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Despite having relinquished his grip on the world heavy crown during the turbulent two years since he won it, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) believes that the family name will once again be associated with boxing’s richest prize after his cousin, Hughie (20-0, 10 stoppages), meets New Zealand-based WBO holder Joseph Parker (23-0, 18 early) at the Manchester Arena on September 23.
Andy Ayling, the manager of British welterweight Champion Bradley Skeete (27-1, 12 KOs), has told BoxingScene that rumours of a mooted fight between his charge and Australia’s WBO holder Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 early) are correct, but reiterated that it is not a done deal as things stand. Brisbane’s The Courier Mail reported that the fight was on following comments made by Horn’s trainer Glenn Rushton at a business breakfast in the city earlier this week. Rushton claimed that his fighter would be meeting a ‘6’ 1’’ champion English boxer’, which could only be a reference to Skeete, who is ranked at three in the WBO’s Top Ten and is therefore an eligible opponent for a voluntary defence.
Eddie Hearn has added Kal Yafai's (22-0, 14 KOs) mandatory WBA World Super flyweight title defence against Japan's Sho Ishida (24-0, 13 early) to the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF World, WBA Super World and IBO heavyweight world title defence against Kubrat Pulev at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on October 28. Hearn confirmed the news via Twitter earlier today.
British boxing fans no longer face an either/or moment when deciding between watching Liam Smith (25-1-1, 14 KOs) versus Liam Williams (16-1-1, 11 early) in an eliminator for the WBO light-middleweight title or Anthony Joshua’s defence of his IBF World and IBO titles against IBF mandatory challenger Kubrart Pulev after Frank Warren announced that Smith-Williams will now take place on November 11 instead of October 28, the proposed date of the Joshua fight.
You do not play at boxing, according to common convention, and you especially don’t play games when it comes to coming back to the sport. Unless there is good reason for it, many fans balk at the idea of a fighter coming back after a few years out, arguing that they are more susceptible to furthering the damage accrued during the first phase of their career.
IBF World bantamweight titlist Ryan Burnett (17-0, 9 KOs) has vowed to “break” WBA Super World counterpart Zhanat Zhakiyanov (27-1, 18 early) when they clash at the SEE Arena in Burnett’s home city of Belfast. The two men used to be trained by former light-welterweight Champion and WBA welterweight holder Ricky Hatton, and sparred each other at his Hyde-based gym, but Burnett joined Adam Booth in 2015 after hooking up with promoter Eddie Hearn.
Eddie Hearn and Belfast’s Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) may have parted company in 2013, and not under the best of circumstances, yet Hearn has told “The Jackal” that he would like to work with him again following last week’s revelation that the 30-year-old has split with long-time mentor Barry McGuigan and intends to strike out on his own rather than work with Cyclone Promotions again.
Matchroom have confirmed that undefeated Belfast-based prospect Tyrone McKenna (14-0-1, 6 KOs) will meet experienced campaigner Tommy Coyle (23-4, 11 early) at Belfast's SEE Arena on October 21, the city's IBF World bantamweight holder Ryan Burnett meets the WBA Super World holder Zhanat Zhakiyanov in the main event.
Golf star Rory McIlroy believes Dublin's Conor McGregor (0-0, 0) can stun the sporting world by beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas on August 26 provided he goes for it early and takes the fight to his 40-year-old opponent. McGregor is taking part in his first pro fight, has been widely written off and looks awful in the sparring and training footage that has emerged thus far, but, win lose or draw, McIlroy believes that the 29-year-old has done an incredible job securing the money-spinning contest.
Carl “The Jackal” Frampton’s (23-1, 14 KOs) decision to split with long-time mentor Barry McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions went from rumour to reality via a statement released on social media yesterday, and a fellow Northern Irish former world titlist believes that the 30-year-old should team up with Eddie Hearn.