By Marcus Richardson: Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport says his new signee Amir Khan will fight 3 times in 2018 with the final bout of his contract being a ‘super-fight’ in December of the year. Hearn says Khan’s 3 fights in 2018 will be in April, August or September and then in the winter. The third fight will finish out Khan’s existing 3-fight contract with Matchroom.
By Dan Ambrose: Danny Garcia thinks he has a clever idea of how to beat IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. when the time comes for them to face each other. Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) says the main strategy that you need to defeat the 27-year-old Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) is to take him to a place he’s never been before.
By Dan Ambrose: Errol Spence Jr. says he thinks the reason why WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman won’t fight him is because he lacks the confidence that he can get the job done.
By Tim Royner: Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) sees it as possible for Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) to win a world title at junior middleweight, but he still isn’t sure how much his loss to him last year will impact his future success.
By Scott Gilfoid: Errol Spence Jr. is not looking past his title defense against former light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson on January 20th, as he says he’s just as powerful as Kell Brook, and he could be even tougher than him. For the boxing fans that don’t recall, Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) took a knee in the 11th round of his fight with Spence on May 27, and was counted out by the referee.
By Sean Jones: Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) is stuck waiting on a unification fight against WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) that hasn’t happened due to the reluctance of ‘One Time’ to face him.
By Jeff Aranow: Amir Khan says he’s ready to fight welterweight champion Keith Thurman and clean out the 147-lb. division in 2018. Khan, 31, says he’s ready to make a comeback this year after being out of boxing since 2016.
By Sean Jones: Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman says he’s not ready to fight a unification fight against IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence in 2018, because he’s coming from an injury and he’ll likely be ordered by the WBC to defend against his mandatory challenger Shawn Porter.
By Stanley White: After his win over journeyman Aaron Herrera (33-8-1, 22 KOs) last Friday night, former welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) called out IBF 147 lb. champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. and WBA/WBC champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman for a fight.
By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford says he’ll be clearing out the welterweight division, and exploiting the flaws in IBF 147lb. champion Errol Spence’s game when the two of them fight each other. Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) says Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) has flaws that he can take advantage of.