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• Showtime Boxing Preview: DeGale vs. Eubank Jr.

  21-02-2019 14:39 via boxinginsider.com
  By: Ste Rowen
  Two Brits from the South of England, both lay claim to being former World champions – James ‘Chunky’ DeGale with the IBF and Chris Eubank Jr with the suspect IBO; and each with a defeat to George Groves on their record, the pair have seemed to be on a collision course to meet in the ring for a while, even when DeGale was the IBF king at super-middleweight and Eubank was a lowly 160lb challenger.
  On Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena, they finally meet.From
  
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• Diego Pacheco: “I Have A Lot Of Guys I Want To Get”

  21-02-2019 14:34 via boxinginsider.com
  By: Sean Crose
  Fighters may be plying their trade at much older ages than was previously common. Still, professional boxing is essentially a young man's game. Diego Pacheco, however, might well be the youngest pro fighter of note at the moment. For, on Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal Fausto Gutierrez in Tijuana, Mexico, the LA native will engage in his second professional bout – and he's only 17. For this reason, the young man can't fight in the United States until he's 18. Afte
  
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• Frank Warren’s Press Conference Notes

  21-02-2019 14:32 via boxinginsider.com
  By: Oliver McManus
  In front of a convened press pack at the BT headquarters in London, Frank Warren held an hour long press conference on Monday to discuss the forthcoming plans for his promotional stable. We take a look at the key announcements and what they could mean.
  Tyson Fury signing a co-promotional deal with Top Rank came as the headline announcement and, indeed, the most surprising. The deal, worth a reported £16million per fight, is a multi-year arrangement that will see him con
  
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• Father 'not convinced' by Eubank Jr

  21-02-2019 13:58 via skysports.com
  
  Chris Eubank Sr admitted he is "not convinced" his son will defeat James DeGale this weekend.
  
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• Joshua vs Usyk expected next year

  21-02-2019 07:00 via skysports.com
  
  Anthony Joshua expects to be mandated to fight Oleksandr Usyk next year, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
  
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• Canelo vs. Jacobs 3-city international tour starts next week

  21-02-2019 04:10 via boxingnews24.com
  By Mike Smith: Saul Canelo Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 KOs) and Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) will start their three-city international news tour next week to promote their May 4 fight on DAZN at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight is already highly anticipated by the boxing public, who can’t wait to see […]
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• Arum: ESPN cut off GGG negotiations because “they didn’t like his attitude”

  21-02-2019 02:53 via boxingnews24.com
  By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank says the negotiations between Gennady Golovkin and ESPN were halted because the network “didn’t like his attitude”, and felt it “wasn’t worth the trouble” to try and sign him. However, Arum says Golovkin is always welcome to come back and restart the negotiations. It’s unclear what GGG […]
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• Arum wants Spence vs. Crawford later this year

  21-02-2019 00:59 via boxingnews24.com
  By Chris Williams: Top Rank boss Bob Arum says he’s going to make a financial offer to IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. for a unification match-up against his fighter WBO champion Terence Crawford for a match in the fall if both guys win their next fights. Spence (24-0, 21 KOs) is defending his International […]
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• Stiverne boils over with Joe Joyce during press conference

  21-02-2019 00:00 via boxingnews24.com
  Undefeated British Heavyweight sensation Joe Joyce came face-to-face with Bermane Stiverne ahead of their Commonwealth Title clash today, but it erupted between the Former World Champion and the British fighter’s manager. Joyce defends his Commonwealth title against the Canadian puncher in the chief-support to James DeGale’s mouthwatering showdown with Chris Eubank Jr. this Saturday night […]
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