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The financial expectations between the two sides were miles apart. Coppinger also reported that Davis sought $5 million net after management fees to face Haney. That figure represented a dramatic increase from the biggest purse of his career, which previously stood at $1 million. Those numbers help explain why Top Rank allowed the negotiations to collapse instead of matching Davis’ demands. A fighter coming off a career-high purse generally strengthens his negotiating position with major wins or championship leverage. Davis held the mandatory position, but Haney owned the world title, the stronger purse history, and greater commercial appeal. From Haney’s…
Swansea City’s Wales winger Cameron Congreve is set to join Belgian top-flight side Westerlo for a seven-figure fee.The Swansea academy product, 22, impressed during a loan spell at Scottish Premiership side Dundee last season.Congreve’s form earned him win his first senior international caps in the June friendlies against Ghana and Romania.There had been a feeling that he could also push for a first-team place at Swansea in 2026-27, but the Championship club have instead sanctioned his exit.The deal will include add-ons and a sell-on clause, while Swansea will also be given the option to match any bid from another club…
Florian Wirtz expressed his excitement for “season two” at Liverpool after a disappointing debut campaign. The 23-year-old joined the Reds last summer from Bayer Leverkusen for £100m (€125m), but failed to find any rhythm under Arne Slot. Wirtz scored seven goals and provided eight assists in 49 games across all competitions as the Reds failed to build on their Premier League triumph in 2024-25. The Germany international directly contributed to the fourth-most goals among Liverpool players last term (15), though did complete the second-most dribbles (63) and created the second-most chances (99). However, the mood around the camp has improved…
Hall of Famer Barry McGuigan has named one half of the main event between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn as the “dangerman” at 147lbs. The two welterweights will collide at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC world title. He claimed the belt by dethroning Mario Barrios with a unanimous decision victory in February, which followed his surprising points loss to Rolando Romero in May 2025. Interestingly enough, this defeat came shortly after his year-long doping ban, which he served on account of testing positive for ostarine ahead of his majority…
The question many have asked around Infantino’s plan is tied into a separate – but critical – aspect of the fundamental reasons behind this week unravelling. Fifa is a not-for-profit organisation. It has huge financial reserves – over $2bn (£1.48bn) – and is expected to announce record revenues of about $15bn (£11.13bn) in relation to this summer’s World Cup.Given that backdrop – and the reality some countries simply did not need the extra $40m (£29.67m) being offered for football development initiatives if they signed up to Infantino’s plan by 19 September – many wondered why private investment was needed in…
Lamont Roach Jr. expects William Zepeda to bring everything he has into tonight’s vacant WBC lightweight title fight. He insists grit alone will not be enough. Roach lived through the same situation Zepeda now faces. The challenger fell short in his initial chance to capture a world belt before working his way back into elite contention. That experience leaves him with little doubt about the Mexican contender’s mindset, yet he maintains his own motivation reaches another level. “I’ve been in the position he’s been. Second chance for a world title. Came up short the first time. I’ve been exactly where…
A 16-minute appearance at Brighton was the start of a staggering couple of weeks for Fletcher.Scotland boss Steve Clarke must have noted something as he asked Fletcher, son of former international midfielder Darren and twin brother of Jack, who has elected to play his youth football for England at present, if he would come to train for a few days in his pre-World Cup camp.That led to Fletcher being given an international debut against Bolivia. Then, after Billy Gilmour was ruled out of the tournament with an injury sustained against the South Americans, 19-year-old Fletcher was parachuted into Clarke’s 26-man…
Fans plea for Burnley to permanently change to a beloved old crest as a reworked version emerges for their new away kit. Club co-owner JJ Watt has spent two years coming up with this new strip, and fair to say it was time well spent, with over 30,000 immediately in the queue to purchase online, plus many others outside the club shop as it’s released. Burnley’s crest which has been used since 2009, and then the one updated in June 2023, was a big change which has always caused a stir since. And after feedback from the fanbase, a reworked…
Ahead of his top-of-the-bill appearance in Dublin this weekend, Pierce O’Leary is full of confidence.“It wasn’t a dream, it was the plan,” he said of headlining against Portsmouth’s Mark Chamberlain.O’Leary is now 19-0 (11 KOs) and lit up the 3Arena in March when stopping veteran Maxi Hughes in the fifth round.“The reception that I got from the fans, it was stupid not to go back there,” O’Leary said. “It was one of the best nights of my entire career. And people are at all the boxing events there in the 3Arena and even the UFC events, and they’re like, ‘We’ve…
Team Northern Ireland boxer Michaela Walsh had to settle for a third Commonwealth Games silver as she lost to India’s Jaismine Jaismine by unanimous decision.The Holy Family fighter, who has earned a medal in each of her four successive Games appearances, has claimed a third silver after also coming second in 2014 and 2018.But she missed out on the chance to add a second gold to the one she won in Birmingham four years ago after being outclassed by Jaismine.The decorated 33-year-old also won gold in 2022, and joins bowler Neil Booth, shooter Martin Millar plus Mike Bull and Lady…