Comments Thread For: Neither Participant Present At Ruiz-Joshua II Announcement Presser

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

An announced date and location is normally confirmation of a boxing event's status advancing from "planned" to "done deal."

In the case of the anticipated heavyweight title fight rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua, it will still require word from both parties and an accompanying press conference to convince the masses that those plans are very much in place.

That, unfortunately did not take place on Monday.

What came instead was confirmation from event handlers that the fight will take place on Dec. 7 at a yet-to-be erected venue in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia as previously announced.

"We remember of course, June 1st ar Madison Square Garden well, I won't say we remember too fondly, but what a huge night for the heavyweight division," Eddie Hearn, managing director of Matchroom Sport and Joshua's promoter said during Monday's brief press gathering. "We saw Anthony Joshua, who was long known as THE man in the heavyweight division, be dethroned by a fantastic Andy Ruiz in a great fight that sold out Madison Square Garden. It was a night that really turned the heavyweight division on its head."
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[Motorcity Cobra]

Hearn was joined on stage by event partner Omar Khalil, whose Skill Challenge Entertainment company is responsible for securing the location for the heavyweight sequel.

I was looking up other events this company has put on. Here is their website. Check it our

http://www.skillchallengeent.com/

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Hearn doesn’t know wtf he’s doing lol. Amateur

[_Rexy_]

This reminds me of Wilder/Chisora


except at least one side was at that press conference

[The plunger man]

Hearn doesn’t know wtf he’s doing lol. Amateur

sure he don’t 90k at Wembley stadium with klitchcko
80k at Wembley for froch vs groves
80k x 2 at Cardiff for Joshua
Sold out msg and mega event in June ...Hearn has produced more top class events than any promoter of the last 3 years and is a well established promoter of matchroom and linked to sky and DAZN lol
Gtfoh dummy

[_Rexy_]

I was looking up other events this company has put on. Here is their website. Check it our

http://www.skillchallengeent.com/

LMFAO damn, I thought you were joking. The site doesn't exist. I googled the company and all I could find was a linkedin page that's 3 days old

https://www.linkedin.com/company/skillchallengeent

this is ****ing sad...

[True That]

So a 3 city/country press tour of New York, U.S., London, .U.K. and Saudi Arabia is being set for early September.


Interesting

[SchoolTheseCats]

This reminds me of Wilder/Chisora


except at least one side was at that press conference

Yea that was funny fish eyes announcing wilder/Chisora with golden boy telling him don’t they have to go over the contract and see about wilder legal trouble he just had got into a few days earlier and he disregarded all that lol

[factsarenice]

sure he don’t 90k at Wembley stadium with klitchcko
80k at Wembley for froch vs groves
80k x 2 at Cardiff for Joshua
Sold out msg and mega event in June ...Hearn has produced more top class events than any promoter of the last 3 years and is a well established promoter of matchroom and linked to sky and DAZN lol
Gtfoh dummy

People in America have very little knowledge beyond their narrow minded prejudices and the 7/11 down the street. Most have never ventured out of their neighborhood, Las Vegas is a stretch, England is uncomfortably foreign and the middle east may as well be Mars, a far away mythical planet they couldn't find with a map.

Eddie Hearn is a real threat to the establishment and they know it, and that's probably the only area that all the sanctioning bodies and promoters can agree on.

[champion4ever]

Where were the principal combatants? They were no shows. This press conference was a farce. This was nothing more than a rare photo-opportunity for Eddie Hearn.

I have to hand it to Eddie he has mastered the art theatrics and showmanship. He has to go back and iron out all of the details before there is even a remote chance of a rematch. It's obvious that Andy wants more pay.

This guy has never seen camera that he didn't like. What a complete douche?