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Tim Bradley believes Keyshawn Davis is once again being pushed to the side as attention shifts toward a potential showdown between Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson. Haney and Stevenson have spent recent days discussing the possibility of facing each other at a catchweight, with both fighters publicly expressing interest in making the bout happen. If negotiations advance, it could leave Davis waiting despite his position as the WBO’s top-ranked contender at welterweight. “If this fight [Haney-Shakur] gets made, Keyshawn, I told you. I told you, boy. You put yourself in line for the belt and all of that [expletive], man.…
Potter is actually one of three former Swansea managers at the World Cup. There will be reason to cling to reflective glory if Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil triumph given Paul Clement – who staved off Premier League relegation in 2017 before being sacked a few months later – is the Don’s assistant.And then there is Portugal, led by Roberto Martinez – a former Swansea captain and boss and still beloved in that part of south Wales.As well as helping the club stay in the Football League in 2003, Martinez took his first steps in management at the Swans four years later,…
Chelsea are looking to buy a different profile of player this summer to move on from their dark times last season and before that. 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. With Xabi Alonso coming in to take over as Chelsea manager and set to have a big say on transfers, this is a good moment for the club to make a change in direction in their recruitment. Football.London have some information on what the…
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted…
As befits a campaign that has gone badly astray, injuries have played a key part.Sale’s England core have nearly all spent significant stretches on the treatment table and been unavailable for selection. Back-row twins Tom and Ben Curry, winger Tom Roebuck, Asher Opoku-Fjordjour, and in recent weeks, fellow front-rowers Bevan Rodd and Luke Cowan-Dickie, have all missed large chunks of action.The coaching front has also been affected. Marco Bortolami left his job as head coach in December after just six months at the club, while defence coach Byron McGuigan started a job share with England in October before leaving Sale…
Raul Jimenez speaks for the first time on making the decision to re-join Wolves, after his contract with Fulham expired. Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were relegated to the Championship in April, have wasted no time on getting a deal done with Jimenez, who signs a two-year contract with an option for a third year. The 35 year old, who scored 57 goals in 166 appearances for Wolves between 2019 and 2023 before moving to Fulham, becomes the second signing of the summer. Kieran Trippier also signed for the club, you can see what he had to say HERE. Find out what…
Wherever she will be playing her club football next season, Weir will also now have her eyes on October and those hazardous World Cup play-offs.As the third best League B winner behind Switzerland and Portugal, and ahead of Wales on goal difference, Scotland are ranked 19th going into the play-off draw on 24 June.It means they avoid Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine, who finished bottom of their League A groups and instead will face one of the League B runners-up or third-placed teams – that means Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, Northern Ireland, Slovakia or Turkey.Win that two-legged play-off…
Eddie Hearn, who co-promotes Catterall, believes the WBA will move to enforce the matchup, even if there remains uncertainty over Romero’s immediate plans. “It’s going to be ordered, but it’s just whether Rolly has a fight in between,” Hearn said during an interview on the Mr. Versace podcast. Hearn also made it clear that Matchroom intends to push for the mandatory title fight to happen. “The order is upon him to fight Jack Catterall, and we’ll be pushing to make that happen,” Hearn said. Romero has been linked to bigger-money opportunities involving the likes of Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia,…
Tuchel moved to Stuttgart to study business administration and found work in a bar.This was not just any bar, however. Tuchel’s new workplace was located in the famous Radio Barth building on Stuttgart’s Rotebuhlplatz.Originally a huge music department store which sold records and instruments, the building had been slated for demolition after the store filed for insolvency in 1995.For a few years before it was torn down, however, the venue was rented out to young artists, who briefly transformed it into an iconic nightlife and culture venue.Located on the ground floor of the building, the Radio Bar where Tuchel worked…
Devin Haney is still seeking an opponent for a first defence of his WBO welterweight world title, but any hopes of it being Shakur Stevenson are dwindling. Haney outpointed Brian Norman Jr. to claim world honours up at welterweight back in November. He is yet to fight since, with targeted unifications against Rolando Romero or former rival Ryan Garcia coming to nothing. That now goes for Shakur Stevenson, too, whose insistence on a rehydration clause or catchweight for the match-up is a step too far for Haney. On social media, he said that a clash with Stevenson would be the…