Frank Warren doesn’t think Steve Gray had much choice Saturday night. Carlos Takam condemned the British referee for stopping his heavyweight fight against Joe Joyce too soon. Gray stepped in to halt the action 49 seconds into the sixth round, with a staggered Takam still standing at Wembley Arena in London.
On the back of announcing a new series of prospect-centric shows to air on BT Sport and for free on the BT Sport Boxing YouTube page, Queensberry unveiled another trio of new young signings hoping to impress and forge impressive pro careers - with Khalid Ali, Frank Arnold and Arnold Obodai coming on board.
Joe Joyce’s fight against Carlos Takam isn’t simply something to keep the big British heavyweight busy while he awaits his WBO title shot. Joyce’s promoter considers it a very risky endeavor for his undefeated contender because, despite Takam’s age, he could cost Joyce the biggest payday of the London native’s career. The 35-year-old Joyce must defeat France’s Takam on Saturday night to assume the top spot in the WBO’s heavyweight rankings once its current mandatory challenger, Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk, gets his overdue shot at IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua on September 25 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
Joe Joyce should treat Saturday’s fight against Carlos Takam like a world title fights, says promoter Frank Warren. The unbeaten heavyweight faces former world title challenger Takam at the SSE Arena, Wembley, having been told he will be installed at the WBO’s No 1 contender after Anthony Joshua faces Oleksandr Usyk on September 25.
With the announcement of a new prospect-centric series of shows, to air on BT Sport and the BT Sport Boxing YouTube channel, Frank Warren's Queensberry have unveiled the first trio of new signings hoping to impress in the coming months.
FRANK WARREN AND Queensberry have announced the introduction of a series of shows that will see our hugely talented prospects take centre stage in front of the BT Sport cameras.
NOTTINGHAM Light-Heavyweight hope Ezra Taylor has signed promotional terms with Frank Warren’s Queensberry. Taylor, 26, won a string of regional amateur titles but is now chasing bigger belts in the professional ranks, and believes he has the platform to achieve that.
Joe Joyce is the WBO’s new mandatory challenger in the heavyweight division. Promoter Frank Warren announced on social media the change in Joyce’s status Tuesday and that the winner of the Anthony Joshua-Oleksandr Usyk fight must eventually face Joyce, assuming the unbeaten Joyce continues to win. Warren revealed Joyce’s mandatory status with the WBO following the long-awaited official announcement of the Joshua-Uysk fight Tuesday.
CARLOS TAKAM HAS fired a forthright warning to Joe Joyce ahead of their heavyweight showdown on Saturday night, warning the British Olympian that he intends to put a first dent in his perfect professional record at the SSE Arena, Wembley.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has given his take on some of the circulating theories for the recent postponement of Fury's trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.