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Turki Alalshikh has identified seven major fights he wants to make, with Jai Opetaia against David Benavidez among the most revealing names on his list. “Big-time fights @Turki_alalshikh tells me are on his wishlist to make: Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua, Jai Opetaia-David Benavidez, Shakur Stevenson-Devin Haney, Naoya Inoue-Bam Rodriguez, Terence Crawford-Canelo Alvarez rematch, Filip Hrgovic-Rico Verhoeven, Crawford-Ryan Garcia,” said Mike Coppinger on X. Opetaia-Benavidez would settle questions that neither boxer can answer in his current lane. Benavidez has struggled to turn his success into major public interest, while Opetaia lacks a cruiserweight rival capable of giving him a genuine super fight.…

West Bromwich Albion continued their strong start to the 2026/27 Championship campaign with a 1-1 draw against Queens Park Rangers at The Hawthorns on Saturday. The Baggies had gone 1-0 down in the match after Rumarn Burrell raced clear through on goal and his shot cannoned off Max O’Leary and hit Chris Mepham before bobbling into the back of the net. Callum Styles, starting in an unnatural position at right-back, cut inside from the right to score a sublime goal to level the score just three minutes after the opener. Unfortunately, neither side were able to find a winning goal…

( UFC Enterprise) LAS VEGAS – Perhaps the next great heavyweight is an American. Less than a month after young England heavyweight Moses Itauma was knocked out in his first title shot, Da’Mazion Vanhouter made an explosive appearance with a second-consecutive first-round knockout. Florida’s Vanhouter, 13-0 (10 KOs), knocked out 246lbs Raphael Akpejiori 1 minute, 58 seconds into the first on a vicious right hand to the head while the reeling victim was leaning toward the ropes Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. “I signed up to become the best,” Vanhouter said in the ring afterward. Vanhouter, coming off a 66-second…

Massimiliano Allegri has urged Napoli to keep their composure as they target a first home win of the season against Bologna in Serie A. Allegri is yet to taste victory at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, having lost to Como in his first outing on home soil in Serie A, before falling to a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Champions League in midweek. That marked a third straight loss for Napoli in all competitions, having also thrown away a 2-0 lead against Inter in a 3-2 defeat last time out in the league, at San Siro. But the Partenopei have…

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Enzo Fernandez pushed to join Man City this summer, and by the end had broken his relationships with all Chelsea colleagues. 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. Enzo Fernandez made it very clear that he wanted to leave Chelsea back in March. He spoke about how unhappy he was that Enzo Maresca had left, how uncertain he was about the project, and how much he wanted to live in Madrid. The message was clear…

Opetaia (31-0, 24 KOs) did not blast through him from the start. The Australian was busier and won rounds with his southpaw jab, footwork and punch volume, but the first half looked more methodical than destructive. Mikaelian stayed within reach by conserving energy and waiting for counterpunching opportunities. That patience finally paid off in the seventh when a right hand shook Opetaia. It was the challenger’s best punch and the first moment that forced the champion to abandon his comfortable rhythm. Mikaelian needed to attack while Opetaia was vulnerable, but he let the opportunity pass. Two rounds later, the fight…

Vitor Matos’ Swansea City move into second with a 3-1 win also sending Nicky Hayen’s Burnley to the bottom of the Championship. Swansea were 2-0 up after 33 minutes thanks to goals from Adam Idah (13′) and Moussa Kounfolo Yeo (33′), Largie Ramazani getting one back for Burnley midway through of second half, but that only proved to be a consolation goal with Zan Vipotnik wrapping up the three points with 20 minutes remaining. For the Clarets, it was a fourth defeat in their opening seven league games, and still searching for their first league win. So so bad. #twitterclaretspic.twitter.com/YcvHsGHiGm…

The finish rescued the bout from becoming a solid but unspectacular points win for Opetaia. He had been busier from the opening round, controlling range with his southpaw jab and beating Mikaelian to the punch without tearing through him. Mikaelian remained patient and looked for counter rights rather than trying to match Opetaia’s output. That approach gave him isolated success, but he spent too many rounds waiting for the Australian to make a mistake. His best moment came in the seventh. A right hand caught Opetaia clean and briefly wobbled him, showing that Mikaelian still carried enough power to change…

(CrisEsqueda/Matchroom) LAS VEGAS – The ongoing verbal battle between retired five-division champion Terence Crawford and unified 154lbs titlist Jaron “Boots” Ennis generated a no-nonsense response Saturday from Ennis’ father/trainer “Bozy” Ennis. “Terence is retired. Go take care of your family. If he wants to fight, let’s fight,” the elder Ennis told BoxingScene. The topic escalated this week with Crawford speaking to a number of outlets during the Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn fight week here after posting on “X” that he had interest in fighting Ennis. The pair engaged in a face-to-face discussion on the September 4 TNT/DAZN stream of former heavyweight…