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FIGHT WEEK IS now upon us and the Fury festivities are about to begin. As Queensberry’s eminent Master of Ceremonies Thomas Trieber likes to say, ‘The time has arrived’, and so it has. The WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World blockbuster between the champion Tyson Fury and his London rival – and mandatory challenger – Dillian Whyte.
IN JUNE OF last year the Telford International Arena marked the return of fans to our promotions when Daniel Dubois made a typically emphatic comeback following his setback against Joe Joyce.
Both David Avanesyan and Hamzah Sheeraz made short work of their opponents – who both came to fight – and issued major statements of intent ahead of their next challenges.
OUR 2022 SCHEDULE is set off and running at the fitting venue of York Hall on Friday and I can tell you that, while we are a little late off the mark, our forthcoming plans will more than make up for lost time.
THE TYSON FURY roadshow rolled into town on Tuesday to signpost the official launch of his WBC World heavyweight championship showdown against his mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte on April 23.
I WAS THRILLED on Friday to bring the Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte ‘will they, won’t they’ saga to a successful conclusion with a winning purse bid to ensure our man will enjoy his home comforts on the big night.
FIRST OF ALL, in what is my first column of 2022, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a slightly belated happy and healthy New Year. As I have expressed and commented on elsewhere, this year is going to be a big one for the Queensberry Collection of champions and leading contenders, such as the likes of Tyson Fury, Joe Joyce, Daniel Dubois, Anthony Yarde, Zach Parker and David Avenesyan.
CHRISTMAS IS FAST approaching and a year of boxing is drawing to a close. I am thrilled that ourselves and BT Sport will be quickly back in world title business early next year on January 15 with Callum Johnson, hopefully, becoming what I am told will be my 150th world champion when he challenges Joe Smith in New York.
I WAS THRILLED with the night of boxing delivered to a packed house at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday. It was edge of your seat stuff across a quality card and it was telling how many fans were in their seats before the TV fights started and remained in place right to the finish.
WE ARE BACK at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday evening for our final UK show of 2021 and I fully expect we will be seeing the year out with a bang. One year on, Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde are getting it on again following their closely-fought fight last year in Westminster and I am anticipating a different sort of spectacle this time around.