Dan RafaelESPN Senior Writer

A few notes from around the boxing world:

• Dominic Breazeale (17-0, 15 KOs), the 2012 U.S. Olympian who will challenge IBF heavyweight world titleholder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) on June 25 (Showtime, 5:15 p.m. ET) at the O2 Arena, arrived in London on Thursday. Breazeale met the media upon his arrival and said he was confident in bringing the title back to the United States.“We’re two knockout artists so whoever lands first is going to win,” Breazeale said. “I know I got under his skin at the first press conference. He was rattled when we met and he knows I’m not some pushover like he’s had in the past. I am an opportunist and if I see an opportunity, I am going to take advantage of it. If he exposes something or shows a weakness of some sort, I plan to take advantage of it.

  “I’ll go with the game plan, of course. My trainer, Manny Robles, has done a great job developing a game plan during our training camp. I’ll hit him hard, hit him strong, hit him with everything. Just be ready. We’ve had a great camp and it’s the most exciting part about camp is getting to the finish line and I am excited. I am ready to be victorious on June 25.”

• Middleweights Avtandil Khurtsidze (32-2-2, 21 KOs) and Tommy Langford (16-0, 5 KOs) have been ordered to meet in a world title elimination bout to produce a mandatory challenger to titleholder Billy Joe Saunders of England. If promoters Lou DiBella and Frank Warren — representing Khurtsidze and Langford, respectively — do not make a deal by June 22, the WBO will order a purse bid. The minimum bid is $200,000. Either side can call for a purse bid at any point during the negotiation period. Khurtsidze, 37, of Georgia, is coming off his biggest win on March 5, a 10th-round knockout of then-undefeated up-and-comer Antoine Douglas. Langford, 26, of England, won the vacant Commonwealth title in his last fight, a unanimous decision against Lewis Taylor on March 12.
• NBC Sports executive Luis Ferrer, one of the point people in negotiating the deal with Al Haymon to bring Premier Boxing Champions to the network in 2015, is leaving effective Friday. Ferrer, who worked as an HBO Sports boxing executive for 10 years before joining NBC in 2013, plans to remain in boxing.