Summary: Golovkin-Brook Fight Week is here The Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook Fight Week schedule has been released. On Tuesday, at the West Piazza in Covent Garden, London, the fighters will be hosting public workouts from midday ahead of Saturday night’s action. The following fighters will perform workouts: Gennady Golovkin, Kell Brook, Lee Haskins, Stuart Hall, Charlie Edwards, Johnriel Casimero and Conor Benn. Press conferences for media only are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, the final weigh-in will start at 1pm at the 2,800 capacity Indigo at The O2. Golovkin is currently a -750 favorite in the bout, Brook backers can get +525. (5dimes) http://boxrec.com/boxer/272717 Kell Brook http://boxrec.com/boxer/356831 GGG Brook 5lbs heavier than GGG at WBC 7-day weigh-in Kell Brook hit the scales five pounds heavier than Gennady Golovkin in their final WBC check-weigh ahead of their monster clash for the WBC, IBF and IBO World Middleweight titles at The O2 in London on Saturday September 10, live on HBO and Sky Sports Box Office. Brook was weighed at the famous Wincobank Gym in Sheffield by the British Boxing Board of Control and weighed 167.8lbs, while Golovkin tipped the scales at 162.9lb at his Big Bear Training Camp in California. Cuadras 2.3lbs heavier than Chocolatito at WBC 7-day weigh-in WBC Flyweight World Champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, (45-0-0, 38KO’s) and undefeated WBC Super Flyweight World Champion Carlos “Principe” Cuadras (35-0-1, 27KO’s) both weighed in within the World Boxing Council (WBC) required 7-day limits ahead of their battle on September 10 at the Fabulous Forum and telecast live on HBO. From his training camp in Big Bear Lake, California, “Chocolatito” tipped the scale at 117.9 while Cuadras reported 120.2 from his base in Los Angeles. For super flyweight world title fights, the WBC mandates that fighters must be no more than 120.75lbs. seven days prior to the fight http://boxrec.com/boxer/453289 Cuadras http://boxrec.com/boxer/319725 Gonzalez Ryan Martin added to Cuadras-Chocolatito undercard Undefeated lightweight Ryan “Blue Chip” Martin, (15-0, 9 KOs) will face Fermin “El Seda” De Los Santos, (28-15-2, 18 KOs) in an eight round clash on the non-televised undercard of the WBC super flyweight world championship between Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, (45-0-0, 38 KOs) and defending undefeated world champion Carlos “Principe” Cuadras, (35-0-0, 27 KOs) September 10 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Martin vs. De Los Santos, contested for the vacant World Boxing Council Continental Americas title, will be telecast live on the international broadcast on the evening of the event. Co-featured on September 10 and also telecast live on HBO along with Gonzalez vs. Cuadras is a 10-round junior middleweight rematch between Yoshihiro Kamegai, (26-3-2, (23 KOs) and Jesus “Renuente” Soto-Karass, (28-10-4, 18 KOs). Ortiz-Ustinov collapses (again) The WBA-mandated fight between WBA interim heavyweight champion Luis Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) and Alexander Ustinov(33-1, 24 KOs) has apparently fallen apart for the second time. Ustinov’s representative Vlad Hrunov informed Fightnews.com® that the deadline has passed for Ortiz to sign for the fight after World of Boxing won the right to promote the bout at a WBA purse bid on August 15. Ortiz-Ustinov was originally planned for the Canelo-Smith undercard on September 17 in Dallas. Ortiz refused that agreement and instead bought out his contract with Golden Boy. There was then talk of the bout landing on the Kovalev-Ward card. Team Fury Press Conference Postponed A Team Fury press conference scheduled for today has been postponed. A rescheduled date will be announced shortly. Promoter Frank Warren says he expects an announcement shortly to confirm everything is going ahead as planned regarding the rematch between WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former champ Wladimir Klitschko slated for October 29 in Manchester, England. Looks like there is...
