Sports Journalist · 219 articles
Eddie Hearn has revealed a possible fight between Derek Chisora and Francis Ngannou could be on the planned Saudi Arabia heavyweight card for December. Speaking on the MMA hour with Ariel Helwani, Hearn maintained that The Middle East show is targeting Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk on the same […]
Tyson Fury has admitted that one of his recent heavyweight title fights took a lot out of his opponent, but also himself. Fury is no stranger to the big stage, catapulting himself into super stardom when he did what most though was impossible – dethroning Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to become the unified heavyweight champion. […]
Tyson Fury is still searching for a September opponent having recently been linked to most names in the division. Fury hasn’t fought since defeating his ‘old pal’ Derek Chisora for a third time last December. After a deal to fight Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight crown collapsed, ‘The Gypsy King’ has been linked to […]
Deontay Wilder’s trainer, Malik Scott, has revealed that Andy Ruiz Jr is the likely next opponent for his charge. Last November, the WBC ordered Wilder and Ruiz to face each other to become mandatory for a shot at Tyson Fury’s belt. However, after promising noises to begin with, talks appeared to fizzle out then went […]
Tyson Fury is no longer interested whether he fights Oleksandr Usyk or not – according to his father, John. The head of the Fury family firmly lays the blame with the Ukrainian as to why a deal to make the undisputed clash fell apart earlier this year. Earlier in the week John already claimed the […]
Badou Jack has ruled out fighting Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez next after recent speculation the two could meet in Saudi Arabia. Amer Abdallah of Skill Chalenge Promotions handles Jack’s affairs and earlier this week revealed they were in direct talks with the Mexican’s team about a potential fight for his man’s WBC cruiserweight title. Canelo has […]
Eddie Hearn has revealed he’ll be looking to make Devin Haney an offer next week to fight Regis Prograis at super-lightweight. Haney is coming off a somewhat controversial victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko, where, although ‘The Dream’ retained his undisputed crown, many felt the Ukrainian had done enough to walk away with the belts. The American […]
Boxing legend, Evander Holyfield, has had his say on the current heavyweight division – and believes one man stands alone at the top. Holyfield is regarded as one of boxing’s all time greats, and has his name etched into the sport’s history as the only man to be undisputed at both Cruiserweight and Heavyweight. One […]
John Fury, father of WBC champion, Tyson, is adamant that Oleksandr Usyk’s scheduled fight against Daniel Dubois will not be happening. Usyk had looked set to face Fury earlier this year in a fight to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis. However, after drawn out negotiations the Ukrainian’s team eventually pulled the […]
Former two-time heavyweight champion, George Foreman, has given his assessment of the current big hitters in boxing and named two he believes could have competed in ‘any era’. ‘Big George’ is regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time and fought against some of the biggest names in the sport, including Joe Frazier, […]
The Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya back and forth doesn’t look like ending anytime soon. Hearn previously commented on the ‘bizarre’ public spat between De La Hoya and his fighter, Ryan Garcia after the two had traded insults on twitter in the wake of Garcia’s defeat to Gervonta Davis. ‘Golden Boy’ responded to […]
Eddie Hearn has revealed that two other heavyweights, along with Dillian Whyte, are in the running to face Anthony Joshua on August 12. Joshua looks set to take on Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia this December, with both men making it clear that’s the fight they want. ‘AJ’ and Hearn have been open about wanting […]