Heavyweight Schedule for 2018

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Szpilka - Minto, quality not so good.

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Boytsov vs. Nesterenko

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Manuel Charr vs. Oleksiy Mazikin

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Martin Rogan thinks David Haye will easily defeat Tyson Fury.




David Price vs. Tony Thompson II breakdown:




Kubrat Pulev says his next opponent Ruslan Chagaev is a better fighter than his last (Alexander Ustinov).




Krzysztof Zimnoch returns on October 19.




Artur Szpilka says Mike Mollo will be a less difficult opponent than Brian Minto, because he has less movement and is easier to hit.

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Hughie Fury interview:




Hughie Fury vs Tomas Mrazek

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Martin Rogan: I want Chisora, ***ton and Corbett

Belfast heavyweight Martin Rogan (16-4) has drawn up a hit list of opponents and plans to return to the ring soon.

Rogan has been ticking over, and has added a 'bit of' a gym onto the side of his house. He said: "I want to face Sam ***ton again, I want to fight Dereck Chisora and I want to knock-out Darren Corbett."

“At this moment in time I am ranked six in Britain and I am ranked 44 in the World. I will fight anyone and I want a shot at the British and Commonwealth titles. They seem to be vacant at the minute and I want to get my hands on them.”

Commenting on the rumours surrounding a match between David Haye and Tyson Fury, who stopped Rogan in the fifth round when the pair met in May last year, the former Commonwealth champion believes there will be a clear cut winner.

Rogan said: “I think Haye will destroy him. David will not be scared of Tyson, and if I was Tyson I would be wary of Haye. He is a great fighter, he’s dedicated and he can ****."

“Haye, Fury and Vitali Klitschko all have fought Chisora. Haye put him to sleep while Fury and Wladimir could not stop Chisora."

While Rogan respects Fury for wanting to fight Haye, he believes the Lancaster fighter should refrain from verbally abusing others:

“Some of the things he posts on Twitter are just awful and someone in his camp should be responsible and tell him what way to behave. I know Tyson. He has a good heart and is a nice guy, but he should watch what he says about people."

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Deontay Wilder vs. Sergey Lyakhovich is in negotiations.

Chris Mannix @ChrisMannixSI
I'm told Deontay Wilder (@BronzeBomber) is likely to return against Siarhei Liakhovich on @SHOsports ShoBox card in Alabama. Date TBA.

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Tyson Fury says he's ready to fight David Haye:




Peter Fury says Haye-Fury has to be signed by the end of June.

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Joe Hanks says appearances can be deceiving, he's not underestimating Andy Ruiz Jr.




Wladimir Klitschko will be ringside to support his friend and trainer, Jonathan Banks.

from The Ring website:

KLITSCHKO IN THE HOUSE

Wladimir Klitschko will be sitting ringside, pulling for Johnathon Banks when he fights his rematch against Seth Mitchell at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Banks, a protégé of the late Emanuel Steward from Southfield, Mich., worked in Klitschko's training camp for the last six years. When Steward died last year, Banks stepped up to become Klitschko’s trainer.

Banks worked Klitschko’s corner alone for the first time when the heavyweight champion defeated Mariusz Wach last Nov. 10. A few days later Banks scored a stunning second-round KO upset over Mitchell in Atlantic City. Banks said he drew inspiration from the recent death of Steward when he beat Mitchell the first time. Now we’ll see whether he can draw some inspiration from having Klitschko at ringside rooting for him on Saturday night.

Oddly enough, Klitschko wanted to be the first boxer to hold a show at Barclays Center when it opened last October. But his promotion company, K2 Promotions, didn’t want to do a co-promotion with Golden Boy, which has an exclusive arrangement with the arena to provide boxing shows.