During a recent interview with BBC Sport, Eddie Hearn fired back at promoter Frank Warren. Hearn says Warren is lacking respect for the sport of boxing of boxing by moving forward with the heavyweight grudge fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora, which takes place on the 14th in July at Upton Park in West Ham.
It was confirmed today that David Haye and Dereck Chisora's heavyweight showdown on Saturday 14th July will be for the WBO International and WBA Intercontinental titles.
The World Boxing Council threatened Friday to expel "any person or institution" that is involved in staging the controversial fight between British heavyweights David Haye and Dereck Chisora. The July 14 fight in London, which was licensed by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation, was scheduled after the pair's infamous brawl at the news conference that followed Chisora's loss to Vitali Klitschko in Germany in February.
Frank Warren has written to boxing bosses seeking clarity over any possible consequences of his role in the forthcoming fight between Dereck Chisora and David Haye. The British Boxing Board of Control have claimed that any licence holder involved in the bout - including the promoter, managers, seconds and other fighters - will be deemed to have broken the terms of their membership and be immediately stripped of it
By Frank Warren As soon as the big heavyweight showdown between David Haye and Dereck Chisora was officially announced this week for Saturday 14th July at West Ham United’s Stadium, the usual ‘experts’ started to come out.
A few hours before the official press conference, promoter Frank Warren sat down with BoxingScene.com to discuss what many are calling the "biggest domestic event in BoxNation history." In the main event, a heavyweight grudge match between David Haye (25-2, 23KOs) and Dereck Chisora (15-3, 9KOs). In the co-feature, Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16KOs) will defend his WBA "regular" heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41KOs).
HOW many boxers could concentrate on the biggest fight of their lives knowing that they will be banged up for three months afterwards? Win, lose or draw against Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand tonight, on June 1 the world’s number one fighter Floyd Mayweather goes to Clark County Detention Center in Nevada to do time for domestic violence. Tonight’s fight is the biggest of the year so far and is live on BoxNation in the UK and HBO PPV in the States.
Having pushed Alex Povetkin to the wire in an audacious WBA World Heavyweight title challenge in February, Serbian icon Marco ‘Kapt’n’ Huck makes a swift return to battle this Saturday, intent on clearing up some unfinished mess at 200lbs. At the Messehalle, Erfurt, Germany, the 27 year old Berlin based WBO cruiser king defends his belt for a ninth time with an overdue commitment against south London born Ola Afolabi. Huck nabbed a tight, many say debatable, 12 round decision over the now Las Vegas residing Nigerian in December 2009 and the re-sit between two explosive punchers promises to be spicy.
World Boxing Organization (WBO) world light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly says he expects a rematch with former foe Tony Bellew to happen in the future and it’s potential is too big not to happen again. In October Cleverly traveled to Bellew’s backyard, defeating the Scouser via a Majority Decision in a candidate for Fight Of The Year. On Saturday Bellew defended his British title by defeating former European champion Danny McIntosh and he followed it up by claiming he wanted a rematch with the Welshman.
Promoter Frank Warren was shocked to read Tony Bellew's position regarding his furture fights being presented on BoxNation. In an article which appeared earlier today on BoxingScene.com, Bellew told Terry Dooley that he wants gain further exposure by fighting on a network like Sky Sports, because he believes BoxNation won't give him enough exposure to further his career.