New IBF middleweight champion of the world Gennadiy Golovkin will return in early 2020, as Eddie Hearn charts a course for a fight with mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta in February or March. And while that fight is next on the docket for Golovkin, Hearn is looking to revive negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions to set […]
Deontay Wilder is looking for the role he was born to play, as he campaigns for a role in the Creed series of films. While he looks to knock out Luis Ortiz on November 23rd, the WBC world heavyweight champion feels like it is time for him to be more than just a boxer. “My […]
Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr have signed a contract to fight on December 20th, but one thing can stand in the way. Back in October, Chavez Jr allegedly evaded VADA testers, who were looking to test the former middleweight champion prior to the fight’s announcement. Per Jacobs’ promoter Eddie Hearn, Chavez Jr was […]
Less than a week after his first defense of the WBC lightweight title, Devin Haney has been ordered to face his first mandatory defense against Javier Fortuna, Haney, who was granted the undisputed crown after the WBC anointed Vasyl Lomachenko as the “Franchise” champion of the division, earned a unanimous decision win over Alfredo Santiago […]
The power of YouTube was fully on display Saturday night, as KSI’s controversial win over Logan Paul drew millions of eyes. Eddie Hearn, who promoted the card from Los Angeles’ Staples Center, told Sirius-XM’s Fight Nation that the “mind-blowing” numbers were more than June 1st’s unified world title upset when Andy Ruiz knocked out Anthony […]
Less than a month away from the biggest fight of his career, former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is doing all the right things according to David Haye. Haye, who retired in 2018, is currently managing popular heavyweight Dereck Chisora, who is sparring with Joshua to prepare him for current champion Andy Ruiz Jr […]
Canelo Alvarez’s return to Las Vegas can be considered a successful venture, but not as successful as his first foray into Sin City this year. Alvarez returned to action on November 2nd in his first attempt to become a four-division world champion, knocking out Sergey Kovalev in the 11th round of their DAZN broadcasted main […]
Following Tyson Fury’s successful WWE debut, footage came out of the former unified world heavyweight champion training with UFC middleweight Darren Till. Fury also made it clear that he’s gunning for current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who may be down for it. “Tyson Fury is coming in the mix now, I hear,” Stipe Miocic […]
While KSI celebrated, Logan Paul stood confused and his brother calling the sport rigged after the two made their pro boxing debuts on November 9th. KSI walked out of Staples Center with a majority decision win over the Ohio native on Saturday over a year removed from their 2018 draw in the United Kingdom. While […]
Eddie Hearn believes Deontay Wilder would take the opportunity to become WBC franchise champion to duck fights with Anthony Joshua or Dillian Whyte. “You can’t take anything Wilder says seriously,” The Matchroom Boxing boss told Sky Sports of Wilder’s insistence that he’d never take the Franchise label. “First of all he says ‘one face, one […]