Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakawhiwhia a Kevin Mitchell ki te painga o te whare mo tana tuarua o te taitara o te ao ki a Jorge Linares. Ka tutaki a Mitchell ki te toa WBC i te O2 Arena i te Mei 30 hei waahanga o te taitara taitara o te ao. Ko Lee Selby ka wero i te taitara IBF ki a Evgeny Gradovich i te wa e mahi ana a Anthony Joshua i te taumaha taumaha ki a Kevin Johnson. I whiua e Kevin Mitchell (māui) a Daniel Estrada kia whai wāhi ai ia ki te toa taumaha māmā o te WBC a Jorge Linares. I hinga a Linares (māui) i a Javier Prieto ki te wikitōria i te whitiki harakore i Hapani i te Hakihea o te tau kua hipa. I riro a Mitchell hei kaiwhakataetae whakahau mo te whitiki a Linares ma te whiu i a Daniel Estrava i te marama o Hanuere. I werohia e te 30-tau-tau mai i Dagenham a Ricky Burns i te tau 2012, engari i aukatihia i te rauna tuawha. I hinga ano ia ki a Michael Katsidis mo te taitara WBO mo te wa poto i Upton Park e rua tau ki muri. I te tau kua hipa, i hinga a Mitchell i a Ghislain Maduma i Wembley engari kaore i whakauruhia hei kaiwhakataetae whakahau a te IBF i muri i te kore e tutuki i te taumaha i te ra o te whawhai. Ko te kaiwhakatairanga a Eddie Hearn i korero ki a Sky Sports News: 'Ko Kevin Mitchell tetahi o nga toa tino pukumahi i roto i te mekemeke o Ingarangi; ko ia hoki tetahi o nga tino pai. 'I ētahi wā he roa ake te wa ki te whakatutuki i tāu e hiahia ana engari e whakapono ana ahau he wā tino pai tēnei mō ia kia tutuki i a ia tana moemoea, kia riro ai ia hei toa o te ao WBC.' I whiwhi a Lee Selby i tana wāhi whakahauanga mō te taitara taimaha pene IBF mā te whiu i a Joel Brunker i te tau whakamutunga. Kei a Selby te painga o te whare ki te toa o Ruhia a Evgeny Gradovich (i runga ake nei) ka tutaki ratou i te marama o Mei. I tēnei wā, kei te tatari a Selby mai i te Oketopa mo tana whiwhinga taitara ao i muri i tana whakamutu i te Joel Brunker kāore anō kia hinga i te iwa o nga rauna. Kei te pupuri a Gradovich i te whitiki IBF mai i te 2013 a kua wikitoria ia i te 19 o ana whawhai 20, me te toenga atu. I tāpiri atu a Hearn: 'Mai i te wā i uru mai ai a Lee ki a mātou, he tino pai ia. Ko ia te mea tino pai i roto i te whawhai e whakaatu ana ki a koe he aha te whakaaro o te iwi ki a ia. 'E whakapono ana ahau ka taea e ia te haere tonu, me te riro i te nui o te mekemeke Ingarihi.' I whakaritea a Joshua kia tutaki ki a Johnson i te marama o Hanuere engari...
Ka whawhai a Kevin Mitchell mō te taitara o te ao taumaha māmā WBC i te 30 o Mei. Ka whawhai ia ki te toa o Whenetūrea a Jorge Linares i te O2 i Rānana. Ka whawhai hoki a Lee Selby mō tētahi taitara o te ao, te whitiki taimaha pene o te IBF. Ko te Welshman e whawhai ana ki te toa o Rūhia a Evgeny Gradovich. Ka aro atu a Anthony Joshua ki a Kevin Johnson i runga i te kāri o mua.