Comments Thread For: Meet Leo Atang, the heavyweight to take Matchroom into a new era

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Matchroom Boxing launched their rebrand on Tuesday in London and were joined by three generations of British boxing heavyweights. Frank Bruno, a leading figure for Matchroom for when Barry Hearn started the promotion, was in attendance, as well as Anthony Joshua, the crowning ***el of Eddie Hearn?s British stable today.
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[Moz_boxing]

He aint no 6ft6 lookat the picture he is the same height as Eddie and on the picture Eddie has shoes on with much thinner soles. My gues he is 6ft3 maybe barely touching 6ft4

[Left Hook Louie]

Atang is 18 now.
That means it will be 12 years before he'll be ready to challenge Pulev for the WBA title in 2037.

[M312]

He aint no 6ft6 lookat the picture he is the same height as Eddie and on the picture Eddie has shoes on with much thinner soles. My gues he is 6ft3 maybe barely touching 6ft4

Some hate on this forum is weird.

Eddie is 6'4/6'5 and Atang is slightly taller.

Why the hate before he's even had a fight?

[Left Hook Louie]

Some hate on this forum is weird.

Eddie is 6'4/6'5 and Atang is slightly taller.

Why the hate before he's even had a fight?

Safe to say he's about 6 and 1/2 feet in height, right?
Now that THAT is behind us, I hope Eddie sees fit to match this guy up as frequently as possible.
Keep him active and we'll know sooner rather than later if he's as good as his promoter says he is.

[BustedKnuckles]

I mean, he's loose and moves on his feet. He didn't guard his chin much, but maybe that was because he was fighting a giant potato. Hopefully he has defensive skills.

For the record, I think it's smart for him to go pro. AJ and Fury leave a vacuum in British hw boxing ranks. He and Itauma can't really fill those places atm, but they can fill British fans' hw hopes for now.

[TheIronMike]

Atang is 18 now.
That means it will be 12 years before he'll be ready to challenge Pulev for the WBA title in 2037.

LMAO. He'll likely face Chisora in 2035 for the British Title.