Carl Frampton wants Oscar Valdez and Leo Santa Cruz after Luke Jackson

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By Tim Royner: Carl Frampton is already looking past his opponent Luke Jackson for this Saturday towards bigger matches against WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz and WBO champion Oscar Valdez. But before interim World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Frampton (25-1, 14 KOs) can think of facing those two guys, he needs to defeat the unbeaten #5 WBO Jackson (16-0, 7 KOs) this Saturday night on August 18 at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Deontay Wilder to attend Fury vs. Pianeta on Saturday

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By Scott Gilfoid: Deontay Wilder confirmed on Monday that he’ll be in attendance for Tyson Fury’s fight this Saturday night against Francesco Pianeta at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) and WBC heavyweight champion Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) are in negotiations to face each other on November 10 or November 17 in the United States.

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Tyson Fury sends message to Eddie Hearn

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By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury took to social media to reticule Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn to gloat about being on the verge of facing WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in November. Hearn had been saying recently that the Wilder-Fury fight wouldn’t be happening, but now he’s about to eat his words and Fury is gloating majorly 100 percent about it.

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Deontay Wilder gives warning to Dominic Breazeale

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By Jim Dower: Deontay Wilder says he’s going to cripple challenger Dominic Breazeale when the time comes for him to defend his WBC heavyweight title against him in the future. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) says the 32-year-old Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs) is going to get what’s coming to him.

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Kell Brook installed by WBC at #3 in 154 rankings

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook has been elevated to the #3 spot with the World Boxing Council at junior middleweight after inking with the sanctioning bodies’ ‘Clean Boxing’ anti-doping program with VADA. Despite having done little at 154, Brook is now ranked highly with the WBC. The only fight the often injured 32-year-old Brook (37-2, 26 KOs) has had at junior middleweight is his fight against Sergey Rabchenko last March. Brook stopped the over-matched Rabchenko in the 2nd round in Sheffield, England.

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Tyson Fury building up Francesco Pianeta

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By Scott Gilfoid: With most boxing fans seeing Francesco Pianeta as having zero chance of pulling off the upset on August 18, Tyson Fury is working overtime to build him up to make him sound like the ultimate world beater for their fight at Windsor Parker in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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What might a WBSS Heavyweight tournament look like?

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By Gav Duthie: The World boxing super series has been a great success far. Oleksandr Usyk landed on top in the first battle at cruiserweight, George Groves and Callum Smith will contest 168lb final and another two divisions, lightweight and bantamweight have been confirmed with a host of stars in each to commence later in the year. What would a heavyweight tournament look like though. Boxing’s flagship division is having a bit of trouble getting the stars together namely Joshua and Wilder and the idea of the WBSS is that it brings the best together with one ultimate goal to find the best fighter in the division. In reality I think there is to much conflict and money at heavyweight for the best to agree but lets live in a fantasy world and see how this might turn out if it ever happened.

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