Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith insists unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr wants to face WBC holder Devin Haney for the undisputed title but says the Australian’s promoter Lou DiBella needs to be “sensible”. The two fighters have spent weeks tweeting one another with various claims and insults. Haney’s promoter Eddie Hearn has had his […]
Former British welterweight champion Bradley Skeete has retired from the sport, according to trainer Dominic Ingle. After a two-and-a-half-year lay-off the Londoner returned last June, with new trainer Dominic Ingle in his corner, to record the 29th win of his career against Dale Arrowsmith in Sheffield. Skeete, who has fought the likes of Frankie Gavin, […]
John ‘The Gorilla’ Ryder picked up the biggest win of his career on Saturday night by defeating former two-weight world champion Danny Jacobs by split decision. The WBA super-middleweight title eliminator was a fight of two halves with Jacobs controlling the first six before Ryder switched on and made matters more competitive from the seventh […]
Ryan Garcia will now be trained by Joe Goossen after parting ways with Eddy Reynoso. The world-rated unbeaten lightweight made the announcement as he prepares for his comeback on April 9 against Emmanuel Tagoe. “I am excited to announce that I will be working with Hall of Fame trainer Joe Goosen, in addition to my […]
WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was arrested on Friday. Nicknamed ‘Hit Man’, the 31-year-old Houston native had a warrant issued against him by the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office in Texas. TMZ report that the boxer was booked on a felony charge of assaulting a family/household member. Charlo’s mug shot is already online and circulating. […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn has been critical of Chris Eubank Jr’s display against Liam Williams last weekend which led to Junior winning on points. The middleweight bout in Cardiff saw Williams visit the canvas four times, three of which came in the first four rounds. Despite a valiant comeback from the Welshman Eubank ran out a […]
Lee McGregor (11-0-1, 9 KOs) suffered a blot on his record after recording a draw against Diego Ruiz (23-4-1, 12 KOs) at York Hall on Friday night. The ten-round bout ended in a 95-95 verdict awarded by referee Kieran McCann. It’s a slight setback for the European bantamweight champion who was predicted to go on […]
Shane McGuigan has called on promoter Eddie Hearn to secure a fight against Fabio Turchi for their European cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith. Turchi, an Italian southpaw, only has one defeat on his record (20-1, 14 KOs) which came against Tommy McCarthy in October 2019. The Northern Irishman then went on to win the vacant European […]
Eddie Hearn has backed Dillian Whyte’s silent treatment towards Tyson Fury during the early build-up to their WBC heavyweight title fight. Queensberry beat Matchroom to win the purse bids with a whopping offer of over $40 million dollars to stage the bout. Fury, the champion, has continuously used social media to berate his mandatory challenger. […]
Canelo Alvarez trainer Eddy Reynoso has quashed any reports that his fighter is signing a two-fight deal with Matchroom. Earlier this week ESPN broke the news that the undisputed super-middleweight champion was finalising a move to Eddie Hearn’s stable. Dmitry Bivol and May and Gennadiy Golovkin in September were the speculated opponents. Reynoso published a […]
Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson have signed their contracts to unify the super-featherweight division. Both published a photograph of themselves on social media with pen and paperwork while Top Rank, who promote the two fighters, confirmed the news on Twitter. “Stay tuned for the official #ValdezStevenson details to come.” The WBC champion (Valdez) and the […]
It has been confirmed that Paul Butler will get another chance to challenge John Riel Casimero for the WBO bantamweight title. Boxing Social brought you the news last month that the former IBF bantamweight champion had not only landed a second opportunity against the Filipino but has home advantage too. The fight will take place […]