Notes: Charlo-Williams, Commey-Easter title fights agreed to

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A few notes from around the boxing world:

A pair of IBF purse bids, both for world title bouts and scheduled on Tuesday, were canceled because the sides made deals for the fights. According to the sanctioning body, terms were agreed to between junior middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18 KOs) and mandatory challenger Julian “J Rock” Williams (22-0-1, 14 KOs), and for the vacant lightweight title bout between Richard Commey (24-0, 22 KOs) and Robert Easter (17-0, 14 KOs). Commey-Easter is due to take place Sept. 9 in Reading, Pennsylvania and Charlo-Williams on Oct. 1 in the Los Angeles area. Other details, including which television networks will cover each bout, have not been announced.

Col. Bob Sheridan, the famed broadcaster who has called boxing matches since beginning on the radio in Miami in 1967 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame last month, will reach a major milestone on Saturday night at the MGM …

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