Day: February 20, 2019

Respected boxing promoter Richard Schaefer is well known for being a man who can spot talent in professional boxing. In years gone by Schaefer is credited by many as having been the leading force in building Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. In recent years Schaefer has gone out…

The famous $50 million offer tabled to Anthony Joshua for a showdown and a chance to unify the belts with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder just won’t seem to go away. In recent weeks fellow promotional stablemate to Joshua, Dillian Whyte even admitted that he saw that the offer was…

Errol Spence Jr, the IBF welterweight champion is regarded by many as one of the best fighters in the sport today pound for pound. While pound for pound is always debated by many fans given the difficult nature of the concept in the first place, Spence is probably in most…

IBF welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr is gearing up for his latest defence next month when he takes on fellow pound for pound rated star Mikey Garcia. Two undefeated fighters in their prime, in many ways, both fighters represent the new era of pound for pound talent breaking through…

Promoter of Anthony Joshua, Eddie Hearn has been going to bat with former undisputed heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis a lot in the media in recent times. The beef between the two stems from Lewis been critical of Joshua not taking on either Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder as of…

Indeed, it turns out the legendary Hall of Fame promoter and passionate boxing nut Bob Arum can get in touch with his heated rival Al Haymon after all. Haymon advises WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. In recent weeks promoter Arum has had less than complimentary things to say about the…

Many claimed that the push from Jarrell Miller to Anthony Joshua in New York was staged this week but the promoter of the event Eddie Hearn has been passionately claiming that it was not staged at all. Either way, the fact Joshua that didn’t react and showed the level of…

Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Jarrell Miller got as personal as they both possibly could this week at their first fight press conference. The bout is scheduled for June 1st in New York but clearly the bad blood is already there months out already. At one point in the press…

Anthony Joshua has shown a more mean and ruthless side to his personality this week when brought face to face with American Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller again. Joshua clearly despises him and thinks little of his fight game or him as a person outside the ring. This mindset came across…

Jarrell Miller will challenge heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on June 1st in his home town of New York at Madison Square Garden. The two took to the stage yesterday in some scenes that have blown up in the boxing world following some very heated verbal and at one point a…

Earlier this week it was announced that lineal heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury had done a deal to have his fights in the US shown exclusively on ESPN moving forward in what was described as a long-term deal. Huge news that rocked the boxing landscape in terms of possible fights…

Oscar De La Hoya who is the promoter of rising undefeated star Ryan Garcia has taken his time to respond to a public offer levelled at his young prospect by one Floyd Mayweather in recent days. Former pound for pound boxing number one turned promoter Mayweather told Garcia that he’d…

Following the news that pound for pound boxing star Vasyl Lomachenko will next face former world champion Anthony Crolla of Manchester, UK in his next bout, certain areas of the boxing world have been very critical of the fight. Sure, it’s a tough fight for Anthony but it’s a well…

Heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua is on the front foot at the moment and not just in the boxing ring. You can tell he’s been patiently sitting back and listening to the various comments about him in recent times in terms of criticism received for not facing either…

Heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua dropped the corporate and nice guy act this week with a man he clearly can’t wait to lay his fists upon — Jarrell Miller. Going back to last year when the two first met on stage before Joshua vs Povetkin, Miller took the…

Chris Eubank Jr and his father have pulled out all the stops today on TV in promotion of this weekend’s showdown with James DeGale fight at the 02 Arena in London. While senior is not as active as he once was in his son’s career from a business or training…

Heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua is in New York this week announcing his upcoming bout against Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller on June 1st at Madison Square Garden. For those who’s covered and worked in boxing over the years they’ll attest to the fact that things can get a…

Usually when things go quiet in boxing that’s a good sign. A good sign in that the real players behind the scenes and the people that actually count are working on a deal and that something is super close to being announced for a fighter. Middleweight knockout artist Gennady Golovkin…

This week heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce will take on former heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne as part of the James DeGale vs Chris Eubank Jr bill taking place in the UK. It’s a decent card to be fair. In terms of this heavyweight fight on it, it will certainly represent a…

While the boxing world is on fire at the moment and the heavyweight division is in particular — there is another giant coming to it soon. All the talk at the moment is about the likes of Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury of course. Those three being the…

Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua really showed himself in a genuine light this week at his latest fight announcement against Jarrell Miller on June 1st at MSG. Many have criticized the ferocious fighter of being to media trained outside of the ring with some calling him things like ‘Fake J.” Absolute…

Promoter of Anthony Joshua, Eddie Hearn has warmed to the news this week that WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder reportedly said he is a free agent for his fights in terms of what TV network they are shown on. Wilder’s fights had previously been shown on Showtime…

One of boxing’s true nice guys and former world champion Anthony Crolla of Manchester has landed himself a huge opportunity to take on one of the very best fighters in the world today. Pound for pound. Dan Rafael confirmed this week that Crolla will challenge pound for pound supremo Vasyl…

Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis has found himself back in the conversation in the modern landscape in the sport recently. Largely for his very public criticism of fellow UK fighter and current heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Both Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn have batted back…

Anthony Joshua has been coming in for an awful lot of necessary flack lately but say what you want about him, the man is a huge star in the sport of boxing in the UK and worldwide and very soon — should be in the US too. An iconic moment…

Boxer Amir Khan is currently gearing up for one of the biggest tests of his professional boxing career against pound for pound star Terence Crawford next up. He’s currently awaiting the official date and venue to be fully confirmed following a press conference in the UK recently announcing that the…

Anthony Joshua signalled the beginning of his US debut this week at a press conference in New York where the heavyweight champion came face to face with challenger Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller. The two had met on stage previously in New York before the build up to Joshua vs Povetkin…