Chris Eubank Sr., father and trainer of IBO super middleweight world champion Chris Eubank Jr., can't see any way that his son can be defeated by the likes of WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, IBO/WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward.
The circus rolled into West Kensington on Saturday night and two all too familiar clowns, once again, were providing the comedy at London’s Olympia, the one-time alma mater of Bertram Mills. They told us the one about wanting to fight Gennady Golovkin before chipping in with further one-liners about Billy Joe Saunders and James DeGale.
Regular readers will know only too well that I am a huge advocate and supporter of televised boxing – no matter what channel or who the promoter is. Punching to the widest possible audience can only be good for the game and the home boxers. As long as the opponent is of a decent enough calibre to hit back.
Glasgow Middleweight Aston Brown is delighted to have signed a long-term promotional deal with Hall of Famer Frank Warren. After a successful amateur career Brown is looking to be pushed quickly into title contention and is already targeting Tommy Langford's Lord Lonsdale belt. Brown, 25, is a former star of both the Scottish and British amateur scenes, boxing not only for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, but for Great Britain and the Great Britain Lionhearts in the World Series of Boxing.
BoxNation viewers were treated to an all-Mexican slugfest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a brutal affair that saw a first defeat inflicted on Francisco Vargas, who was relieved of his WBC world super featherweight title. The man now in possession of the belt is a familiar face to us. It was Miguel Berchelt, who last year clinically dispatched George Jupp to the canvas after the Belvedere boy had given a good account of himself in what was a short-notice challenge for the WBO interim title.
As many fight fans I no doubt will recall, I have in the past not been a huge advocate of women’s boxing or displayed any great enthusiasm for promoting the female game. I am not going to be a hypocrite or attempt to rewrite history, but my thought process at the time mostly revolved around the fact that there wasn’t any great depth or quality in the women’s ranks.
2014 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist Sam Maxwell has signed a long-term promotional deal with Hall of Famer Frank Warren. A member of the illustrious GB squad for five years, Maxwell boasts an impressive amateur pedigree. As well as capturing Bronze in the Light-Welterweight division at Glasgow 2014, Maxwells' extensive lists of accolades also include two ABAE Elite Championship wins in 2011 and 2014.
Gifted Nottingham Welterweight Ekow Essuman is hoping to make a name for himself in professional boxing after signing a long-term promotional deal with top promoter Frank Warren. The former Great Britain Podium Squad boxer enjoyed a glittering amateur career but believes he'll be able to showcase his true talent now he has made the transition into the paid ranks. 27-year-old Essuman picked up notable wins against current British Middleweight Champion Tommy Langford and 2013 World Championship
At a London press conference today, Hall of Fame Promoter Frank Warren and his new broadcast partner BT Sport announced initial details of the first four events to be broadcast on both BT Sport and BoxNation. Taking place at London’s iconic BT Towe
I don’t think anyone can have too many complaints over the unification clash between James DeGale and Badou Jack being scored a draw. When there are so many conflicting cards floating around at ringside it is difficult to make a compelling case either way and the logical outcome is normally just to do it again.