Eddie Hearn has worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars during his rise to becoming a global boxing promoter – but there’s always one that gets away. Kicking off with the likes of Carl Froch and Tony Bellew, Hearn then signed Anthony Joshua from the amateur ranks after Olympic Gold and went about turning […]
The rematch between two-time world champion, Anthony Joshua, and world title challenger, Dillian Whyte, edges closer. Joshua and Whyte fought once in the amateurs – a Whyte victory – before facing off in the pro ranks back in 2015 for the British Heavyweight title. ‘AJ’ took it by knockout in the seventh after being wobbled […]
Tony Bellew has remained coy on a potential comeback since floating the idea recently, but if he is to do it it will be for one reason and one reason alone. The Liverpool man hung up the gloves back in 2018 following a punishing knockout loss at the hands of current unified heavyweight champion, Oleksandr […]
Jared Anderson was taken the distance for the first time in his career by Charles Martin in front of 7,234 hometown fans in Toledo, Ohio. The coverage of Anderson in recent weeks tells you everything you need to know about how high hopes are for the 23-year-old, and a hometown headliner makes it clear that […]
Shakur Stevenson has publicly declined what he sees as a lowball offer, and fans believe the man who made it is Devin Haney. The two-division world champion is just one fight into his 135lbs campaign, but has already found himself in the mandatory slot for Haney’s world titles. Whether or not it happens is another […]
Anthony Joshua is confident of the outcome should he face Dillian Whyte for a second time in their professional careers. The two heavyweights have been in talks to reignite their rivalry that last played out in the ring back in 2015 – an Anthony Joshua knockout victory for the British title. Since then, Joshua has […]
Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang will rematch on September 23 at the OVO Arena, Wembley – but there could be another show in town according to Eddie Hearn. The two heavyweights battled it out for Joyce’s WBO Interim title and mandatory position back in April, with Zhang’s accurate work resulting in the first loss of […]
Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez has revealed he will face undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo on September 30 in Las Vegas. Following a homecoming bout in Guadalajara, Mexico in which he decisioned a valiant John Ryder, Canelo has been strongly linked with two fights – defend his titles against David Benavidez at super-middleweight or rematch Dmitry […]
Shakur Stevenson is ‘ready and waiting’ for a shot at Devin Haney’s undisputed lightweight title. The two-division world champion is only one fight deep into his lightweight campaign, but his previous honours have seen him to the mandatory slot for Haney’s belts. That should be enough for fans to see the fight – which promises […]
Deontay Wilder claims to have ‘told his people’ to make Andy Ruiz Jr available to face Anthony Joshua back in 2019. Joshua’s first fight in America was close to collapse at the final minute when his opponent, Jarrell Miller, tested positive for banned substances. The brash Brooklynite was subsequently ruled out and replaced by former […]
Tyson Fury believes he can get his countryman Joe Joyce over the line in a rematch with Zhilei Zhang. The second fight between the pair has just been made official, with Joyce attempting to right the wrong of his April 15 performance that ended in a referee’s stoppage due to an increasingly swelling eye. Zhang […]
Boxing Social predicts three fights from a weekend packed full of action, starting with Savannah Marshall’s undisputed title challenge in Manchester and ending across the pond for Jared Anderson’s steady rise in the heavyweight ranks. Franchón Crews-Dezurn vs Savannah Marshall Savannah Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) dusts herself off and has a second crack at becoming […]