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Floyd Mayweather Jr has confirmed that he will not be facing eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao until at least the autumn after a deal was struck with Miguel Cotto for a May 5 showdown in Las Vegas. Representatives from both Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions had distanced their respective fighters from the Mayweather-Pacquiao blockbuster [...]

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Scotland’s Ricky Burns has been formally instated as the WBO’s lightweight champion after previous belt holder, Juan Manuel Marquez, vacated the title. Burns (33-2) captured the interim version of the title with a captivating points win over Australian Michael Katsidis in November. Marquez has been weighing up his options since himself dropping a highly contentious [...]

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European super middleweight champion James DeGale has apparently split from promoter Frank Warren. DeGale, who won middleweight Olympic gold in 2008, has been promoted by Warren since going pro but the 24 year old Harlesden native has decided to part from the promoter. DeGale released a succinct statement to the PA confirming the split saying,  ”I think [...]

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The David Haye/ Klitschko brothers saga rumbles on as Haye’s trainer Adam Booth has claimed the Ukrainian siblings aren’t interested in fighting, rather they are simply using his fighter’s name for publicity. Haye was woeful in losing his WBA crown to Wladimir last July and although retiring in October as planned, Vitali has expressed a [...]

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Olympic bronze medalist David Price captured the English heavyweight title with a scintillating knockout of a previously obdurate John McDermott. The Liverpudlian, who had flown under the radar since capturing his Olympic honour in Beijing in 2008, was expected to face a first serious test of both his chin and heart at the hands of [...]

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Former junior welterweight king Ricky Hatton has warned Amir Khan to avoid Floyd Mayweather at all costs. Khan has been calling Mayweather out for close to a year and with Floyd looking for an opponent for his May 5th date in Las Vegas, Khan’s name has been floated. But Hatton, who was stopped by Floyd [...]

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Ricky Hatton has picked Floyd Mayweather to beat Manny Pacquiao comfortably. Hatton, who has faced both, feels that Floyd’s elusive style will prove too much for Pacquiao. Hatton is also confident the fight will go ahead, even if it doesn’t take place on the much talked about May 5th date. Speaking to the Daily Star, [...]

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New WBA and IBF light-welterweight world champion Lamont Peterson has formally challenged the WBA’s ruling tying the American to a rematch with former belt holder, Amir Khan. The move is the first indication that the champion is looking at options other than Khan for his first defence, and may result in him vacating the belt [...]

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Former European champion Audley Harrison will again attempt to conquer the road to heavyweight superstardom after he announced his latest ring return. Harrison meets Iraqi-born heavyweight Ali Adams at the Brentwood Centre on April 14, some 18 months on from his acrimonious knockout defeat to David Haye. Having turned 40 in November, the former Olympic [...]

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Arthur Abraham returned from an eight month hiatus to record a much needed victory over Argentine Pablo Farias in Offenburg on Saturday night. The German, who has endured a torrid 18 months- losing three of his last four fights- used his famed power to overcome his young opponent and land the WBO European super middleweight [...]

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