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Days after pleading with boxing promoters to come together, Golden Boy head Oscar De La Hoya has offered up an ambitious if highly unrealistic matchmaking idea centered around Super Bowl weekend.
Chris Eubank Jr. transcends titles at this point in his career, according to his promoter. Last month, the brash British middleweight staved off irrelevancy by avenging his loss to Liam Smith earlier in the year by stopping Smith in their rematch held at AO Arena in Manchester.
Chris Eubank Jr. was apparently revolted by Jermell Charlo's performance against Canelo Alvarez. Last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Alvarez successfully defended his four 168-pound titles with a surprisingly breezy 12-round decision over Houston’s Charlo, the former 154-pound undisputed champion who was moving up two weight classes to take on one of the toughest competitors in boxing.
It’s apparently back to square one for Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. The long-discussed heavyweight bout between hard-punching former titlists is no longer likely to take place in Saudi Arabia, as originally envisioned, but that does not mean the fight is in complete jeopardy, according to Joshua’ promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom.
Francis Ngannou clearly didn’t get the same script as everyone else. The former UFC heavyweight champion was seemingly befuddled, if not a little chagrined, at the news unveiled on Friday that Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk had signed a contract to face each other for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Saudi Arabia, reportedly on Dec. 23 or in January.
It wasn’t the “huge” fight in Saudi Arabia that he was trying to get over the line, but promoter Eddie Hearn nevertheless had high praise for a rival outfit’s groundbreaking deal.
Former light heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Gvozdyk hopes to inch closer to regaining his former perch after this coming Saturday. The California-based Ukrainian takes on Brazilian journeyman Isaac Rodrigues in an eight-round bout this Saturday night
Artur Beterbiev will be back in full training mode by the end of October, according to his trainer. The unified WBC, WBO, IBF light heavyweight champion from Russia had to drop out of a scheduled mandatory defense in August against England’s Callum Smith after dental surgery led to a bone infection in his jaw.
Eddie Hearn is adamant that Conor Benn’s next fight will be in a matter of a few months. The embattled welterweight returned to the ring for the first time in 18 months—and since he tested positive twice for a banned performance-enhancing drug—last weekend to pick up a decision over journeyman Rodolfo Orozco at Caribe Royal in Orlando, Florida.
John Fury had a hard time believing what he was seeing. The father of WBC titlist Tyson Fury was shocked by former UFC champion Francis Ngannou’s boxing ability during a media workout in Las Vegas ahead of Ngannou’s boxing debut against Fury on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury’s title, however, will not be at stake.