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Kambosos Middle East offer on the table
By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Undisputed lightweight champion George Kambosos has been offered to defend against WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney in the Middle East.
“I spoke to Lou DiBella and he’s doing his work in Australia,” Eddie Hearn told DAZN. “We’ve had an offer from the Middle East for Haney-Kambosos. This is one we’re edging towards where we’re receiving a firm offer for. For me, it’s the only fight in the division.
“I know Top Rank is talking about Lomachenko against Kambosos. We need to wrap up this undisputed situation We need to know who is the real champion. It’s a natural fight. Haney against Kambosos is a brilliant fight
“We can do it Sunday in Australia; we can do it in the United Arab Emirates. We can do it in America; Devin Haney is ready to go for that fight. He won’t price himself out. He realizes that George Kambosos is the king of the division right now. He’s the one with most of the belts, and he’s the one that put in a good performance the last time out with a big win “
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Russell: I felt like I won the fight
“I believe I have a torn tendon in my right shoulder,” former WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. said in the ring after losing his world title to Mark Magsayo. “I haven’t competed in almost two years. This is what true champions do. I wanted to step into the ring and display my superiority regardless of the injury and whatnot. We did that and I gave him a boxing lesson. I gave him a boxing lesson the whole way through. I landed clean whenever I wanted to. I couldn’t use my right arm, but I was still able to throw effective shots and touch him at will…I felt like I still won the fight to be honest with you. I fought with one arm. He had his hands full with a fighter with one arm and the whole fight I gave him a boxing lesson!”
Russell stated that it was an old injury from before the 2008 Olympics and he reinjured it two weeks ago in training camp.
When asked if he wanted a rematch, Russell stated “Hell yeah! Will he want a rematch?”
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Magsayo dethrones one-armed Russell
WBC mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo (24-0, 16 KOs) dethroned WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. (31-2, 18 KOs) by twelve round majority decision on Saturday night at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ. Magsayo had some early success. Southpaw Russell injured his right shoulder in round four and essentially fought one-handed the rest of the way, throwing virtually zero jabs. Magsayo outworked and outlanded Russell by a wide margin in power punches 259-140. Scores were 114-114, 115-113, 115-113. Entering the fight, Russell was boxing’s longest-reigning champion.
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WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (17-0, 14 KOs) will defend his world title against former world title challenger Michal Cieslak (21-1, 15 KOs) at The O2 in London on Sunday, February 27, shown live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia).
“Thank you to Cieslak for accepting the fight,” said Okolie. “I’m sure he is coming to get revenge for Glowacki! He is a good, strong campaigner who should be one of my toughest tests to date.”
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Why can't NZ have nice things?
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Katie Taylor v Serrano...I feel it may have come too late for that great KT
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If Serrano is the woman I'm thinking of having seen before, she can pop.
Didn't see the Trevor Bryan fight card on SKY for Sunday. Will keep looking.
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Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano showdown women's boxing's first to headline MSG
09:17, Jan 28 2022
Katie Taylor will make boxing history when she tops the bill at MSG in April against Amanda Serrano.
Katie Taylor will defend her lightweight titles against Amanda Serrano on April 30 in what organisers say will be the first women's boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden.
Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs), the 2012 Olympic gold medallist from Ireland, owns all four titles in the 135-pound division. Serrano (42-1-1 30 KOs) has held titles in seven weight divisions and their meeting will be one of the biggest events in women's boxing history.
“When I turned professional my goal was to be involved in huge events like this, so to headline at Madison Square Garden in a fight of this magnitude is really the pinnacle of the sport," Taylor said in a release announcing the fight.
"It’s such an iconic venue and has been home to so many of the historic moments in boxing and I truly believe this will be another one.”
Both have previously fought at Madison Square Garden, where Taylor became undisputed champion with a victory on June 1, 2019. They now will be the first women's main event in one of the most famous venues in sports.
Serrano was born in Puerto Rico but now lives in New York.
“It is a dream come true to have the opportunity to headline Madison Square Garden and do so against one of the greatest boxers of all time in Katie Taylor,” she said.
Taylor beat Serrano's sister, Cindy, by unanimous decision in a 2018 bout in Boston.
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Report: Tszyu-Gausha to fight in LA
WBO #1, WBC #3, IBF #3 super welterweight Tim Tszyu, who so far has fought all of his pro bouts in Australia, is reportedly planning to invade the U.S. market. According to the Daily Telegraph, Tszyu (20-0, 15 KOs) will take on Terrell Gausha (22-1-1, 11 KOs) in the co-main event for the rematch between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano taking place March 19 at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly the STAPLES Center) in Los Angeles. The bout is supposedly a world title eliminator although Gausha isn’t currently rated by any organization.
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Hopefully Katie v Serrano will be free on Dazn
