BAD BLOOD IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK GIANTS Fury gatecrashes Wilder’s after-party to stoke heavyweight grudge JANUARY 21 2016 Every week THE WORLD’S BEST FIGHT MAGAZINE WWW.BOXINGNEWSONLINE.NET WWW.BOXINGNEWSONLINE.NET HAYE ‘PACQUIAO MARKET BELIEVES HE BEAT After bludgeoning MAYWEATHER’ hapless de Mori, We talk to Freddie Roach who’s next in line? about the Filipino’s return l ‘Joshua fight will 100 per cent happen,’ his trainer exclusively reveals ‘FIGHTERS l Our view on COULD the comeback that everyone is talking SMELL THE about ALCOHOL ON HIM’ The tragic £3.49 VOL. 72 NO. 03 story of Sinan 1909 Samil Sam Exclusive offer – SAVE 25% now at boxingnewsshop.com/mayweather THE ESSENTIAL FLOYD ‘MONEY’ MAYWEATHER SPECIAL AVAILABLE NOW EXCLUSIVE OFFER! SAVE 25% on your print copy – only £7.49 Enter promo code FLOYD25 at boxingnewsshop.com/mayweather l Accounts of all his fights up to the Saul Alvarez victory l Tales from his victims who explain how he defeated them l In the gym with the superstar, including his regime l Tommy Hearns on how a fight between the pair would go l And much, much more ALSO AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL VERSION – ONLY £6.99 ContentsJanuary 21, 2016 GOT THE POWER 14 David Haye shows he can still punch, against Mark de Mori Photos: ACTION IMAGES/ANDREW COULDRIDGE & NAOKI FUKUDA HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS >> 12 FREDDIE ROACH Q&A 20 >> 4 EDITOR’S LETTER The legendary trainer talks Pacquiao- The heavyweight scene is buzzing Bradley III and much more >> 5 GUEST COLUMN >> 20 WILDER FURYOUS Shane McGuigan on his man Haye Deontay retains versus Szpilka and is then confronted by rival champ Tyson >> 28 WALSH-TRAYNOR British featherweight title clash >> 26 GARCIA-GUERRERO comes under the microscope We preview the clash for the vacant WBC welterweight title >> 30 ON THE RISE We speak to in-form Welshman >> 34 THE LIFE OF SAMIL SAM Liam Williams about his future Examining a topsy-turvy career and troubled existence >> 40 CAN’T MISS WSB CLASH Peter McGrail looks ahead to his showdown with Shakur Stevenson DOWNLOAD OUR APP TODAY >> 44 DURAN WANTS LEONARD For more details visit Going back to this week in 1980 WWW.BOXINGNEWSONLINE.NET/APPS >> 46 60-SECOND INTERVIEW ‘I MET MATT SKELTON AND WAS BLOWN AWAY. I ENDED UP BOXING ON THE SAME BILL AS HIM’ Tommy Martin www.boxingnewsonline.net JANUARY 21, 2016 l BOXING NEWS l 3 EDITOR’S LETTER Photo: ACTION IMAGES/ANDREW COULDRIDGE LET IT BEGIN: Coming Haye’s next steps next week are crucial l WE look ahead to a crucial step in super- middleweight contender George Groves' journey as he prepares to take Cover photography ACTION IMAGES/ on Italian fringe ANDREW COULDRIDGE & contender, STEPHANIE TRAPP/SHOWTIME Andrea Di Luisa, at the Copper Box Arena. l GROVES’ new trainer, Shane McGuigan, exclusively discusses a camp that also includes THE STAGE IS SET David Haye and Carl Frampton. The heavyweight division is big business again… now we need the fights to complement the intrigue l WE’VE been granted HE unwritten rule of high- with eye-catching ease. What happens next l THERE have been a exclusive profile boxing comebacks is the real test of Haye’s popularity, though. few grumbles about our access into the is you’re allowed one Mark The fans’ immediate reaction, outside the O2, on rankings, and they’re camp of light- de Mori. And it must be the the London Underground, and on social media, completely understood. heavyweight first contest that follows the was not one of universal adoration, but crucially, One source of confusion terror, Sergey T seems to be our layoff. So forgive David Haye Kovalev. We he’s got our attention - which was surely the middleweight list, where bring you our his. Out of action since 2012, point of the exercise. Saul Alvarez and Miguel and entering the early stages Several hours later, at the glitzy Barclays Cotto are placed above findings, and of middle age, the British Center in Brooklyn, New York, someone else Gennady Golovkin. preview his star was permitted to scour reappeared. After spending Christmas and New This does not mean we rematch with the world rankings and Year in hibernation, Tyson Fury emerged in the believe Golovkin would Jean Pascal. pluck the least threatening US, and got into the ring to harass a presumably lose to either, it simply creature from them. And exhausted Deontay Wilder moments after he reflects our belief that l AND we’re despite fears that his return had come through a difficult fight. The American the Kazakh is yet to beat ringside in anyone of that level. Matt might struggle for attention, branded Fury a “phony” while the Englishman California for Cotto beat long-time Christie we’re told his threatened to remove his three- Danny Garcia- @MattCBoxingNews divisional leader Sergio bombastic piece suit and fight him there and Martinez to claim the No.1 Robert Guerrero, Editor display peaked HAYE HAS then. Suddenly, after years of little position, and then in turn and in Bethnal at 3m viewers interest, the heavyweight division is lost it to Alvarez. In the Green for Ryan on free-to-air lads channel, Dave. GOT OUR an irresistible pantomime, loaded meantime, Golovkin’s best Walsh-Darren If those figures are to be ATTENTION with intrigue and mischief. wins are arguably over Traynor. believed, more people watched But there’s a fine line being walked David Lemieux and Martin Haye demolish de Mori than paid WHICH WAS here. While it’s all good fun at the Murray. We will always l AVAILABLE to see Tyson Fury bewitch Wladimir moment, the heavyweights must reward achievement to download Klitschko, or Anthony Joshua and SURELY over potential, while via iTunes and not allow themselves to become respecting other Google Play Dillian Whyte go to war at the end THE POINT the sporting equivalent of independent rankings of last year. And higher numbers The Jeremy Kyle Show. that may do the opposite. from January tuned into the 2016 version of The stage is set. Now what must be delivered Ratings are so 26, and the Haye – on TV at least – than witnessed his are fights to take the division beyond the realms subjective, and cause print edition previous bout, a grudge match with Dereck of curiosity. Fury-Wilder is one of the most plenty of debate. is in stores on Chisora, three-and-a-half years ago. Perhaps important showdowns in the whole sport, and And from our point of January 28. those comparisons are unfair given the differing Haye-Joshua could do even bigger domestic view, the last thing they costs of the platforms, but our website figures business than the two Carl Froch and George are supposed to do is cause any offence. would also confirm the public are hooked on Groves fights combined. And then the winner And for what it’s worth, Haye again. He said all the right things in the fights the winner. Maybe the losers can collide if Golovkin was matched immediate build-up to the fight; stories about his too. And let’s not forget Klitschko just yet. with Alvarez tomorrow, “dark days” of injury were woven, with familiar But please, no more de Moris. I’d pick the Kazakh to win, charm, into promises to make up for past and get ready to alter the disappointment. And when battle commenced, Follow us and keep up to date rankings accordingly after as was widely predicted, he mugged de Mori @BoxingNewsED BoxingNewsOnline the fight. 4 l BOXING NEWS l JANUARY 21, 2016 www.boxingnewsonline.net GUEST COLUMN Photo: ACTION IMAGES/ANDREW COULDRIDGE HEAVIEST EVER: Increased mass doesn’t stop Haye from ripping de Mori BOXINGNEWSONLINE.NET WHAT’S HOT ON OUR WEBSITE... THE REAL HAYE The fighter’s biographer, Elliot Worsell, examines David’s return with enlightening honesty WILDER ON FURY The WBC heavyweight champion discusses Tyson’s ring invasion, and his future FRAMPTON-QUIGG All the details about the undercard to one of 2016’s most appealing HAYE WILL KNOCK OUT JOSHUA showdowns But it won’t be David’s next fight PACQUIAO EXPECTS Manny arrives in Los Angeles and explains AVID HAYE obviously nice to hear that because I know he put his body why Tim Bradley will be looked a lot bigger and through hell in every training camp. He knew better in their third fight some may think he looked he could always win the fights but he was just slower but I think he was just breaking down in them. So he talks to me about D loading up so much from what he needs. With his weight we’ll just play it the first bell. The anticipation by ear. There are no barriers there, so why limit of being out of the ring for ourselves? three-and-a-half years and I want him to fight three times a year. SUBSCRIBE then finally getting in there in Someone as big as him, he can’t be on an today and get front of a packed-out crowd undercard. He needs to be the main event at the O2 Arena, he just went and needs time to promote the show. It’ll be out there winging away. He interesting to see what offers we get this week, ISSUES knew he could knock out everyone wants to be involved in a David Haye FOR Mark de Mori and he wanted fight because it brings prestige and it brings Shane to put on a spectacular show money. So we’ll decide on an opponent soon, McGuigan for his fans, and also make I think he’ll have one more fight then he’ll be FREE David Haye’s a big statement.