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George Groves will make his Las Vegas debut when he takes on an as yet unnamed opponent on the undercard of Juan Diaz versus Juan Manuel Marquez at the Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort on the 31st of July. Groves has fought abroad once before – a points win over Kanstantsin Makhankou in Germany – and the Londoner believes that further foreign soil experience will give his career a major boost.
Mike Tyson is set to visit Bradford on July the 17th after his agent accepted an offer from Nadeem ‘Golden Boy’ Siddique to attend the opening of the Bradford-based boxer’s ‘Make the Weight’ gym. Siddique, sidelined with a back problem since his 2009 points loss to Tom Glover, is also staging a dinner show to celebrate Tyson’s visit. The 33-year-old welterweight could barely contain his joy over landing ‘Iron Mike’.
Northenden’s Liam Cullen moved to 2-0 with a points win over perennial loser Mark Lewis on the undercard of stablemate John Murray’s EBU title victory over Gary Buckland back in May, Cullen had hoped that highlights of this fight would be broadcast on Sky TV only to be left disappointed. However, the 24-year-old believes that the big bill experience will hold him in good stead during the coming months.
Danny Randall’s tenacity and drive in the ring is echoed outside the ropes; he proved this recently when bagging himself a sponsor in order to support his drive up the boxing ladder; the 3-0 fighter is now backed by Cash Generator – Randall revealed that he had adopted a proactive approach when it came to securing funding.
Manchester’s Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla, 17-2 (6), has recently been touted as the ideal opponent for British super-featherweight boss Gary Sykes, who defeated Crolla in a title eliminator last May. Both sides have expressed an interest in the clash, with Team Sykes confident that a Sykes-Crolla clash would give ‘Sykesy’ – who has an impressive 16-0 (4) slate – an ideal opportunity to showcase his skills before the Dewsbury faithful.
Manchester’s Tyson Fury has left trainer Brian Hughes ahead of his crunch English title rematch with John McDermott on the 25th of this month. Fury, 22, seemed settled under Brian Hughes but has now left the veteran Manchester trainer and rejoined his uncle, Hughie Fury, in order to prepare for the fight against ‘Big Bad’ John.
Jason Booth’s remarkable journey – from alcohol addiction to domestic and Commonwealth champion – is set to climax with an IBF title tilt against Canada’s Steve Molitor in Sunderland on the 23rd of July. Booth has battled out-of-the-ring demons in order to line himself up for this crack; the 32-year-old believes that he wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for boxing.
Bury’s Scott Quigg will fight for his first professional title when he takes on Redcar’s Gavin Reid for the vacant English super-bantamweight title on the undercard of Matthew Hatton’s EBU title defence against Yuriy Nuzhnenko at the Bolton Arena on July the 16th.
Stefy Bull, 33, takes on Driffield’s Curtis Woodhouse at the Doncaster Dome on the 2nd of July and the 29-6-1 (7) southpaw revealed that some online banter helped him decide to take this job on relatively short notice after Woodhouse, 13-1 (8), questioned Bull’s punch power in the wake of Stefy’s KO win over Dean Hickman in May.
Edinburgh’s Kenny Anderson, 27, lost the chance to fight Tony Quigley after the Liverpudlian boxer decided to take part in next month’s Prizefighter: The super-middlweights. However, the 11-0 (7 early) boxer has been assured that his patience will pay off.