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Promotional representative Miika Forsström said the injury occurred while Smith was trying to make the contracted weight. No new date has been announced. Making weight becomes less forgiving as fighters age, and an injury during the final reduction raises doubts about how comfortably Smith can continue competing at middleweight. Moving to super middleweight would ease the cut but place him against naturally larger opponents. Smith has now endured three troubled preparations in succession. He linked his performance in the Eubank rematch to an injury and described his preparation for McKenna as rushed. Another physical problem during a lower-level comeback leaves…
Inter captain Lautaro Martinez revealed it was a “great honour” to be linked with Barcelona this summer, admitting the rumours of their interest were true. Barca were in search of a striker after Robert Lewandowski joined the Chicago Fire in MLS and Ferran Torres made a switch to Paris Saint-Germain following the World Cup. The Blaugrana were open about their interest in Julian Alvarez, though rumours emerged suggesting they were also ready to move for Martinez. The 29-year-old has made 378 appearances for Inter since joining in 2018, scoring 175 goals and providing 39 assists while winning Serie A, the…
Itauma owned the faster hands and greater early explosion, but Hrgovic took away his punching room through collar ties, short right hands, and physical work inside. Those tactics forced the younger fighter to wrestle for space while already burning energy. Itauma’s previous early knockouts had never required him to solve that type of problem under fatigue. Hearn’s use of the Dubois loss as proof of Hrgovic’s limitations is also unconvincing. Severe cuts ended their competitive 2024 fight after eight rounds, although Dubois had hurt Hrgovic late in the seventh. Dubois later knocked out Joshua, validating his place among the division’s…
TWO clubs remain unbeaten heading into another weekend of absorbing League One action and Tony Incenzo looks through the pick of the action in the third tier on Saturday. Meanwhile, four teams haven’t won an EFL game yet in 2026/27 after four outings. Therefore the League One betting odds make for interesting reading. These are the upcoming pairings I am anticipating most alongside my considered score predictions to assist your football betting… Peterborough United v Sheffield Wednesday Prediction Kick-off: 12.30pm Rankings: 18th versus 2nd Peterborough United preview – Disappointing form registering just one EFL victory so far but unbeaten in…
(Queensberry Promotions) Five days on from one of the upsets of the year – Filip Hrgovic halting an exhausted Moses Itauma in the ninth round – the conclusions as to what went wrong continue to grow in volume. Boxing, it’s often rightly said, is one of the most unforgiving of sports. When it goes wrong for a boxer, particularly a hyped unbeaten boxer, there is no hiding place. No teammates to share the blame, no fixture list that reveals the next game, not even a shirt to dry their eyes or hide their face. They are stripped all but bare…
Chelsea had three players who interested Man City this summer, and in the end only one of them made the switch. 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. Chelsea’s biggest deal of the summer window ended up being the sale of Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City – the Blues could have ended up doing a lot more business with their Premier League rivals. According to Sam Lee’s summary of the City window for the Athletic,…
MK Dons fans make their feelings known after their side’s winless run extends to four league games, having lost away at Wigan. The Latics ended their three-game losing run with a 3-1 victory, Jensen Weir getting two goals (36′, 74) and Max Power adding to it (48′). Lewis Collins got a consolation for Milton Keynes. After the final whistle, Some MK players made their way over to those in the away end and faced the anger coming from their fans. MK Dons fans were fuming last night… Bit over the top considering they’ve just been promoted. pic.twitter.com/cMThu5rtjN — The 44…
As promoter Eddie Hearn tries to quantify the impact Katie Taylor has made throughout her career, there is a smile and shake of the head as he says, “the whole story, you couldn’t make it up”.On Saturday night, Taylor will make her final walk to the ring when she takes on Flora Pili at Croke Park, with the chance to become undisputed light-welterweight champion once again.While Taylor entered professional boxing in 2016 with an Olympic gold medal, five world and seven European amateur titles to her name, there were no guarantees that star power could flourish in the paid code…
Morning all. Now, it’s all about the football. Which is good. I said what I had to say about the window in yesterday’s blog, I stand by my opinion, but there’s nothing we can do now except go out there and win games with the very good squad we have. I do hope every slight under-performance doesn’t become a referendum on what we did and didn’t do this summer, but then the best way to avoid that is to play well, score lots of goals, and win lots of games. It should be interesting to hear what Mikel Arteta says…
MS Dhoni has made it clear that he wants to play as a full-time wicketkeeper for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL), former CSK batter Subramaniam Badrinath said.Speaking on his YouTube channel, Badrinath said Dhoni has ruled out the idea of playing as an Impact Sub and wants to keep the wickets for full 20 overs.“He has personally told me that he won’t play as an Impact Player. He sees himself as a full-time keeper, and that means he has to be on the field for the full 20 overs. So, he won’t play as an…