By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten No.8 IBF featherweight contender Josh Warrington (21-0, 4 KOs) will be putting his WBC International and Commonwealth featherweight straps on the line tonight against No.9 IBF Joel Brunker (28-1, 16 KOs) in a 12 round bout at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK.
It’s a match pitting the light hitting 24-year-old Warrington against a slightly better puncher in 29-year-old Brunker from Australia. While the fight is not that big of a deal, the outcome of the fight is an important one for Warrington because if he wins and looks good, he could get a world title shot against IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby.
By Scott Gilfoid: #4 IBF Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) says he wants to make history when he faces undefeated and untested IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) on October 24th at the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, UK. Chaves sees himself making history by being an Argentinean and coming into England an beating and English fighter in front of his own fans. 
By Michael Muncaster: Martin Murray could become a real contender in the super-middleweight division on Saturday night, and WBO champion Arthur Abraham is surely in his sights.
By Scott Gilfoid: Bottom ranked #15 WBO fringe contender Martin Murray (31-2-1, 14 KOs) is targeting WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham for a world title shot rather than the other 168lb champions Andre Ward, Badou Jack, and James DeGale. It’s kind of not all that surprising given that the 35-year-old Abraham is seen as the weak link among the four super middleweight champions in the minds of a lot of boxing fans. 
By Scott Gilfoid: In yet another tune-up fight for former three time world title challenger Martin Murray (31-2-1, 2, 14 KOs) will be facing 36-year-old middleweight journeyman Jose Miguel Torres (31-6, 27 KOs) on September 5th on the undercard of the featherweight contest between Josh Warrington and Joel Brunker at the Direct Arena in Leeds. It’s a nice little mismatch between Murray and Torres and it won’t help Murray one bit to get ready for the talented fighters in the super middleweight division. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn dropped a hint today that his fighter #15 WBO Martin Murray (31-2-1, 14 KOs) could be getting a world title shot against WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KOs) in 2015. 
(Photo credit: Thompson Boxing) By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated WBA “regular” super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (30-0-2, 22 KOs) made weight on Friday for his title defense against #11 WBA fringe contender Kiko Martinez (32-5, 24 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.