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Stevenson has a different problem. His attempts to secure a fight with Devin Haney haven’t produced anything, and another fighter he mentioned, Lamont Roach, lost to William Zepeda earlier this month. Obvious choices at 140 pounds are hard to find. Mercado brings genuine danger. At 24, he is younger than Stevenson, punches hard and has the hand speed to create difficulties for an elite defensive fighter. Mercado is also a natural light welterweight who wouldn’t be moving up just to chase the opportunity. That may be exactly why Zuffa would think twice about the matchup. If the promotion wants to…

Jan Choinski and Jack Draper were knocked out of the first round of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday as fellow Briton Cameron Norrie progressed.Choinski bowed out after a hard-fought contest with Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante, with all three sets going to a tie-break.The match lasted nearly three hours before Tirante won 7-6 (11-9) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-4) against Choinski, the world number 77.Draper led 5-2 in the second set against Martin Landaluce but the Spaniard won the next five games to clinch a 6-3 7-5 victory.British number two Norrie was broken once as he lost a tight first set before…

Chelsea need to ask themselves if their intention is to sell Malo Gusto or not as potential suitor are put off by the price. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. Our writer Simon Phillips has an interesting piece out today on his Substack about Malo Gusto. The full back has been linked with moves away from Chelsea this summer, but nothing concrete has come up. Manchester City were linked most strongly, but the massive…

The 33-year-old Ali brought a 45-2 record and weighed 224 pounds. Wepner, 36, weighed 225 and had a 30-9-2 record. Ali received approximately $1.5 million, while Wepner earned $100,000, easily the largest payday of his career. Wepner knew he couldn’t match Ali’s speed or skill, so he made the fight physical. He pressed forward and threw looping punches from the outside that wrapped around Ali’s guard and crashed into the back of his head. These weren’t merely short punches sneaked in during clinches. Wepner was throwing some of them from a distance, allowing him to put considerable force behind the…

After two seasons together at the bottom level, Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham were reunited – this time in the third tier – for a couple of seasons in the mid-1990s.And now, after more than three decades, they are together again.”Three Welsh teams in the Championship… it’s enormous for the country,” said Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson.”There’s a mini-league going on [in Wales].”Wrexham came out on top last season, finishing four places above Swansea in 11th.Bookmakers make Parkinson’s men favourites to finish as Wales’ top club once more, with the Red Dragons tipped to push for a play-off place, Swansea in the…

Matthias Jaissle makes it clear Newcastle need to land deals after suffering a 3-1 pre-season defeat to Everton. It was his second match in charge of the Magpies, Thierno Barry and Iliman Ndiaye had the Toffees 2-0 up before half time, Tyrique George made it three in the 73rd minute, before Harvey Barnes grabbed an 85th minute consolation goal. 22,982 fans were inside Murrayfield, Scotland for the fixture, Everton fans taunting Newcastle, singing they are “going down”. Team lineups, as per nufc.co.uk and toffeeweb.com: Everton: Travers, Patterson (53′ Röhl), Tarkowski, Keane (O’Brien), Mykolenko (77′ Aznou), Hackney (83′ Foster), Ndiaye (64′…

(Mark Robinson / Matchroom Boxing) Light heavyweight contenders Craig Richards and Radivoje “Hot Rod” Kalajdzic will clash in London on September 26. They’ve been added to the Zuffa Boxing bill that will feature heavyweight contender Johnny Fisher, while an attractive middleweight clash between Lee Cutler and Louis Greene, over 10 rounds, has been added to the bill. An opponent for Fisher for the show, at the Copper Box Arena, will be announced in the coming days. Richards, trained by Tony Sims, is 20-4-1 (13 KOs), and went the distance with Dmitriy Bivol in a 2021 championship effort. Serbian-born Kalajdzic is…

England’s head coach Lydia Bedford says she has been told by the Football Association to “just continue as usual” before next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup, despite Uefa threatening to boycott the tournament.Bedford said she had not “thought too much about the bigger picture” as she prepares to name her Young Lionesses squad next week.Football has been engulfed in a major dispute since it emerged that Fifa president Gianni Infantino was planning to sell off stakes in the World Cup and other competitions to private investors.Uefa and its 55 members threatened to boycott Fifa competitions, and that still stands despite…

Gary Kirsten guided India to some of its greatest achievements during his three-year tenure as head coach. The defining moment came in his final assignment, when Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina carried him on their shoulders after India lifted the 2011 Cricket World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.Kirsten looks back on those years with fondness, even as he now finds himself in the opposition camp. As Sri Lanka head coach, he will be plotting India’s downfall when the two-match Test series begins at Galle on Saturday.“That was a great three years. There was a lot of skill in…

Warrington head coach Sam Burgess told Sky Sports:On the top two race: “Yeah, we’re going as high as we can. We’re aiming for the top.”It’s job done. I thought it was a risky night. We had three players coming back from injury and we were a little bit scrappy with the ball. Defensively, we weren’t as physical as we could have been, but we’re happy to get the two points.”On player of the match, Ewan Irwin: “He’s a great kid, he’s very balanced. He’s got talent, we can all see that. But his greatest attribute is he’s a wonderful person.…