UK boxing news round up.

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Were Hunter and Bakole not both pretty high up in the WBA in the last rankings? I saw Bakole was up at 3 iirc? Seemed like that was shaping up to be a WBA eliminator but I suppose not. Saw Hunter on Twitter saying the fight should be in Vegas because he'll get robbed in Scotland. Not sure anyone's putting up the money to do that fight in America though where Bakole is an absolute unknown and Hunter isn't a big draw either to say the least.

Fair play re: Queensbury.

Azeez-Faure sounds right for that yeah. Hopefully they do Arthur after that in the summer, Azeez is well ranked with the WBA I believe (2?) and so I guess it'll just be waiting patiently for a shot + if they can make a good domestic fight in the meantime it's a win-win. Interesting about Arthur at cruiser.

They should be able to bring a champ over for Riakporhe yeah. I think Mikaeylan will be WBC champ after the Makabu fight, but definitely get him or Goulamirian over & it shouldn't cost them too much as you've said (somewhere in the ?00-150k range?)

Bakole is in at 2 actually. I didn’t realise that. I wonder why Hunter has been removed then?

Azeez has flown or is flying out to spar Beterbiev again as well I believe.

The proposed Arthur-Massey fight surprised me too. According to Hobson it was all agreed on Arthur’s side but Massey rejected it.

I wouldn’t know the exact figure but they wouldn’t cost millions to say the least. A few hundred grand at most I reckon. I think Makabu got about 300k for the Bellew fight if I remember correctly.

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Any news on Scott Fitzgerald? Not necessarily for boxing, but how he's doing in his physical and mental health. Had a fair few chin wags with him prior to his bad turn, and he's a really top lad in person. Not sure why he randomly came to mind.

Continually battling his demons I think. Not heard anything for a while but I know he’s been in and out of facilities several times. It’s very sad tbh, Scott had a lot of potential and his dad Dave is a lovely fella as well. Hopefully he can come through it. I’d be very surprised if he ever fights again though.

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Bakole is in at 2 actually. I didn’t realise that. I wonder why Hunter has been removed then?

Azeez has flown or is flying out to spar Beterbiev again as well I believe.

The proposed Arthur-Massey fight surprised me too. According to Hobson it was all agreed on Arthur’s side but Massey rejected it.

I wouldn’t know the exact figure but they wouldn’t cost millions to say the least. A few hundred grand at most I reckon. I think Makabu got about 300k for the Bellew fight if I remember correctly.

Hunter most likely removed for inactivity

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Continually battling his demons I think. Not heard anything for a while but I know he’s been in and out of facilities several times. It’s very sad tbh, Scott had a lot of potential and his dad Dave is a lovely fella as well. Hopefully he can come through it. I’d be very surprised if he ever fights again though.

Thanks for the update, I'm hoping life turns around for him.

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Chev Clarke-Spelman to be on the Wood-Lara card as a final eliminator for the British. Really like that fight.

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Looks like Boxxer are doing a show on Feb 11th.

Azeez vs Faure and Pauls vs Denny.

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Chev Clarke-Spelman to be on the Wood-Lara card as a final eliminator for the British. Really like that fight.

Good step up fight. Spelman gave Zorro a really tough night.

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Essuman-Kongo added to the Eubank-Smith card. That is an impressive fight for fourth on the bill, fair play.

Viddal Riley also on that Feb 11 card.

My question is who’ll likely go on the Mar 11 Okolie-Light card then if it’s not going to be Kongo or someone? Reckon Lawal-Chamberlain chief support?

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Essuman-Kongo added to the Eubank-Smith card. That is an impressive fight for fourth on the bill, fair play.

Viddal Riley also on that Feb 11 card.

My question is who’ll likely go on the Mar 11 Okolie-Light card then if it’s not going to be Kongo or someone? Reckon Lawal-Chamberlain chief support?

That’s a great fight. Came out of nowhere too. Big props to Boxxer and Queensberry for working together on that one.

Would definitely make sense. Very good matchup too.

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I think Azim will be headlining the Feb 11th show.