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By Dan Ambrose: Jarrett Hurd will be defending his IBF/WBA junior middleweight titles against #1 IBF Julian ‘J-Rock’ Williams on May 11 at a still to be determined venue in the U.S, according to Mike Coppinger.  → read full article

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren has confirmed with Gareth A Davies that Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn did in fact send an offer last weekend directly to Tyson Fury for a fight against Anthony Joshua, but the offer was what he calls a “derisory” offer, and it wasn’t the 50-50 split that they want.  → read full article

By Tim Royner: Amir Khan (33-4, 20 KOs) says his April 20th fight against Terence Crawford doesn’t mean he still can’t face Kell Brook in the near future.  → read full article

By Tim Royner: Amir Khan’s promoter Eddie Hearn isn’t happy with the announcement of his April 20th fight against WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford on ESPN PPV, as he wanted him to fight Kell Brook next.  → read full article

By Jeff Aranow: A deal is being worked on to setup a fight between WBA World light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (15-0, 11 KOs) to defend his title against #14 WBA fringe contender Joe Smith Jr.  → read full article

By Mike Smith: Former WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez wasn’t entirely impressed with what he saw of Caleb Plant (18-0, 10 KOs) in his victory over IBF super middleweight champion Jose Uzcategui (28-3, 23 KOs) last Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater, in Los Angeles, California.  → read full article

By Sean Jones: Mikey Garcia feels he’s got the edge over Errol Spence Jr.  → read full article

By Chris Williams: WBC welterweight champion ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter says he doesn’t rate Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner as a puncher at 147, and he sees him losing this Saturday night when he challenges WBA ‘regular’ welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) when the two of them battle it out on SHOWTIME PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.  → read full article

By Trevor McIntyre: Former two division world champion Jessie Vargas says negotiations have already started for a fight between him and former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook for April 6.  → read full article

By Eric Thomas: Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) will be defending his WBA World welterweight title against Adrien Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) this Saturday night on SHOWTIME PPV in a fight that promises to be an exciting affair from start to finish at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.  → read full article