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Tyrone McKenna (16-0-1, 6 KOs) has revealed that he did not have to think twice when offered an outing against fellow undefeated prospect Jack Catterall (21-0, 20 KOs) at the SSE Arena, Belfast on June 30.
Ricky Burns (41-7-1, 14 KOs) makes his return to the ring when he meets the ever-reliable TBA on June 16 at Newcastle’s Metro Arena in fight number 50 and his manager, Alex Morrison, believes that his fighter still has a title run in him.
With all the furore surrounding Tyson Fury’s return to the ring on Saturday night it is easy to forget that the show’s official headlining act at the Manchester Arena is the vacant WBO light-welterweight title fight between former WBO lightweight holder Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs) and America’s Maurice Hooker (23-0-3, 16 early).
Frank Warren promotes Tyson Fury’s return to the ring at the Manchester Arena this Saturday night and the promoter has admitted that he was unsure if we would ever see the former heavyweight world titlist in a boxing ring again.
“Gypsy” John Fury is firmly in his son Tyson’s corner ahead of his return to action against Sefer Seferi at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night yet the 54-year-old former pro believes there is much more at stake than a ring return for the former world heavyweight Champion and widely-acknowledged linear holder.
Former British and Commonwealth light-middleweight titlist Anthony Small has been cleared of encouraging terrorism by a jury at the Old Bailey. The 36-year-old was hit with the charge after publishing a Youtube video in which he railed against Western big business, accusing them of being negative influences and supporters of the military.
Former heavyweight world Champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) returns to the ring against Sefer Seferi (23-1, 21 early) at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night yet the 29-year-old has claimed that he could have been taking on domestic rival and WBA Super World, IBF World, WBO and IBO holder Anthony Joshua only for promoter Eddie Hearn to pour cold water on the idea of an immediate fight against the man who claimedthe majority of the heavyweight titles during Fury’s time out of the ring.
Lineal world heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) was in fine form at Manchester’s Midland Hotel earlier today as he hosted the final press conference ahead of his comeback fight against Sefer Seferi (23-1, 21 early) at the city’s Arena on Saturday night.
Luke Watkins (13-0, 9 KOs) has had some heavyweight sparring ahead of putting his ‘0’ on the line against fellow unbeaten prospect Lawrence Okolie (8-0, 6 early) at London’s York Hall this evening. The two meet on Matchroom’s latest JDNNXTGEN show for the Commonwealth cruiserweight belt held by Watkins and Okolie’s WBA Continental title. Watkins is the underdog, but he has revealed that he learned a lot from sparring Tony Bellew while preparing for this litmus test.
Former WBO lightweight holder Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs) and promoter Frank Warren believe that the Manchester-based southpaw can emulate his idol Ricky Hatton by becoming a two-weight world titlist.