A PRETTY WELL used term has been bandied about in recent months to describe the position British boxing finds itself in. The game over here, according to many, is in a ‘transitional phase’, due to the recent crop of high-profile retirements, defections to the US and subsequent shortage of headline acts.
British boxing legend Prince Naseem Hamed believes heavyweight contender Tyson Fury is without question the best fighter in his respective division. Last December, Fury fought WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to a controversial twelve round split draw. There were many pundits who saw Fury, despite going down twice in the fight, as the rightful winner.
Former WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (27-0, 13 KOs) needs to make a real statement this year, so says his longtime promoter Frank Warren. Saunders had the performance of his career when he dominated David Lemieux at the end of 2017.
WE HAD TO put our thinking caps on and get a bit creative when it came to identifying the ideal location to stage the WBO Interim super middleweight world title fight between Billy Joe Saunders and Shefat Isufi. Potential avenues towards staging the fight in London were exhausted before we struck on the idea of showcasing Billy Joe on his home patch, so we are giving Hertfordshire a whirl.
NEWS THAT DANIEL Dubois and Joe Joyce have been nominated by the board to fight each other for the British heavyweight title has created huge anticipation and a fair bit of skepticism. This is how it is from our side. Daniel has got a big fight against the 14-1 big puncher Richard Lartey at the SSE Arena, Wembley on April 27.
CARL FRAMPTON IS now ideally positioned for his next tilt at becoming a world champion again following our collaboration with Top Rank for the promotion of his future fights. Coming off the back of an unsuccessful shot at the IBF featherweight title held by Josh Warrington, the likelihood is that Carl would’ve had to travel in order to challenge the likes of WBO champion Oscar Valdez in any case.
SAM BOWEN HAS made relatively light work of the opponents who have been put in front of him so far in his unbeaten professional career, which is probably why it has been hard work finding many willing takers to go in with him. The rise of the supremely talented super featherweight has been blighted by potential opponents rejecting the invitation to challenge him since he was mandated for his first eliminator and title opportunity.
Frank Warren has stated that Kid Galahad will have to reach a whole new level if he is to win the world title. The veteran promoter will stage Josh Warrington’s second IBF featherweight crown defence against the Sheffield man on June 15.
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, has given high praise to WBC world champion Deontay Wilder for rejected a potential deal with DAZN. Wilder rejected a multi-fight deal with DAZN, reportedly worth over $100 million.
Daniel Dubois executed a spectacular finish against Razvan Cojanu and I think he made a bit of a statement in there with his second round stoppage. He probably did more of a job on him than Luis Ortiz and that can’t be bad for a kid who had only had nine fights beforehand. Watching his ruthless approach to his boxing, you would not believe what a nice kid Daniel is and the truth of the matter is he just loves doing what he does. He is one who was born and bred to box, no doubt about that.