie Roach - who has one of the deepest stables in boxing which includes the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto and Ruslan Provodnikov - has added another fighter who has deep bloodlines in the sport. "I just made a deal with Tony Holden and I'm the new trainer of Tommy Morrison's son. He'll be here Monday," Roach told BoxingScene.com on Thursday afternoon, referring to the 8-0 (6 KO's), Trey Lippe, who hails from Oklahoma.
Despite his fearsome reputation and solid resume', Lucas Matthysse has actually never held a major belt at 140 pounds. He will try to eradicate that on October 3rd at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, when he faces Victor Postol for the vacant WBC super lightweight title as the main event on HBO's 'Boxing After Dark'.
After his thrilling come-off-the-canvas victory over Kevin Mitchell in London on May 30th, WBC lightweight titlist, Jorge Linares, could be making his next title defense in his native country. "October 18th in Venezuela," stated Robert Diaz of Golden Boy Promotions. "There's no opponent and obviously because there's no opponent, we don't have a contract. We wouldn't be the promoters, it's a local promoter."