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Joe Markowski thinks Bob Arum should speak for himself as it relates to his controversy-raising remarks on women’s boxing. Arum, the 90-year-old head of Top Rank Inc., caused a firestorm recently when he claimed that people “don’t particularly pay attention to the women’s fights.”
If Dillian Whyte finally gets the heavyweight title shot he is looking for against compatriot and WBC titlist Tyson Fury, it will be in no small part thanks to the efforts of a relatively unknown 27-year-old boxing promoter from England.
The father and business manager of WBC lightweight titleholder Devin Haney thinks George Kambosos Jr.’s insistence on making his inaugural lightweight defense in his homeland of Australia is something of a false premise.
Zolani Marali, a former lightweight contender from South Africa, was found dead in his Johannesburg apartment on Friday night, according to local South African news outlets.
Teofimo Lopez appears to have no plans of turning over a new leaf. The former lightweight champion is coming off on the losing end of one of the most startling upsets from last year, a points loss to George Kambosos Jr. on Nov. 27 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The loss prompted many observers to criticize the 24-year-old for his brashness leading up to that bout. Post-fight, Lopez was not exactly charitable, refusing to concede that the challenger had actually beaten him.
One thing is certain for Amir Khan: If he loses to his bitter rival Kell Brook next month, it won’t be because he lacked the wherewithal to adhere to certain spartan habits.
Keith Thurman remembers what it was like when he was a rising force within the welterweight division but couldn’t for the life of him get the top fighters to face him.
Eddie Hearn is enthusiastic about working on the biggest female fight in recent memory with one of boxing’s most unlikeliest personalities.
Bob Arum is in hot water – again. Weeks after his former client Terence Crawford filed a lawsuit against him, citing breach of contract and racial discrimination, the founder of Top Rank Inc. stoked the flames of the buzz-o-sphere by asserting in an interview last weekend that consumers do not “particularly pay attention” to women’s boxing.
Chris Eubank Jr. is eager to add a pair of highly credible names to his ledger. The middleweight contender based in Brighton, England is set to fight Liam Williams on Feb. 5 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales.