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Regardless of a looming fight with Dmitry Bivol potentially at stake, Artur Beterbiev and his team are not taking their latest title defense lightly.
Promoter Oscar De la Hoya thinks staging fights in Saudi Arabia can be a mixed bag. The head of Golden Boy Promotions understands that the oil-producing country can offer career-high paydays to fighters, but he is also wary of the potential long-term effects fighting in the Middle East can have on fighters’ overall marketability, especially those who are American.
Ohara Davies has no intention of biding his time after suffering arguably the most brutal loss of his career. The 140-pound contender from England came up way short last Saturday night against Ismael Barroso, getting knocked out by the Venezuelan veteran in the opening round of their scheduled 12-round bout at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.
Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis was greatly disappointed by Deontay Wilder’s latest effort in the ring. Wilder, the dangerous puncher from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, lost a wide unanimous decision to fellow former titlist Joseph Parker in their heavyweight bout last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in what was one of the more surprising upsets of the past year.
Callum Smith feels his form of fighting will give Artur Beterbiev fits when they meet next year. Liverpool, England’s Smith is scheduled to take on unified WBC, WBO, IBF 175-pound champion Beterbiev on Jan. 13 at Centre Videotron in Quebec City. A former titlist at 168, Smith has won two fights in a row as a light heavyweight ever since he dropped a decision to
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was arrested for illegal possession of an assault rifle in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to a report by TMZ. The 37-year-old former middleweight titlist and son of boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya hopes Ryan Garcia’s bromance with Floyd Mayweather Jr. results in some improvements to Garcia’s defense. The head of Golden Boy Promotions was recently asked to respond to a video on social media showing his ace client
British promoter Eddie Hearn wants to make sure significant fights are not all cannibalized by Saudi Arabia. The head of Matchroom Boxing insisted in a recent in interview that there needs to be a concerted effort to ensure that high-profile domestic matchups between fighters from Ireland and the United Kingdom take place on local soil and not in the oil-producing country in the Middle East, which has emerged as a de facto capital for the sport in recent months.
Promoter Eddie Hearn isn’t convinced that middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. has a lot of appealing options remaining at this point in his career. For that reason, the head of Matchroom Boxing is confident that Eubank will eventually come around to a fight with embattled welterweight Conor Benn.
Barely into the new year, former boxer Julios Cesar Chavez Jr. has thrust himself back into the tabloid limelight. In a series of vitriolic videos posted on his social media, the son of Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez castigated his father, calling him “trash” and asking him to be put in jail.