Sheffield welterweight Kell Brook has pledged to bring his very own “X-factor” to primetime viewers on Saturday night. The Sky Sports cameras will be in attendance when Brook tops the bill in a sold out hometown show at Ponds Forge Arena against Poland’s Rafal Jackiewicz.
Darren Barker insists his world middleweight title challenge with Sergio Martinez on Saturday night is just the beginning of a “new chapter” in his career.
Amir Khan and Zab Judah both hit the 140lbs weight limit ahead of their world light-welterweight title showdown in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Top trainer Freddie Roach says if David Haye is “careful” he’ll lose to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on Saturday night. Roach, who currently looks after Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan among others, has trained a host of top fighters down the years. And his glittering cv includes a spell in Wladimir’s corner.
Haye faces Klitschko in a massive heavyweight unification fight in Hamburg on Saturday night and the Englishman has provided plenty of talking points during the build up to the bout.
Amir Khan has hand picked fights throughout his career, the kid has all the attributes and weaponary in his arsenal to be world class, however he has one fundamental floor, a glass jaw. No amount of training can correct that fact. The fight against Paulie Malignaggi is a joke, Malignaggi shouldn’t have been in the same city as Ricky Hatton nevermind boxing ring. Malignaggi couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag, he hasn’t got knockout power. The 1.2 available on betfair for a Khan win is stealing money, lump on.
Unbeaten WBC super-middleweight Froch ( 26-0 20KOs) will face a hostile crowd of over 25,000 in Herning as he looks to pick up his second victory of the Super Six World Boxing Classic series after an unconvincing split decision points win over Andre Dirrell.
David Haye has told Audley Harrison he has a long way to go before he can even think about challenging for his world heavyweight crown. Harrison takes on Michael Sprott for the vacant European heavyweight championship at Alexandra Palace on Friday night.
Roy Jones Jr says he’ll become the first fighter to stop Bernard Hopkins when the veteran pair meet for the second time in Las Vegas next month. Jones-Hopkins II comes almost 17 years after the duo’s first meeting, a middleweight world-title fight won on points by Jones.
Briton Carl Froch can’t pick a winner of this Saturday’s Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown between Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham. Dirrell and Abraham meet in the second round of the tournament which features six of the world’s best super-middleweights, including Froch.
