Negotiations between Matchroom and Deontay Wilder’s management started on Thursday last week. Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn met with Shelly Finkel and Al Haymon in New York to discuss terms, dates and splits for the upcoming unifying heavyweight title fight. The WBC World heavyweight champion Wilder wants the bout sooner than later whereas Joshua’s side […]
This past Saturday night rumours started spreading that David Haye had injured himself during training and his fight against Tony Bellew was in jeopardy. According to Worldboxingnews.net, Haye’s Achilles had been causing problems again. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbF1H8lFI0o/?taken-by=tonybellew Haye initially injured his Achilles during his fight against Bellew back in March. ‘The Hayemaker’ was visibly hurt and could not […]
10. Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III – 1.4 Million PPV Buys Unfortunately, you rarely see relevant trilogies between two big names in boxing today but with Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, they even went at it for the fourth time. The third bout in 2010 was supposed to settle it all […]
Guillermo Rigondeaux may want Sam Maxwell’s number ahead of his super fight with Vasyl Lomachenko next month. The super-slick southpaws go head to head for Lomachenko’s WBO super-featherweight championship at a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Saturday, December 9 – and Maxwell knows it’s a tough night for Rigondeaux. He twice shared a ring with Lomachenko in […]
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has gone through a prolonged struggle against UK Anti-Doping. Fury and his cousin Hughie Fury tested positive for nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid. According to the BBC, the Fury’s had been using it in February 2015 before Fury’s fight against Wladimir Klitschko in November. Fury famously outboxed the Ukrainian heavyweight […]
Earlier today Anthony Joshua caused some social media havoc with his message to Tyson Fury calling him ‘a fat f*ck’ after saying in an interview with IFL.tv that he doesn’t really talk on social media. & @Tyson_Fury get fit you fat fuck — Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) November 9, 2017 The real anthony joshua? Because of […]
Anthony Joshua may have heard and read enough about Tyson Fury’s call outs and insults. The WBA, IBF &I IBO World heavyweight is known for not saying a lot to his fellow rivals, especially on social media, but this morning ‘AJ’ wrote a couple of tweets to two of his future opponents, Tyson Fury and […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn is currently in New York as he prepares for Matchroom’s first ever show in the US headlined by Danny Jacobs and Luis Arias. As reported earlier, Hearn also has an important business to attend to as he meets with Deontay Wilder’s management team today, Thursday. The hype behind Joshua-Wilder is there but it […]
Anthony Joshua has finally spoken. He’s been called out numerous times by Deontay Wilder live on television and on social media through tweets and videos. Joshua has kept quiet and offered few pushbacks to Wilder’s messages. The WBC World heavyweight champion demolished his mandatory challenger Bermane Stiverne last Saturday and declared war against Joshua in […]
The trash talking by Deontay Wilder continues as Anthony Joshua keeps it cool. Earlier this week Wilder was a guest together with his manager Shelly Finkel and promoter Eddie Hearn on ‘Tha Boxing Voice’ podcast show. The trio discussed fighting Joshua and Wilder wondered why Joshua hasn’t said much of anything apart from what Hearn […]
Andre Winner is the latest MMA fighter who’s set for a switch to professional boxing. Winner showed solid boxing skills and a terrific chin – he was never knocked out – while competing in the UFC and BAMMA and at 35, he reckons he has a couple of years to make an impact in the […]
The latest ‘Tha Boxing Voice podcast’ offered us a conversation between Eddie Hearn, Deontay Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel, and Wilder himself, but one guest a bit late to the party was Tyson Fury. After Hearn and Finkel were done discussing their possible meeting in New York, Fury was put on air and he congratulated Wilder for […]