Eddie Hearn makes no apologies for the way his emotions get the best of him on nights where his clients produce stirring, odds-beating wins. The head of Matchroom Boxing recently recounted his famous show of exuberance in May 2012, when his charge Carl Froch drubbed then IBF 168-pound champion Lucian Bute in five rounds in
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GH3 Promotions and Boxlab Promotions return Saturday, July 23 for “Orlando Fight Night” at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL. Headlining is lightweight Joseph Adorno of Allentown, PA in a six round contest. Adorno is 15-1-2 with 13 knockouts and scored a highlight reel one-punch knockout of Juan Santiago on May 21. Adorno’s opponent will
The other way stood a very slim chance of working out for Mikaela Mayer. A desire to fully conquer the junior lightweight division was always a goal, though there was growing concern that she was being frozen out by the competition. Mayer long called for unification bouts with WBA titlist Hyun Mi Choi and the
Jose Benavidez Jr. could have traveled in a straight line to the target pursued by his next opponent. The former interim junior welterweight titlist and welterweight title challenger instead chose to gamble on himself in belief that he could have his cake and eat it too. A future showdown with secondary WBA middleweight titlist Erislandy
Professional boxing is back in Puerto Rico, with a card being staged by Miguel Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment, according to Giovanny Vega. Both companies will present another chapter of Boxeo Al Máximo Internacional series on July 6, to be held this time at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar hotel in Río Grande. The card
Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez will consider all viable alternatives before determining the next step for his career. The champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) at 108 pounds maintained that he will give priority to the option that represents the best benefits from an economic aspect. “I will wait for some results to determine if I
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis was flattered by the recent recognition he received from boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather, the five-division world champion and recent Hall of Fame inductee, made some remarks about Ennis a few months ago in which he praised the Philadelphia welterweight. Many consider Ennis to be a rising star in the sport.
After taking two overhand rights flush on the chin at the end of the first round of his bout against Christian Hammer last Saturday, Joe Joyce had a knowing glance on his face. His eyebrows raised, his lips pursed, the facial pronunciation of “whew, okay.” In that moment, Joyce could have been thinking any of
One of the sport’s good guys has made the media rounds for one of his worst days. Veteran ring Joe Antonacci was recently charged with assault and criminal defacement stemming from a springtime road rage incident in Elmhurst, Illinois, according to a report from Patch.com. Antonacci—a New Jersey native who now lives in the
NEW YORK–Johnathon Banks was not much interested in parroting what he feels are hackneyed talking points from the boxing media. The trainer of unified middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin, Banks pushed against the notion that his charge might be in diminished form because of his relatively advanced age of 40 during an interview given at a
Mark Wilson, the head trainer of newly crowned world champion Jai Opetaia, had no idea his boxer’s jaw was broken for at least nine rounds in Saturday’s title fight with Mairis Briedis. Opetaia’s jaw was busted up in the second round, but Wilson didn’t realize his boxer was injured until the eleventh. “I didn’t know
Joe Joyce did what Joe Joyce does as he battered Christian Hammer into submission in four rounds at Wembley Arena to stay on track for a world heavyweight title shot. Hammer certainly took his blows, going down four times, but he landed some big punches too. The difference was, as Joyce’s opponents have found before,
All the talk from Anthony Joshua about the changes he has made ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk are seemingly of no interest to the Ukrainian, As they head to Saudi Arabia next month, Usyk is only thinking about himself. Usyk had been the underdog when he took the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight
The mindset is different, but the emotion is still there. For a long time, Michael Conlan was hurt following his devastating if thrilling knockout defeat to Leigh Wood in the only loss of his career so far. That was in March, and he subsequently licked his wounds. The 30-year-old sulked and moped, went to Portugal
The World Boxing Council (WBC) granted the representatives of boxers Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo additional time to negotiate the details so that a fight between them can take place. Arroyo filed a petition with the WBC to declare him a proprietary 112-pound champion because Martinez pulled out of their bout that was scheduled
NEW YORK–Some of the greatest opponents Gennadiy Golovkin has ever faced have never stepped foot inside a professional boxing ring. Which is to say that the Kazakh puncher and current unified middleweight titlist does not exactly consider Alvarez the toughest adversary he has ever gone up against, despite the fact that his lone career loss
Adam Kownacki is not abandoning his dream of becoming the first Polish heavyweight to win a major title. However, he fully acknowledges that he has entered sink or swim territory heading into his next fight. The Brooklyn-based slugger returns to the ring following back-to-back stoppage losses to Robert Helenius. Kownacki begins the comeback tour against
Bob Arum’s public refusal to sign off on a 175-pound full-unification bout unless it satisfies his commitment to ESPN has baffled an executive at a rival platform. Arum, the longtime head of Top Rank, indicated that he was unwilling to allow his charge, the WBC, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, to fight