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Leapai must feel on top of the world!!Originally posted by Freedom2013
A long career in obscurity and he's finally earned a title fight to make some serious money. He's not taking any low bids. That's ****ing awesome, hope he trains his heart out. No matter win, lose or draw he will continue to get matches and income from HW contenders who want to test him after this. He has his shot now. In HW division, everyone has a puncher's chance. Good luck bro.
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Browne eyes Fury in mid-2014
Unbeaten Australian Lucas Browne is the latest heavyweight to challenge Tyson Fury.
The 19-0 (17 KOs) contender has called out Fury, who is looking to bounce back after fighting just once in 2013 due to the postponement and then cancellation of his battle of Britain with David Haye.
Fury (21-0) mentioned the Perth puncher as a possible opponent on Twitter alongside the likes of Dereck Chisora, Deontay Wilder and Roy Jones Jnr and it is a fight Brown would be happy to take.
The 34-year-old said: “All I can say is that his team should contact my promoter, Ricky Hatton, and I’ll sign the contract tomorrow.
“The fans want to see this fight and I think it will be a war.
“He’s stated he’s having a warm-up fight in February. I’m in one corner to box for the Commonwealth title in early 2014. After that, I think we should fight each other.
“I promise Tyson that unlike David Haye, I’ll definitely turn up on fight night!”
Matt Clark, Browne’s manager, believes a showdown with his charge is the only realistic option on Fury’s list.
He said: “He [Fury] has already beaten Chisora, Jones is at cruiserweight and Wilder is likely the next available contender to the Stiverne v Arreola bout for the vacant WBC title. That leaves Big Daddy.
“Fury is ranked eighth by the WBC and Lucas 11th. It’s a fight that makes sense and it’s a great one for the fans.
“Lucas has expressed to me just how keen he is to box Fury next year.
“He respects him as a boxer, but he has plenty of fans that want to see him close Tyson’s mouth.”
Fury will arrive in Cannes on Friday for the start of a training camp with uncle and trainer Peter Fury with promoter Mick Hennessy scheduled to land in the south of France next week to iron out details of the Morecambe man’s next challenge.
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He doesn't have a prayer If Wladimir gets away with doing what he did against Povetkin Leapie hasn't got a chance at all!Originally posted by valero View PostLeapai must feel on top of the world!!
A long career in obscurity and he's finally earned a title fight to make some serious money. He's not taking any low bids. That's ****ing awesome, hope he trains his heart out. No matter win, lose or draw he will continue to get matches and income from HW contenders who want to test him after this. He has his shot now. In HW division, everyone has a puncher's chance. Good luck bro.
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Lateef Kayode is fighting Jonte Willis on 10 Jan.Comment
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Another twist in the Helenius-Sauerland Saga
Kalle Helenius, the father and coach of boxer Robert Helenius, went through the full spectrum of emotions while giving a press conference at a boxing gym in Porvoo.
The first emotion was anger.
“These years with Sauerland have been absolute hell,” Kalle Helenius said and loaded quite a shower of accusations against his son’s German boxing stable.
According to the father, Sauerland has trained his son wrong. This has resulted in injuries and the rehabilitation has not been appropriate. Helenius has been forced to fight with an injured arm, contracts have been made deceitfully and great amount of money has not been paid. In addition, Helenius has not been insured at all, but the team has “lent” him money to pay for the medical bills.
“Robert owes the team 50,000 euros,” lists the father.
Now they have cut themselves off from the German team. The Heleniuses would like to get rid of the team altogether, but Sauerland will not allow that. According to Kalle Helenius, the team says it owns the rights to the Finn for three more years. “On Monday I’ll go to the Porvoo police station and file a report on them. We want a court ruling that gives Robert a right to practise his profession,” Kalle Helenius said.
The heaviest accusation of the Heleniuses’ is that in 2007 Sauerland would have cheated Robert Helenius at the signing of the agreement. According to the father, his son did not know what kind of a contract he was signing.
“The contract that [Sports Director of Sauerland] Hagen Doering brought first to Helsinki was wonderful. It could not have been better.”
After that Robert Helenius travelled alone to Germany to sign the contract. According to Kalle Helenius, Sauerland then introduced a new text that the young Finn signed without reading.
“There were enormous changes in it. The sums for the fights had been cut to half of the original. Robert made the mistake of his life by signing it without reading it through.” The father gives one example of the sums: from the fight against ex-champion Lamon Brewster Helenius earned 15,000 euros, Brewster 50,000. In addition, the contract had a section that forbade Helenius from telling anyone about the details.
“It took three years before he told me,” the father said.
After that, emotions took over. Every now and again the father had to stop his speech and remain silent for long periods of time.
“After that, it has been absolute hell. A battle with Sauerland.” Robert Helenius was supposed to be present at the press conference as well, but because of a cancelled flight he was in Åland.
He took part in the press conference by phone.
“I was 23 or 24 when I signed the deal. I was so green with those matters. They had the opportunity to take advantage of me,” he said.
The last few years of Helenius have been filled with injuries that have ruined many fights. “They just punched the bag in the good old East Germany style, they had too much speed,” Helenius senior stated, blaming the training. They even tied the hand wraps wrong before the fights.
“Coach [Georg] Bramowski could neither train nor tie.” When the ligament from Helenius’s right shoulder snapped, the doctor of Sauerland said that it “is broken, but he can fight”. “When Robert informed coach Ulli Wegner, his response was ‘Quit complaining’.”
Now that he has shared what was on his mind, the elder Helenius is visibly relieved. “I have been threatened with trials and lawyers all Christmas. I hope that they sue me, because then it would be a huge media event in Germany.”
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Journalist: Esa Lilja of the Helsinki TimesComment
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Solis vs. Thompson landing in Turkey on 22nd March 2014.Comment
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Dereck Chisora wants to bring the heavyweight title back to the UK
DERECK CHISORA has targeted 2014 as the year he has another crack at a world title after Ukrainian Andriy Rudenko was named as his next opponent.
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