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Jack Catterall may have put himself into position for another shot at a junior welterweight title. The skilled southpaw from Chorley, England, returned to the ring last Saturday for the first time in more than a year to drop countryman Darragh Foley twice en route to a lopsided unanimous decision on the undercard of the Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara featherweight title bout at AO Arena in Manchester.
Eddie Hearn says Arnold Barboza Jr. wanted too much money to fight for the WBC 140-pound title held by his client, Regis Prograis. Barboza, an undefeated 31-year-old contender from Los Angeles, became the immediate frontrunner to land a fight with
The war of words between promoters Eddie Hearn and Bob Arum continues. Hearn, the head of Matchroom Boxing, has feuded with Arum, the founder of Top Rank, for the past couple of years, principally through the media.
Deontay Wilder wants his heavyweight peers to know that they are more allies than foes—sometimes. The former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, offered a picture of harmony and collectivism with regards to the heavyweight division in a recent interview.
Eddie Hearn wants to make sure there are no hitches in the fight schedule of Regis Prograis. The WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans recently inked a multi-fight promotional deal with Hearn’s Matchroom. His first fight on the new contract will take place June 17 against late replacement Danielito Zorrilla at Smooth King Center in Prograis’ hometown; Prograis was originally supposed to take on Liam Paro, but the Australian contender suffered an injury.
Eddie Hearn hasn’t given up hope trying to make the accursed fight between his welterweight charge Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. Earlier this week it was announced that Eubank’s rematch with Liam Smith had been postponed for a second time. The two were set to fight in a middleweight bout in Manchester on June 17, but Smith suffered a back injury, leading the organizers to reschedule the fight for July 1. But with a recent flare-up to Smith’s injury, that date is no longer in play. A new date was not announced.
Eddie Hearn thinks it would behoove Haney to hold onto his autonomy as much as possible. The Matchroom head recently expounded on Haney’s nascent free agent status in the wake of his successful title defense of his four 135-pound belts last weekend at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Keith Thurman wants to return to living up to his moniker, “One Time,” and he has an unlikely figure to thank for that. The former welterweight titlist said in a recent interview that watching fights of Gervonta “Tank” Davis has compelled him to get back to landing “critical blows” on his opponents.
Liam Smith knows a thing or two about playing to one’s strengths. As for Chris Eubank Jr. that might be a different story. In a recent interview, Liverpool’s Smith talked about how he believes Eubank is doing himself a disservice by trying to copy the style of his mentor and trainer Roy Jones Jr.
Conor Benn continues to shoot for the moon. The controversial British welterweight has been eagerly anticipating a return to the ring this summer, despite the fact that he continues to be under investigation into his two positive tests last year for the banned performance enhancing drug clomifene.