Danny “Miracle Man” Jacobs’ promoter Eddie Hearn has his fingers crossed that his new signee won’t slip on a banana skin this Saturday night against unbeaten Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs) in their fight at middleweight on HBO. Hearn sees Arias with nothing to lose in this fight, and everything to gain.
Former heavyweight champion Bermane ‘B-Ware’ Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) says he’s going to take away the jab of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) in their rematch on Saturday night.
Wilder, 6’7”, was able to use his jab to control the fight with Stiverne in their previous bout 2 years ago. Stiverne says the only reason Wilder was able to land his jabs is because he allowed him to by standing directly in front of him the entire 12 round fight. On Saturday, Stiverne is going to neutralize Wilder’s jab, and take the fight to him to score an early knockout. Stiverne says he’s ready to go the distance if he has to.
Deontay Wilder is once again talking about killing Bermane Stiverne inside the ring this Saturday night. Wilder says Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) started it when he said he was going to kill him, so now he’s playing by the same rules by going out to try and kill him in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) says the two of them are going to have a “killing spree” when they get in the ring in televised fight on Showtime Boxing.
Trainer Freddie Roach won’t be working the corner of his fighter Scott Quigg this Saturday night for his fight against with Oleg Yefimovych in Monaco. Roach will be working as the trainer for UFC star Georges St-Pierre in his fight this Saturday night against Michael Bisping.
Quigg (33-1-2, 24 KOs) is fighting for the third straight time at featherweight against #4 WBA, #10 IBF Yefimovych (29-2-1, 16 KOs) on Saturday. It’s an important fight for the 29-year-old Quigg, because he’s looking to get a title shot in the near future.
Former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury says he’s in talks with British promoter Frank Warren about a fight against former unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs). This would be a very interesting fight for the boxing fans in the UK. Briggs is a real character, and he still has a lot of pop in his punches. He’d be a definite threat to Fury if the fight takes place.
In a not surprising move, on Thursday, the World Boxing Association has stripped unbeaten heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs) of his mandatory status for WBA champion Anthony Joshua due to a recent positive drug test. Ortiz loses his spot in the WBA’s rankings for 1 year, according to ESPN.
During the drug screening on September 22 by VADA, Ortiz tested positive for the banned diuretics chlorothaizide and hydrochlorothiazide. Ortiz stated that he was taking the drugs as part of his treatment of high blood pressure. However, Ortiz failed to alert VADA that he was taking the drugs.
The World Boxing Council have sent out a press release stating that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) must next face the winner of this Saturday’s contest between #7 WBC Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale (18-1, 16 KOs) and #11 WBC Eric Molina (26-5, 19 KOs).
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) has a lot of pressure on him this Saturday in his rematch against the inactive 39-year-old Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler said that they’ll only wait another month until December for Golden Boy Promotions and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) to negotiate the rematch with GGG. If they don’t have the rematch done by December, Loeffler says he’s going to move on and schedule a fight for Golovkin on HBO for March or April.
Promoter Frank Warren saw a lot of flaws in the game of IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) last Saturday night with his 10th round knockout of replacement opponent Carlos Takam (35-4-1, 27 KOs). Warren thinks it’s unfair to Joshua for him to be compared to Muhammad Ali by some boxing fans.
IBF super middleweight champion James “Chunky” DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) has revealed his 3-fight plan to return to action following his shoulder injury. For starters, DeGale, 31, will be fighting on December 9 against an opponent still to be determined at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK.
DeGale will be defending his IBF super middleweight title in that fight in a voluntary defense.
Paulie Malignaggi says he’s looking forward to this Saturday’s title defense for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder against former heavyweight belt holder Bermane
B-Ware” Stiverne. Malignaggi thinks Stiverne, 39, has a chance of potentially beating the undefeated Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) if he can go the 12 round decision with him in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Making his second defense of his WBA World super flyweight title, undefeated Kal Yafai (23-0, 14 KOs) easily defeated his mandatory challenger Sho Ishida (24-1, 13 KOs) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Pincipality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
