Kell Brook – Diego Chaves rumored for October 24

chaves#1By Adam Beechers: Pace is picking up through Argentinian sources and the British media that undefeated IBF World champion Kell Brook 35(24)-0 is set to face Diego Chaves 23(19)-2-1 on 24th October at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena. 

The Daily Star have already reported it as a done deal set to be announced this week while many boxing forums and twitter are ablaze with the rumors. Brook recently stopped his domestic rival Frankie Gavin in the 6th round nearly 3 months ago and Chaves has not fought since December 2014 where he drew against Former WBO champion Timothy Bradley.

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Deal reached for Devon Alexander vs. Diego Chaves fight, winner will be Kell Brook’s IBF mandatory

chaves33333By Dan Ambrose: With Amir Khan unwilling to take the fight with IBF welterweight champion, a deal was reached between the promoters for #6 IBF Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) and #8 IBF Devon Alexander (26-3, 14 KOs) for an IBF welterweight eliminator bout that will be taking place on September 26th at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

There was supposed to be a purse bid on Thursday, but it was canceled after the deal was reached on Wednesday of this week.

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Devon Alexander – Diego Chaves purse bid on July 2nd

chaves444By Dan Ambrose: A purse bid is scheduled this Thursday [July 2nd] for an IBF eliminator bout between Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) and Devon Alexander (26-3, 14 KOs) at the International Boxing Federation headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey, according to Dan Rafael.

The Chaves-Alexander winner will become the IBF 147lb mandatory challenger to champion Kell Brook. However, it’s unclear whether the two fighters will even face each other because Chaves is promoted by Top Rank, and Alexander has Al Haymon as his adviser. The two generally don’t work together.

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Weights: Bradley 145.8, Chaves 146

bradley111By Chris Williams: Former WBO 147lb champion Tim Bradley (31-1, 12 KOs) successfully made weight on Friday in weighing in at 145.8 pounds at his weigh-in for his fight against Diego Chaves (23-2, 19 KOs) at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Bradley says he easily made weight today and he was even able to eat breakfast before the weigh-in. He did look a little thin though and it’s going to be interesting to see how much weight he eventually puts back on.

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Bradley convinced he’ll beat Chaves

bradley91By Chris Williams: Tim Bradley (31-1, 12 KOs) tasted defeat for the first time in his career in his last fight in April of this year against Manny Pacquiao, but Bradley doesn’t believe that he’ll come up on the short end of the stick in his fight this Saturday night against Diego Chaves (23-2, 19 KOs).

Bradley believes 100 percent that he’s going to triumph over the 28-year-old Chaves and then move on to bigger and better things in the future. Bradley is helped in the fact that Chaves has never shown himself to be a particularly good fighter in the past, and that he’s just someone who is pretty much being brought in as an opponent.

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Tim Bradley says he’s hitting harder now

bradley73By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tim Bradley (31-1, 12 KOs) believes he’s developed some added power to his game after his recent loss to Manny Pacquiao last April.

Bradley says he hurt Pacquiao in that fight with some of his shots on three occasions, and he feels that’s an indication that he now has more power. Bradley doesn’t comment on the possibility that Pacquiao’s chin might not be the same since his one-punch knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012.

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Bradley hints he’ll get dirty if Diego Chaves does on Saturday

bradley677By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tim Bradley is hoping that his opponent Diego Chaves keeps it clean when the two of them face each other this Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bradley thinks that Chaves is a dirty fighter, even though he’s never really shown himself to be an especially dirty fighter in the past.

Bradley is hinting that if Chaves chooses to make the fight dirty then he could respond with something to negate that. Just what Bradley will do is hard to say, but it would be a disappointment if he turned the fight into a head-butt and low blow affair just because he was fouled once or twice.

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Bradley sees Chaves as a dirty fighter

bradley73By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tim Bradley (31-1, 12 KOs) feels that his next opponent Diego Chaves (23-2, 19 KOs) is a dirty fighter after Bradley sat down and watched some video of Chaves’ last fights. Bradley and Chaves will be fighting each other on December 13th at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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