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DAZN News Daily Round-Up: Foster open to Lomachenko, 'Boots' eyes Fundora
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DAZN News rounds up the biggest boxing stories on Monday, July 5.
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Foster open to Lomachenko bout
O'Shaquie Foster would entertain a possible bout with Vasiliy Lomachenko, offering the latter a title shot on his return from retirement.
The Ukrainian previously hung up his gloves in 2024, but appears set to reverse his decision and mount a comeback later this year.
Lomachenko only wants the big fights - and WBC super-featherweight champion Foster is open to giving the star a crack at him too.
“I would give him the opportunity,” Foster told The Ring. “I can be the first one he comes to see. I’ll send him back to where he needs to be."
'Boots' eyes Fundora encounter
Jaron Ennis wants to make a light-middleweight unification bout with Sebastian Fundora, even as the latter faces a mandatory challenger.
'Boots' dethroned Xander Zayas to take WBA and WBO honours in the division last month, and is now chasing a third belt at the summit.
His rival will take on Ermal Hadribeaj before the end of 2026, theoretically scotching any bout, but Ennis insists the star is his priority.
"I want Fundora," he told Put’cha Gloves On. "Bring on that tall [man]. We’re going to chop him down, [and] chop him down easy."
Haney blasts Mason-Bell call
Devin Haney has hit out at the decision to call a late stoppage in Abdullah Mason's WBO lightweight title victory over Albert Bell on Saturday.
The champion survived a scare against an opponent parachuted in at short notice to retain his crown after officials intervened late in the game.
But Haney took exception to the decision, praising Mason while insisting his opponent should have been allowed to finish on his own terms.
Abdullah is nice [and] he will get even better from that fight," he wrote on X. "But that was a terrible stoppage. Albert deserved to finish the fight that he might’ve been winning."
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