Matchoom USA DAZN card announced for Oct.6

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By Tim Royner: Matchroom USA announced their DAZN card for October 6th today with the following fights on the card: Jessie Vargas vs. Thomas Dulorme in headliner, Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller vs. Tomasz Adamek, Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Johnson and Daniel Roman vs. Gavin McDonnell. Those are basically mismatches. The card is horrible.

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Jessie Vargas says Spence, Pacquiao and Broner fights can happen

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By Dan Ambrose: With his new deal to have his bouts streamed on DAZN, Jessie Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KOs) says big fights are now possible for him against Errol Spence Jr., Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner. Vargas, 28, believes that those fighters will agree to fight him on DAZN. It looks like a hopeless pipe dream for Vargas.

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Hearn wants Josh Kelly to fight Brandon Rios or Victor Ortiz next

By Tim Royner: Eddie Hearn is targeting former world champions Brandon Rios or Jessie Vargas as two guys that he’d like to match welterweight prospect Josh Kelly (7-0, 5 KOs) for his next fight following his 7th round stoppage victory over Commonwealth welterweight champion Kris George (14-2, 8 KOs) last Saturday night at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, UK.

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Jessie Vargas close to finalizing Adrien Broner rematch

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By Scott Gilfoid: Jessie Vargas says he’s interested in a fight against Amir ‘King’ Khan, but unfortunately, he’s close to finalizing a rematch against Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner. It’s a fight that does more for the 29-year-old Vargas’ career than a match against Khan (32-4, 20 KOs), as the Broner rematch would be a World Boxing Council 147 lb. title eliminator.

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Khan wants Broner or Jessie Vargas for next fight in summer

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By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan says he wants a good step up fight against Adrien Broner or Jessie Vargas in the summer to get him ready for an eventual showdown against Kell Brook, which could take place in November or December. That’s when their promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in making the Khan-Brook fight. A lot of fans want to see that fight take place next in the summer rather than watching them beat up on more dreadful fodder opposition.

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Broner: I beat Jessie Vargas

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By Jeff Aranow: Adrien Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) once again failed to get a victory in an important fight last Saturday night in being held to a 12 round draw by former WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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