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George Kambosos Jr. did not mince words when he was recently asked about how he felt about the trainer and father of Teofimo Lopez Jr. after the biggest fight of his life was postponed.
Teofimo Lopez finds it amusing that Josh Taylor couldn’t keep his name out of his mouth for the longest time. Now, according to Lopez, Taylor has apparently changed his tune.
Malik Scott is not concerned about how many pounds Deontay Wilder will register on the day of the weigh-in for his trilogy fight against Tyson Fury on July 24.
Mandatories are the name of the game, but Eddie Hearn would be lying if he didn’t feel a bit knackered by the sanctioning bodies and their seemingly ceaseless demands. The latest order for Joshua’s next fight comes from the WBO, involving the former undisputed cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk, a somewhat unproven commodity at heavyweight but whose unique skill set in the higher weight classes cannot be questioned.
Joseph Diaz has more pressing tasks at hand, but he could not help but think of what he would do to Devin Haney after Jorge Linares buckled him in the 10th round of their lightweight title fight last month.
Promoter Lou DiBella is not exactly intrigued by the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul Showtime pay-per-view exhibition match (set for 8 rounds) on June 6 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, but he has no plans of fulminating against it either, as though it were a damaging indictment on the sport of boxing.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn admits he is still puzzled that Tyson Fury, Bob Arum, Frank Warren and the rest of the Fury delegation did not put up more of a fit for having to walk away from the most lucrative – and most consequential – heavyweight fight in recent memory.
Ignorance, apparently, is not a fireable offense in the Deontay Wilder camp. The former heavyweight champion from Tuscaloosa, Alabama has long been adamant that Tyson Fury’s gloves had been manipulated going into their rematch in February 2020, citing that the Brit’s gloves were way too malleable and that it also must have contained some kind of “egg weight” because it left a dent in the side of his head. (Wilder also accused Fury of “scratching” the inside of his ear, causing it to bleed; he also accused referee Kenny Bayless of being corrupt and that Mark Breland, his former co-trainer, had spiked his water.)
He was depressed, manic, suicidal, with one hand on the trigger and a black cloud over his head. Or so they said. Since his spectacular stoppage loss to Tyson Fury in their rematch on Feb. 22, 2020 in Las Vegas, Deontay Wilder has been the source of intense speculation regarding his mental state, with many from the peanut gallery claiming that he was suffering from depression, along with a host of other psychological maladies.
Deontay Wilder has a simple solution for those who feel squeamish about his menacing rhetoric ahead of his scheduled heavyweight trilogy against Tyson Fury on July 24 in Las Vegas.