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Sunderland could be set for a busy end to the summer transfer window, with Regis Le Bris’ side working to strengthen at both ends of the pitch. The Black Cats have been searching for a marquee wide addition in recent days, with Marseille star Igor Paixao emerging as their leading target. Sunderland have looked at the likes of Sporting CP’s Geny Catamo and Roma’s Matias Soule, but their pursuit of Paixao appears to be the most advanced. Personal terms are understood to have already been agreed with the Brazilian, while TEAMtalk have reported that the two clubs are now close…
Filip Hrgovic wants his IBF heavyweight title to come with a bigger paycheck and a percentage of pay-per-view sales. Beating Moses Itauma gives him more bargaining power, but the belt alone does not establish how many viewers will pay to watch his next fight. “I want unifications. I want a big payday, man,” Hrgovic told Ring Magazine after the fight. “And I want a percentage from pay per view. Because I sold this fight.” That last claim needs evidence. Itauma was the attraction around whom the promotion was built, with Hrgovic cast as the opponent brought in to test him.…
Lester Martinez wore down Luka Plantic before stopping him in the tenth round to retain his interim WBC super middleweight title Saturday night, August 29, at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles. Plantic made the opening rounds competitive, but his early aggression became increasingly difficult to sustain against Martinez’s combinations and body attack. Exchanges grew heavier in the third and fourth. Martinez had blood on his face, but he continued working behind his jab and putting punches together. Plantic (13-1, 10 KOs) was competitive when he had the energy to attack. By the middle rounds, Martinez was taking control.…
LOS ANGELES – Najee Lopez’s impressive uppercut to the body found its rightful target, and a rare invocation of boxing’s video-replay system affirmed it.Following a confusing delay that permitted Lopez’s opponent, Juan Carrillo, to continue on following the decisive punch that sent Carrillo to the canvas, writhing in pain in the ninth round, California State Athletic Commission lead inspector Jesus Villarreal stopped the fight to review the replay, declaring Lopez 17-0 (14KOs) the winner.Lopez assured his cornermen before the review’s findings that his punch was clean.Victory lifts the 26-year-old Puerto Rican on his way toward light-heavyweight title contention.Ranked No. 4…
Burnley and West Ham fans make their feelings known as their sides’ winless run extends to three league games. Fair to say it’s been a disappointing start to life back in the second tier for these two clubs relegated from the Premier League last season. The other team to have gone down, Wolves, are unbeaten in their opening three. The Clarets suffered a 4-1 defeat away at Norwich and ended the game with 10-men, Mohamed Toure opening the scoring two minutes in, Andre Brooks doubled on 5 minutes, then Toure made it three for the Canaries on 21 minutes. Josh…
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Morning all. As I was waking up this morning, I was thinking of inflicting you all with a ‘hot take’, more for the sake of discussion than me thinking this opinion was actually possible, but then I saw an update which makes this more or less moot. Fabrizio Romano says Gabriel Martinelli’s move to Al Hilal is in its final stages, and my take was that if we don’t have anybody else coming in then we should not sell Gabriel Martinelli at all. Now, it is possible that the delay in completing this deal is down to our search for…
It would be too simplistic – and unfair – to say Hrgovic won the fight purely through mind games, but the 34-year-old had succeeded in making the build-up uncomfortable.Hrgovic spent fight week repeatedly attacking Itauma’s age, dismissing him as “just a kid”. As the week wore on, Itauma looked increasingly irritated and eventually lost his composure at the weigh-in, shoving Hrgovic before the Croatian responded with a slap.Itauma prides himself on being unusually cerebral for a heavyweight. He reads psychology and self-help books, talks openly about sharpening his mind and appears to spend far more time analysing himself than most…
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain who wants a move to Barcelona. It’s not quite how the saying goes, but as far as Julian Alvarez is concerned, it is a new mantra that he’s currently living by even if it all ends in a late deal with Arsenal. The South American was booed by home fans last weekend, before he was instructed to enter the dressing room instead of applauding those fans. He’s gone from the main man in Diego Simeone’s side to public enemy No.1 following reports throughout the summer…
“I thought Moses was well in front and he just basically got clipped. He’s done something to his leg. I don’t know what he’s done with his leg and he’s exhausted. That’s the truth of the matter. And the best man won at the end,” said Warren to talkSPORT Boxing. The final concession was fair. The rest made a sustained breakdown sound more like a winning performance interrupted by an unfortunate punch. His uncertainty about the leg also leaves that suggestion unconfirmed. Fans calling for Itauma to sit on his lead overlooked what happened when he tried. Hrgovic’s pressure denied…