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Edinburgh’s Alex Arthur returns to action this Friday on a Sky Sports boxing bill. Arthur is set to take on Mohammed Benbiou of France on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ Commonwealth title showdown with Kevin O'Hara.
Olympic light heavyweight bronze medal winner Tony Jeffries is set to fight in his hometown of Sunderland on the 10th of July.
Saturday 13 June 2009 Marriott Hotel, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
John Murray went into his fight with Scott Lawton with a massive weight on his shoulders. Murray, 24, was supposed to be defending his British lightweight title, unfortunately John got his margins wrong on the scales, coming in 0.08 kilos over the stipulated limit, and losing his title without throwing a punch in anger.
There are spreading rumors that the WBA light welterweight title fight between Andrey Kotelnik and Amir Khan is going to be delayed. The fight was set for June the 27th at London’s O2 arena, but there is a chance that Kotelnik will not make that date due to ill health disrupting his training camp.
The Mercurial London-based Nigerian Ajose Olusegun is the man no one wants to fight, as a consequence he had to tread old ground at Liverpool’s Olympia on Friday night, taking on former victim Nigel Wright for the British and Commonwealth light welterweight crowns.
British lightweight champion John Murray has been stripped of his title after failing to make weight for Saturday’s encounter with Scott Lawton. A confusing afternoon weigh in saw Murray having to take to the scales twice, coming in 0.08 kilos (0.1 lb) over the limit on the second, and final, attempt at making the weight.
Hatton camp insider, Mickey Cantwell, a former British flyweight champion, today told the Manchester Evening News that Ricky Hatton's pre-fight preparations for the Manny Pacquiao fight were thrown into chaos by Floyd Mayweather Senior’s tardiness.
Bob Arum popped up on the Steve Bunce show today and spoke about a mooted showdown between WBC super middleweight king Carl Froch and middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik. The fight could take place in 2010, and would be a showdown between the only two men to have defeated Jermain Taylor, the man who many believed would be the next big thing in world boxing.
Jamie Moore has been made the number three ranked contender for the WBC light middleweight title. Moore, the current European kingpin, has always expressed a desire to fight for the WBC belt, and that dream has come a step closer after this latest rankings boost.