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The latest harrowing news to surface from the Ukraine-Russia conflict has apparently compelled Terence Crawford to provide a public service announcement.
Eddie Hearn believes he has the right solution for a problem he feels lightweight contender Ryan Garcia will have to face up to soon. Hearn, the head of Matchroom Boxing, suggested in a recent interview that Garcia will have trouble landing “mega fights”, since most of the titlists and top contenders in the division are occupied for the next year or so.
No one will likely mistake the fighting style of Errol Spence Jr. for the pyrotechnical brilliance of an Aaron Pryor or Hector Camacho, but that does not mean the welterweight titlist’s more measured cadence of boxing is not highly effective in its own right.
Trainer SugarHill Steward is not about to hold his breath for an all-British showdown to materialize between two of the biggest heavyweight names in boxing.
Claressa Shields is not too enamored with the idea of unifying her middleweight titles in her opponent’s backyard. Shields, the WBC, WBA, and IBF women’s middleweight champion, is on a collision course to face WBO middleweight titlist Savannah Marshall in a full unification bout this summer on Sky Sports, which has both fighters under exclusive contract through its association with promoter Boxxer.
One hurdle standing in the way of an intriguing non-title bout between British countrymen Kell Brook and Chris Eubank Jr. has apparently been cleared.
Promoter Bob Arum is all ears as it pertains to working with Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez on a potential fight, but the 90-year-old veteran also knows that any negotiations will heavily depend on figuring out one of boxing’s chronic, cardinal problems: who gets the broadcast rights?
There is only “one street” in Devin Haney’s mind. In a recent interview, the WBC lightweight titleholder tried to refute the notion that fighters who belong to different promotional entities are more or less consigned to operating within their respective spheres, thus preventing the most competitive matches in the sport from being made.
Not even promoter Kathy Duva has any inkling of what to expect from her longtime charge, former light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev, when he enters the ring as a cruiserweight.
Bob Arum is not entirely convinced that Tyson Fury will hang up the gloves after his fight with Dillian Whyte, not when the prospect of making incredible money against a big-name opponent still looms.