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http://www.boxingscene.com/anthony-joshua-dominic-breazeale-sells-out-30-minutes--103915

Anthony Joshua-Dominic Breazeale Sells Out in 30 Minutes!

Anthony Joshua MBE’s IBF World Heavyweight title defence against Dominic ‘Trouble’ Breazeale at The O2 in London on June 25 sold out in 30 minutes today.

Joshua landed the crown at his Greenwich fortress earlier in April with a second round KO of Charles Martin and is looking to take another unbeaten record from another unbeaten American foe when Breazeale crosses the pond boasting a 17-0 record with 15 KO wins.

Tickets went on general sale at 10am today and went inside half an hour – yet another rapid sell-out fight for the Olympic hero as fight fans are desperate to see him in action.

“Right now there is no hotter ticket in World boxing than Anthony Joshua and he has proved it today with another day one sell out at the O2,” said Hearn. “As the journey continues we will have to consider more and more stadiums to cope with the demand. June 25 is going to be another great night with Anthony's first defence against Breazeale and the huge all British clash between George Groves and Martin Murray with more major championship fights added shortly.”

Joshua’s clash with Breazeale tops a massive night of action at The O2 as Groves and Murray meet in an eliminator for the WBA World Super-Middleweight title and more championship fights and talented youngsters to be added to the bill

 

[international]

http://www.boxingscene.com/anthony-joshua-dominic-breazeale-sells-out-30-minutes--103915

Anthony Joshua-Dominic Breazeale Sells Out in 30 Minutes!

Anthony Joshua MBE’s IBF World Heavyweight title defence against Dominic ‘Trouble’ Breazeale at The O2 in London on June 25 sold out in 30 minutes today.

Joshua landed the crown at his Greenwich fortress earlier in April with a second round KO of Charles Martin and is looking to take another unbeaten record from another unbeaten American foe when Breazeale crosses the pond boasting a 17-0 record with 15 KO wins.

Tickets went on general sale at 10am today and went inside half an hour – yet another rapid sell-out fight for the Olympic hero as fight fans are desperate to see him in action.

“Right now there is no hotter ticket in World boxing than Anthony Joshua and he has proved it today with another day one sell out at the O2,” said Hearn. “As the journey continues we will have to consider more and more stadiums to cope with the demand. June 25 is going to be another great night with Anthony's first defence against Breazeale and the huge all British clash between George Groves and Martin Murray with more major championship fights added shortly.”

Joshua’s clash with Breazeale tops a massive night of action at The O2 as Groves and Murray meet in an eliminator for the WBA World Super-Middleweight title and more championship fights and talented youngsters to be added to the bill

If the Fury and Joshua fights happen no doubt its going to happen inside a stadium, the demand for Aj is crazy right now...

 

[mdot]

30 minutes? Imagine when fights someone good.

 

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http://www.boxingscene.com/avtandil-khurtsidze-wants-shot-gennady-golovkin-says-dibella--103921

Avtandil Khurtsidze Wants Shot at Gennady Golovkin, Says DiBella

By Corey Erdman

Let's face it, there isn't exactly a sprawling lineup of fighters hoping to face Gennady Golovkin in the near future.

Golovkin might have shortened that line even more with his two round destruction of Dominic Wade over the weekend in Los Angeles. There might be no middleweight in the past decade who has garnered the kind of buzz GGG is enjoying right now.

But there is one other middleweight collecting fanfare—albeit on a much smaller scale—who says he's willing to step up and face Golovkin.

Avtandil Khurtsidze burst onto the American scene earlier this year with a scintillating stoppage victory over top prospect Antoine Douglas on Showtime. The fight may very well be the leading candidate for Fight of the Year at the moment, and could garner some Upset of the Year chatter as well, considering Khurtsidze took the fight on a few weeks notice.

"My guy wants to fight Golovkin. That's been his dream since I signed him,” said promoter Lou DiBella.

DiBella said he signed Khurtsidze after watching his bout against Hassan N'Dam in 2010, which itself was a Fight of the Year contender as well. Despite the clerical headaches that loomed with Khurtsidze's messy promotional and managerial situation at the time, DiBella saw a fighter made for television.

Anyone who watched the 36-year old's ambush of Douglas will fondly remember his reckless pressure fighting style, and otherworldly tempo. They likely also remember a classic mic-in-corner moment, when Khurtsidze's trainer motivated him by yelling “Mike Tyson, baby! Mike Tyson!”, before kissing him on the forehead and sending him out to finish off his opponent.

"I consider Golovkin one of the pound for pound best. But my guy would make a much better fight than anyone Golovkin has fought in recent years,” said DiBella. “He really has that Little Tyson kind of mentality. His idol is Mike Tyson. Anyone who wants to fight like Mike Tyson, and is as strong as he is, he's going to make for good television.”

As fun as the idea of a matchup with Golovkin sounds—however competitive it would be notwithstanding—it may be nothing more than a pipe dream at the moment. Like countless other fights, some of which with even more demand, the political divide that exists in the boxing landscape simply won't allow for it to happen.

DiBella says that despite his long history with HBO, that the network never calls him, ostensibly due to his affiliation with the rival Premier Boxing Champions.

"I don't know why I'm persona non-grata. Someone's going to have to explain that to me,” said DiBella.

Khurtsidze could have a tough task ahead of him already on June 11, when the stocky battler is rumored to be taking on Willie Monroe Jr. at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. If he can be successful, or if it falls through entirely, both fighter and promoter are more than happy to move on to any Plan B available to them.“I've always believed that Avtandil would frankly beat a Lemieux, and would beat a Dominic Wade, and would beat a majority of ranked contenders. He's one of those guys that's as strong as an ox,” said DiBella.

Another guy who's not afraid of Triple G.. But I'm sure Triple G's management & stans will have an excuse to why he shouldn't fight White Tyson...
https://twitter.com/zprophet_mma/status/706336538674765824

 

[R.D.]

Yo y'all just gon spam with stupid shit and hating

GGG will beat the fuck out of him, y'all niggas acting like y'all got vaginas

Not only is he ducking niggas no in his weight class, all of a sudden he scared of this midget nigga who beat a prospect and GGG can't fight now

@Mastery notice when I started fucking with GGG is when this type of shit started, bro niggas acting like the nigga can't fight

He fought over 300 amateur fights and lost 5 times, when he eventually give this nigga a shot and Jacobs and Saunders, make sure y'all ready to put money up or you pussy

 

[Mastery]

Yo y'all just gon spam with stupid shit and hating

GGG will beat the fuck out of him, y'all niggas acting like y'all got vaginas

Not only is he ducking niggas no in his weight class, all of a sudden he scared of this midget nigga who beat a prospect and GGG can't fight now

@Mastery notice when I started fucking with GGG is when this type of shit started, bro niggas acting like the nigga can't fight

He fought over 300 amateur fights and lost 5 times, when he eventually give this nigga a shot and Jacobs and Saunders, make sure y'all ready to put money up or you pussy

Lol I hear you man. I feel GGG is the real deal as well. I just wish he would STFU and fight. I don't like the hypocrisy at times but he definitely is the real deal.

Him being the real deal should have any real fan wanting to see him challenge himself because ain't nobody at 160 got anything to offer (Jacobs could make shit interesting but I didn't forget his KO loss to Pirog, smh) lol

The fan in me wanted to see Floyd fight GGG. Would have been Floyd's toughest fight ever but I think he could have pulled it off.

Now the fan in me wants to see GGG fight someone who might pose some complications for him as well.

 

[Mastery]

By the way, I won $100 from my homeboy this past Saturday. He had his heart in it and was pulling for Wade. I told I got $100 for him if Wade make it past 3 rounds and if he don't he got to ante up. Lol.

 

[MR.CJ]

https://twitter.com/MikeCoppinger/status/725534376675659776

 

[mdot]

Yo y'all just gon spam with stupid shit and hating

GGG will beat the fuck out of him, y'all niggas acting like y'all got vaginas

Not only is he ducking niggas no in his weight class, all of a sudden he scared of this midget nigga who beat a prospect and GGG can't fight now

@Mastery notice when I started fucking with GGG is when this type of shit started, bro niggas acting like the nigga can't fight

He fought over 300 amateur fights and lost 5 times, when he eventually give this nigga a shot and Jacobs and Saunders, make sure y'all ready to put money up or you pussy

Lol I hear you man. I feel GGG is the real deal as well. I just wish he would STFU and fight. I don't like the hypocrisy at times but he definitely is the real deal.

Him being the real deal should have any real fan wanting to see him challenge himself because ain't nobody at 160 got anything to offer (Jacobs could make shit interesting but I didn't forget his KO loss to Pirog, smh) lol

The fan in me wanted to see Floyd fight GGG. Would have been Floyd's toughest fight ever but I think he could have pulled it off.

Now the fan in me wants to see GGG fight someone who might pose some complications for him as well.

He gets the hate because of his team. Abel Sanchez is like the new Freddie Roach he just has supreme confidence in G. So he will say pretty much say anything lol.

I get it to a certain extent but some of it is unwarranted. How many times has some of the other boxers/teams said some contradictory stuff?

 

[mdot]

By the way, I won $100 from my homeboy this past Saturday. He had his heart in it and was pulling for Wade. I told I got $100 for him if Wade make it past 3 rounds and if he don't he got to ante up. Lol.

You are a bad friend taking that EASY money from him lmao!

 

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http://www.boxingscene.com/avtandil-khurtsidze-wants-shot-gennady-golovkin-says-dibella--103921

Avtandil Khurtsidze Wants Shot at Gennady Golovkin, Says DiBella

By Corey Erdman

Let's face it, there isn't exactly a sprawling lineup of fighters hoping to face Gennady Golovkin in the near future.

Golovkin might have shortened that line even more with his two round destruction of Dominic Wade over the weekend in Los Angeles. There might be no middleweight in the past decade who has garnered the kind of buzz GGG is enjoying right now.

But there is one other middleweight collecting fanfare—albeit on a much smaller scale—who says he's willing to step up and face Golovkin.

Avtandil Khurtsidze burst onto the American scene earlier this year with a scintillating stoppage victory over top prospect Antoine Douglas on Showtime. The fight may very well be the leading candidate for Fight of the Year at the moment, and could garner some Upset of the Year chatter as well, considering Khurtsidze took the fight on a few weeks notice.

"My guy wants to fight Golovkin. That's been his dream since I signed him,” said promoter Lou DiBella.

DiBella said he signed Khurtsidze after watching his bout against Hassan N'Dam in 2010, which itself was a Fight of the Year contender as well. Despite the clerical headaches that loomed with Khurtsidze's messy promotional and managerial situation at the time, DiBella saw a fighter made for television.

Anyone who watched the 36-year old's ambush of Douglas will fondly remember his reckless pressure fighting style, and otherworldly tempo. They likely also remember a classic mic-in-corner moment, when Khurtsidze's trainer motivated him by yelling “Mike Tyson, baby! Mike Tyson!”, before kissing him on the forehead and sending him out to finish off his opponent.

"I consider Golovkin one of the pound for pound best. But my guy would make a much better fight than anyone Golovkin has fought in recent years,” said DiBella. “He really has that Little Tyson kind of mentality. His idol is Mike Tyson. Anyone who wants to fight like Mike Tyson, and is as strong as he is, he's going to make for good television.”

As fun as the idea of a matchup with Golovkin sounds—however competitive it would be notwithstanding—it may be nothing more than a pipe dream at the moment. Like countless other fights, some of which with even more demand, the political divide that exists in the boxing landscape simply won't allow for it to happen.

DiBella says that despite his long history with HBO, that the network never calls him, ostensibly due to his affiliation with the rival Premier Boxing Champions.

"I don't know why I'm persona non-grata. Someone's going to have to explain that to me,” said DiBella.

Khurtsidze could have a tough task ahead of him already on June 11, when the stocky battler is rumored to be taking on Willie Monroe Jr. at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. If he can be successful, or if it falls through entirely, both fighter and promoter are more than happy to move on to any Plan B available to them.“I've always believed that Avtandil would frankly beat a Lemieux, and would beat a Dominic Wade, and would beat a majority of ranked contenders. He's one of those guys that's as strong as an ox,” said DiBella.

Another guy who's not afraid of Triple G.. But I'm sure Triple G's management & stans will have an excuse to why he shouldn't fight White Tyson...
https://twitter.com/zprophet_mma/status/706336538674765824

I wouldn't mind this fight but obviously some politics are involved here.

 

[mdot]

Berto vs Ortiz 2 predictions?

 

[mdot]

Berto on "lil G" power lol

 

[Mastery]

Yo y'all just gon spam with stupid shit and hating

GGG will beat the fuck out of him, y'all niggas acting like y'all got vaginas

Not only is he ducking niggas no in his weight class, all of a sudden he scared of this midget nigga who beat a prospect and GGG can't fight now

@Mastery notice when I started fucking with GGG is when this type of shit started, bro niggas acting like the nigga can't fight

He fought over 300 amateur fights and lost 5 times, when he eventually give this nigga a shot and Jacobs and Saunders, make sure y'all ready to put money up or you pussy

Lol I hear you man. I feel GGG is the real deal as well. I just wish he would STFU and fight. I don't like the hypocrisy at times but he definitely is the real deal.

Him being the real deal should have any real fan wanting to see him challenge himself because ain't nobody at 160 got anything to offer (Jacobs could make shit interesting but I didn't forget his KO loss to Pirog, smh) lol

The fan in me wanted to see Floyd fight GGG. Would have been Floyd's toughest fight ever but I think he could have pulled it off.

Now the fan in me wants to see GGG fight someone who might pose some complications for him as well.

He gets the hate because of his team. Abel Sanchez is like the new Freddie Roach he just has supreme confidence in G. So he will say pretty much say anything lol.

I get it to a certain extent but some of it is unwarranted. How many times has some of the other boxers/teams said some contradictory stuff?

Nah, you know how this works. His team, his camp, it's all the same lol He talks just as much as his team.

And we not talking about other boxers, we talking GGG. He nice, and naturally I want to see him fight other nice fighters. Lol

 

[Vader_F_Kennedy]

Berto vs Ortiz 2 predictions?

IDC really I just hope its a good fight that matches the first one ..but if I had to choose id go with berto this time around

 

[Vader_F_Kennedy]

Jacobs has good power but against G ) if they fought) I'd take G by early ko ...Jacobs don't seem to eager to get in with him tho

 

[Dupac]

the thurman interview on sway prolly won't be on youtube for a few days, but i was driving into work like

 

[international]

the thurman interview on sway prolly won't be on youtube for a few days, but i was driving into work like

This clown really calling Floyd a cherry picker??? Do ppl forget the fights that Floyd took and had with bigger guys before becoming a PPV star, even with a much bigger Oscar, Baldomir, Corralles...smh, when are dude goin stop actin like Floyd was cherry picking, cuz he made it look easy, I lose respect for Thurman for that shit, had he taken on the same challenges he would not still have an 0, FOH

 

[Dupac]

my whole thing is he just glossed over the whole thing with promoters and bullshit contracts preventing fights from happening.....

something that's been going on forever....if you gonna shed light on boxing politics point that shit out.....

if fighter A and Fighter B got the same promoter the fight is much easier to make than either guy against Fighter C because he has a different promoter

regardless how much fans want to see fighter C against A or B......

 

[R.D.]

why yall aint in the Mayweather vs Leonard thread