Audley: I’m going to take Deontay Wilder into the deep rounds

audley65By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) revealed Sky Sports what his game plan is for his fight tonight against the talented American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK. Audley’s plan is a simple one.

Audley says he’s going to take Deontay into the later rounds of the fight to take advantage of the fact that he’s never been past the 4th round to try and wear him down. Sounds like a plan put together without much thought.

Audley said “Deontay has never been in the later rounds, and it’s my job to take him there. My mojo is back.”

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Harrison v Wilder tonight in Sheffield

wilder5By Stevie Ocallaghan: Tonight at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield , UK unbeaten US heavyweight Deontay Wilder steps up the level of competition he has faced in taking on 2 time Prizefighter winner in Audley Harrison.

This fight throws up some comparisons between another fight recently between Liverpool’s David Price and American Tony Thompson. Both Harrison and Thompson are 41 years old and both, I suppose you could say are fights that were made to give the young gun a little more trouble than they’ve had yet but not to much trouble.

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Fickle fans and suck up supporters

When I first began following boxing in the 80’s, I of course had fighters I always rooted for and that’s fine I still do it now. Manny Pacquiao, David Haye, Miguel Cotto and many more. This isn’t always due to them been the best it has more to do with personal preference.

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Robert Guerrero: God has prepped me to take over boxing

Prayer before workoutBy Dan Ambrose: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) is saying that God has singled him out to take over the sport of boxing by beating undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) next month in Las Vegas, Nevada. Guerrero is stuck on the angle of wanting to humble Mayweather by beating him in front of the world and he feels that God will help him achieve his goal.

At their recent media conference, Guerrero said “God’s groomed me and prepped me for this time to take over boxing. That’s why it’s like a modern day David and Goliath…God’s put me in this position for a reason.”

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Warren: Khan has no margin for error against Diaz

khan6By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan’s former promoter Frank Warren believes that Khan has no margin of error for his fight tomorrow night against Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) in Sheffield. While Warren expects Khan to win this fight by knockout, he feels that Khan can’t afford to make any mistakes because it could hurt his career potentially if he gets knocked out and takes yet another crushing defeat.

Khan goes into this fight having lost two out of his last three fights and that kind of tells you how bad things are going for him right now. Things are so bad that his promoters at Golden Boy still aren’t willing to put him in with an actual contender. Diaz isn’t ranked in the top 15 and neither was Khan’s previous opponent lightweight Carlos Molina.

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Arreola vs. Stiverne preview and analysis

1528By Allan Fox: Super-sized heavyweights Chris Arreola (35-2, 30 KO’s) and Bermane Stiverne (22-1-1, 20 KO’s) will be fighting it out tomorrow night in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.

Arreola weighed in at 248 pounds in his weigh-in earlier today. Stiverne, also a wide body heavyweight, came in at 247 lbs. Neither of the guys looked slim, but it’s normal for them to look this way.

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Mayweather stripped of WBA 154 lb. title

floyd666By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is saying he was stripped of his WBA junior middleweight title by the World Boxing Association, according to fightnews.com. Mayweather, who holds the WBC welterweight title as well, says he had plans on defending his stripped WBA 154 lb. title, but he can’t do it now with it having been stripped from him by the WBA.

Mayweather captured the WBA title a year ago last May in beating then WBA champion Miguel Cotto by a 12 round unanimous decision.

Mayweather said this as quoted by Fightnews.com: “I wanted to defend my WBA title after this fight, but I guess I’m no longer the WBA champ, so I didn’t know I got stripped of my title.”

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Tomorrow we will see another pointless fight for Deontay Wilder

wilder213By Mark Havey: Deontay Wilder talks about his fight with Audley Harrison being defining. It certainly is. But it only goes to show how slowing his career is being handled and with extreme caution. Audley Harrison vs Deontay Wilder is of very little importance. Neither have a top 10 ranking and neither will have any time soon. For Audley that boat has sailed. And Deontay’s team see no rush in putting him in with the top fighters.

I can only assume that Harrison has got this fight on the back of his Prizefighter win. But that format suits him perfectly. I have always said that you can put Harrison in every Prizefighter and you will see him win every time. say what you like about him as a pro, but in the unpaid ranks he was impressive. But he have repeatedly heard him say, “Yes I can” whilst seeing time and time again, no he can’t.

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Julio Diaz: I’m worried about being robbed against Khan

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former two-time IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) figures he may likely need a knockout on Saturday night over Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) to keep from getting jobbed by the judges in their fight in Sheffield, UK.

Diaz is Mexican and he’s fighting Khan in his home country of Britain where he’s a huge star for the Brits. They love the guy.

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