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Matthew Hatton's dreams of fighting Zab Judah now lie in tatters; the younger Hatton is, instead, going to take on IBO welterweight title holder Lovemore Ndou. Team Hatton are in talks with Ndou, with a deal set to be finalized over the weekend. Hatton has told the Thameside Reporter that they would not move down to 140lb to fight Zab.
Bury’s Scott Quigg is dipping into his own pockets in order to travel to Freddie Roach’s Wildcard gym, the local boxer is going to spend four-weeks in LA, as he tries to gain some valuable experience ahead of the coming season.
Birmingham’s Frankie Gavin has amassed a perfect 3-0 (3) record in his first season as a pro, the former amateur star – Gavin won gold at the world championships in 2007 - believes that he is heading in the right direction, he also feels that he has shown increased punching power over the past year.
Welshman Nathan Cleverly has expressed a desire to defend his Commonwealth and British titles on home soil. The light-heavyweight is in red-hot form at the moment, he destroyed Danny McIntosh in seven one-sided rounds last month.
Curtis Woodhouse is set to return to Hull - where he played as a footballer - for his comeback contest. As of the time of writing an opponent had not been found, the fighter himself told The Mirror that he wants to take on Jay Morris; Jay handed Curtis his first professional defeat earlier this year.
Dominic Ingle, the trainer of Junior Witter, thinks that his man’s defeat to Devon Alexander on Saturday night may be a sign that he has out-grown the light-welterweight division. Witter ceded the WBC title to Alexander in California, a performance that has left Junior questioning his future in the game.
Carl Froch has leapt to the defence of compatriot David Haye, who is scheduled to challenge Nikolai Valuev for the WBA heavyweight title. Fight insiders have scoffed at Haye’s chances in this fight; however, WBC super-middleweight boss Froch, 32, believes that Valuev is in for a shock come November the 7th.
Ricky Hatton has labeled Zab Judah’s team a bunch of ‘amateurs’ after they tried to force his brother Matthew - slated to fight Judah in September - to move down to light-welterweight for the proposed contest, this after having made the fight for the welterweight limit of 147lb.
Junior Witter today stated that is looking to carry on in the sport of boxing, the Bradford big-hitter hopes he can put the disappointment of Saturday’s loss to Devon Alexander behind him. Junior decided to retire in the corner at the end of round eight, handing the fight, and the WBC light-welterweight title, to his opponent.
Jamie Arthur is in good spirits following his shock win over Akaash Bhatia last month. Arthur handed Akaash his first professional loss after both men staged a grueling fight at the historic York Hall venue.