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Since nobody posts in the boxing thread, thought I'd just make this thread for anyone interested to discuss.
 
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i personally love boxing and watch each fight which is available in german (austrian but we get all german stuff). reading through this thread is a horror to me. i know nearly none of the names.
arthur abraham, which is one my faves will fight sturm in close future in sat1. i am pretty excited about that match.
 
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Kell Brook willing to fight Keith Thurman

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook is willing to face fellow undefeated 147 pounder Keith Thurman in America according to his promoter Eddie Hearn.

Brook had been expected to take on Brandon Rios in London this September but with talks for that bout apparently stalling, Hearn has told Sky Sports that his fighter would have no problem taking on Thurman in what would be a unification fight for the IBF and WBA (Regular) belts.

"Kell Brook is up for fighting anyway, whether it's Mayweather, Thurman or Khan - it doesn't really matter," said Hearn. "We were looking at getting Kell out on September 12 but it's likely now that it will be the end of October back in Sheffield.

He watched Thurman's performance [against Luis Collazo on Saturday] and he's always fancied the fight - it's not a case of he saw it and thought he was poor. It's just a fight he believes he can win.

"He believes he can beat everyone in the division. He has respect for Thurman and they've complimented each other in every interview but it's a fight that's inevitable down the road.

"There's nobody in the division I could ask him to fight and he wouldn't. I love the Timothy Bradley fight and it could be unification as well, so that's a fight we're also interested in.

"If Kell has to travel to the US for those fights then it's not a problem but he's a pay-per-view fighter in the UK and doing well so that's where he sees his future. He wants the best and will travel to do it but my job is to try and make these fights in the UK. That's best for British boxing."

Hearn also addressed the possibility of an all British super fight between Brook and Amir Khan.

"We wait and wait on Khan. Maybe if he doesn't get the Mayweather fight then it's an idea he'll start to entertain. They've never entertained it before or wanted to find out terms.

"They know we'd take the fight in a heartbeat. We know Amir would be looking for the better end of the deal and perhaps that's possible but until we sit down and discuss it, it's just a pipe dream.

"I don't think Khan is interested in the Brook fight. He mentions every welterweight apart from Brook. Everybody seems to wants the fight apart from Amir."
 
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Just re watched the Crolla fight and really think a draw is about right,These sky commentators are so fucking biased.While being busy and jabbing a lot there was very little in way of scoring combinations for Crolla.May be the 2 deducted points should have won it for him but watching at the arena i had it 6 rounds each.I have seen far worse decisions

Quiggy just blew Kiko away with his power,once that uppercut landed it was game over.Hopefully can get Frampton and Quigg sorted now but i wont hold my breathe on that
 
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We can confirm that talks have started between Eddie Hearn and me with regards to Scott Quigg fighting Guillermo Rigondeaux in Manchester before the year is out. Eddie told me this morning that Quigg is ready to step up and take on Rigondeaux,” said Hyde. “We will continue talks this week in a bid to make this fight. Rigo has no problem traveling to Manchester for this fight, so once the numbers add up, we will get it on.

“This has been a frustrating year for us with no 122 pounder eager to challenge Rigo. Now we have two options on the burner, possible mouth-watering clash, albeit at 126, against Vasyl Lomachenko and now a possible world title defense against Scott Quigg. Quigg took care of business last night against the menacing, big-punching former world champion Kiko Martinez, knocking the Spaniard out in round two.”

According to Hyde, “Rigo would be a much more difficult opponent for Quigg but it’s great that Quigg has belief in his ability to lay down his challenge.”

The Brit’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, told RingTV.com what he thinks of Rigo vs. Quigg.

“I think the fight is inevitable, it’s just a matter of when,” Hearn said. “I think you are talking about the No.1 and No. 2 super bantamweights in the world and as much as I rate Rigo, I think there are so many more levels to see from Scott. We will continue to build Scott and as soon as that fight becomes PPV in the UK, it can happen. Scott wants the biggest fights in the division and of course that process has to include Rigondeaux.”

He added an addendum which added a new wrinkle, though. “I think Nonito Donaire v Quigg is more likely than Quigg v Rigo,” Hearn said.
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/394921-talks-begin-for-eventual-guillermo-rigondeaux-scott-quigg-clash

Both of those are difficult fights for Quigg IMO. I'd give him a punchers chance vs. Donaire though.
 
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I would fancy his chances much more against Donaire..Rigo is all wrong for Quigg.If he could land big on Rigo it would be very interesting but its a big if. Rigo is just to quick.Personally i think the Donaire fight could be a proper tear up.Unfortunately the Frampton fight is as far away as its ever been.Would have been ace if they both still had there 0s intact when they get it on but cant see it happening any time soon
 
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Andy “Irish” Lee is a travelling man in every sense, a proud member of his widespread roaming community and a fighter who has had to seek work in big and little towns all across the US and Europe, in near-empty halls and packed casinos, ballrooms and bars, in front of mugs and millionaires.

Now he is coming home, to Limerick, in front of an expected audience of 33,000 – an overwhelming majority of whom he will claim as allies – to defend his world middleweight title against fellow Traveller Billy Joe Saunders on 19 September.

“It’s a small community,” Lee says of the world that he and Saunders inhabit, “and everyone knows everyone. He’d know a lot of people I know and I’d know a lot of people he’d know. But the crowd will probably be 85 to 90% in favour of me.”

This is the first fight between two Travellers for a legitimate world title and, when they shared a podium in London on Wednesday, the mutual respect and bonhomie was in stark contrast to the bogus trash-talking that characterises many of these face-offs.
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Scott Quigg called out by former world champion Nonito Donaire

Nonito Donaire would be happy to travel to Manchester to take on WBA super-bantamweight world champion Scott Quigg.

Donaire (35-3-KO23) lost his own super-bantamweight world title to Guillermo Rigondeaux in April 2013 but after losing a WBA Super title to Nicholas Walters up at featherweight, he has dropped back down and recorded a second second-round knockout in a row at the weekend – against Anthony Settoul.

After Quigg demolished former IBF king Kiko Martinez at the Manchester Arena and current IBF champion Carl Frampton recovered from two first-round knockdowns to beat Alejandro Gonzalez Jr, the chances of a unification fight still look slim, with Donaire seemingly likely to be handed the Quigg fight.
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Beterbiev Accepts Kovalev Challenge - HBO is No Issue!

Promoter Yvon Michel of GYM has informed BoxingScene.com that light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9KOs) is ready and willing to face WBO/WBA/IBF light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25KOs) on November 28th.

On Saturday night, Kovalev's promoter Kathy Duva of Main Events informed BoxingScene that her fighter will return on the previously mentioned November date in Moscow, Russia.

Kovalev was in action on Saturday night, when he blew away mandatory challenger Nadjib Mohammedi in three rounds at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

In the coming days, Duva plans to present an offer to Michel for a fight between Kovalev and Beterbiev.

A Kovalev-Beterbiev showdown would be a huge event in Russia. The two fighters do not like each other, with Beterbiev - a deadly puncher in his own right - holding claim to two amateur victories over Kovalev.

"We are going to make an offer to Artur Beterbiev. That's like a monster fight over there. We're going to make [Michel] an offer. I'll send him something on Monday probably," Duva told BoxingScene.com.

Michel reached out to BoxingScene to make it clear that his fighter is ready to face Kovalev next - and there is absolutely no issue with doing the fight on HBO, who hold an exclusive multi-fight agreement with Kovalev.

"We are 100% behind that. Artur Beterbiev is now ranked at number 2 by the IBF. With Mohammedi being knocked out, he was number one and he will be losing his spot next week and we will receive a letter from the IBF for Beterbiev to fight for the mandatory position against whoever will have the guts to get in the ring with him. But if we have the opportunity to fight for the title directly, this is something that we're more than happy about. But we have to have a fair offer for wherever....Russia...wherever will be the best place that Kathy Duva will choose. If we have to be on HBO, no problem, there is no issue," Michel told BoxingScene.com.
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Chocolatito has been added to the Golovkin vs. Lemieux card :mark:

Flyweight champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, one of boxing's best fighters in the world pound for pound, will defend his title on Oct. 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York on the undercard of the middleweight world title unification bout between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux, Gonzalez's manager, Carlos Blandon, told ESPN.com on Wednesday night.

The fight will be among the bouts televised on HBO pay-per-view.

Blandon said they are in "advanced negotiations" with two opponents: former junior flyweight champion Giovani Segura (32-4-1, 28 KOs), 33, of Mexico, who is one of boxing's most devastating punchers, and Puerto Rican contender McWilliams Arroyo (16-2, 14 KOs), 29, the twin brother of newly crowned junior bantamweight titlist McJoe Arroyo.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/13342893/flyweight-champion-roman-gonzalez-fight-gennady-golovkin-david-lemieux-undercard

If they keep adding fights like that then I might retract my previous statement about it not being PPV worthy.
 
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