Eddie Hearn has expressed concern over whether or not Tyson Fury will accept a fight with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia towards the end of the year, but has revealed he has been assured it will not hamper plans for Anthony Joshua to face Deontay Wilder. Skill Challenge Entertainment are keen to stage Fury vs […]
Unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has weighed in with a prediction for the upcoming undisputed welterweight clash between Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. After years of wasted negotiations, back and forth playing of the blame game and breaking the hearts of all boxing fans, Spence and Crawford will finally settle their differences and establish […]
Hall of famer Roy Jones Jr has weighed in on the reignited talks of a fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, believing the latter should avoid it. Fury’s team said Joshua’s side had elected to put a pin in negotiations for an all British dust up this autumn, with their focus to remain on […]
Although talk of an undisputed heavyweight world title fight in Saudi Arabia between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has been rampant over the past couple of months, there is yet to be any confirmation of written offers being sent to either man. However, with Usyk announcing a link up with Skills Challenge Entertainment over the […]
Former four weight world champion, Roy Jones Jr, has weighed in with a prediction for next month’s hotly anticipated undisputed welterweight title fight between Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. After years of failed negotiations, playing the blame game and causing mass frustration amongst boxing fans, Spence and Crawford will finally settle their differences and, […]
Jake Paul has reaffirmed his intentions to rematch Tommy Fury, and even publicly stated the date he has in mind for a second meeting. Fury inflicted upon Paul the first defeat of his professional boxing career to date, when he emerged with a split decision victory at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia in February […]
The question around who is the greatest heavyweight of all time often leads to fervent debate amongst fans, media and fighters alike. Lennox Lewis and Muhammad Ali are two of the names often cited, with both men boasting incredibly deep resumes and having faced everyone in their era. However, on a recent podcast appearance, Mike […]
Shane McGuigan enjoyed one of his stand out moments as a trainer towards the end of last month, when Chris Billam-Smith defeated Lawrence Okolie at the Vitality Stadium to become WBO cruiserweight champion of the world. Okolie himself had been under McGuigan’s tutelage up until the start of this year, but left to link up […]
The upcoming undisputed welterweight clash between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr has seemingly split fans, the media and fighters right down the middle with regards to who is going to emerge with all four of the major world titles. The pair will lock horns at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 29th […]
Eddie Hearn has fired back at Teddy Atlas over the choice of opponents for some of his Irish fighters on the show in Dublin last month. Atlas blasted Hearn’s matchmaking for home boxers Katie Taylor and Gary Cully, who lost out to Chantelle Cameron and Jose Felix respectively, describing it as “horrible.” However, the Matchroom […]
Joe Joyce has reflected on his loss to Zhilei Zhang earlier this year, and admits he was surprised by Zhang at the CopperBox Arena that night. Zhang handed Joyce the first defeat of his professional career back in April, overturning wide betting odds when he forced referee Howard Foster to wave the fight off due […]
Despite not appearing to be too keen on the idea in the immediate aftermath of their first fight, Joe Joyce has to decided to activate a contractual rematch clause and take a second crack at Zhilei ‘Big Bang’ Zhang. Zhang handed Joyce the first defeat of his professional career in April, upsetting the bookmakers’ odds […]