Last week, top middleweight contender Avtandil Khurtsidze was arrested for allegedly being part of a Russian crime syndicate in New York City. On June 8, prosecutors from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Khurtsid...
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I really thought I had heard it all where reasons for fights falling out of bed are concerned. A transatlantic phone call put paid to that notion the other day. When the call came through from the promoters of Avtandil Khurtsidze to report that he ha...
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WBO Middleweight World Champion Billy Joe Saunders will no longer feature on the Saturday 8th July show at the Copper Box Arena after his mandatory challenger Avtandil Khurtsidze was arrested in New York. Khurtsidze’s promoter Lou DiBella has confirm...
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Today, Queensberry Promotions were informed that Billy Joe Saunders’ mandatory challenger Avtandil Khurtsidze was yesterday arrested in New York, indicted under the RICO Act. As such, his contest with WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunder...
I was told a couple of weeks ago about an interview with my Matchroom counterpart Eddie Hearn and – while you might be surprised to read this – I actually agreed with what he said. Hearn was being questioned over the recent date clashes of our shows...
Billy Joe Saunders has been warned that his dreams of facing the winner of Canelo Alvarez v Gennady Golovkin will be ruined by the desire of Avtandil Khurtsidze. Undefeated Saunders, 27, makes the second defence his WBO Middleweight title against the...
After Billy Joe Saunders' next WBO World Title defence was confirmed last week, promoter Frank Warren knows the opponent is a serious threat. Hard-hitting Avtandil Khurtsidze stopped previously-unbeaten Tommy Langford on April's Leicester show and sh...
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The last time Avtandil Khurtsidze came to England, he needed just one flush left hook to stop previously unbeaten Brit Tommy Langford. That impressive fifth-round victory last month earned Khurtsidze the interim WBO middleweight title and moved him o...
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Andre Rozier wasn’t about to sit still while Billy Joe Saunders tried to embarrass Avtandil Khurtsidze. Rozier, Khurtsidze’s trainer, fired back at the trash-talking Saunders during a press conference Monday in London, where Saunders mocked Khurtsidz...
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Billy Joe Saunders isn’t impressed by Avtandil Khurtsidze’s muscular frame, and certainly not his boxing ability. The unbeaten WBO middleweight champion demeaned his mandatory challenger Monday during a press conference to promote their July 8 title...
Saunders vs. Khurtsidze Press Conference Photos - WBO Middleweight World Champion Billy Joe Saunders will make the second defence of his crown against mandatory challenger Avtandil Khurtsidze on Saturday 8th July at London’s Copper Box Arena, live on...
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Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has been given a literal red carpet by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). If he wins Saturday's fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the WBO has given him the right to deci...
We didn’t have to ponder for too long in coming up with a title for our proposed show in London on July 8 – especially after the headliner Billy Joe Saunders labelled his 5ft 4? opponent a puffed up Danny DeVito. So with the stocky Avtandil Khurtsidz...
WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders is training in Marbella, Spain with former Heavyweight ruler Tyson Fury. The undefeated Hatfield star posted a video onto his Instagram page this morning confirming that Fury is back in training. Thi...
