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Boxing Bits: Hopkins Weight Issues ,DeGale-Groves Bet Nixed, Bradley Rejects Khan, More…

May 21, 2011 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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* Bernard Hopkins came in four ounce over the light heavyweight limit during the weigh-in for Saturday’s bout with Jean Pascal in Quebec. After abot an hour and a trip to the restroom, Hopkins weighed-in at 174 lbs., 14 ounces.

* The British Board of Control has made it known that the James DeGale-George Groves purse vs. purse bet will not be allowed. Under commission rules, fighters are not allowed to bet or profit from betting on the outcome of a fight.

* Paul Williams – Erislandy Lara looks like it will be green-lighted by HBO for July 9th, replacing the rejected Williams-Nobuhiro Ishida bout they had earlier approved. The Boxing Tribune will wait until official confirmation before announcing the bout.

* Timothy Bradley – Amir Khan won’t likely happen anytime soon. Despite a reported offer of $1.4 million guaranteed and 50% of UK PPV revenues, Bradley walked away from the deal.

* The announced Johnny Tapia – Frankie Archuleta fight on June 4th is in  serious jeopardy after Archuleta refused to take the New Mexico commission’s mandatory MRI test. A replacement opponent has already been found and will be announced within the next few days if Archuleta continues his refusal to comply with commission mandates. This would’ve been the third and deciding bout in the Tapia-Archuleta trilogy.

* The IBF has stripped it’s super featherweight champ, Mzonke Fana, of his belt due to failure to sign his contract to meet top challenger, Argenis Mendez in their scheduled June 11th bout. The organization had already bent its rules, allowing Fana a three-month grace period from its original proposed deadline of March 11th.



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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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