As is the case with more than a few of us, promoter Eddie Hearn does not understand why Chris Eubank Junior has failed to keep the momentum going following his career-best win over James DeGale – who Eubank Jr won an impressive decision over back in February of this year.
We await news of who middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will fight next. The Mexican star will fight on September 14 yet his dance partner is yet to be decided.
IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) looked in superb shape in weighing in at a 247.8 pounds for his title defense against the less the svelte 268 pound Andy Ruiz Jr.
Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Boxing Managing Director:
“Welcome welcome and what an honour it is to be sitting here in Madison Square Garden in the theatre, where I’ve only managed to get to the theatre, in terms of promoting.
Oscar De La Hoya aims to make Canelo Alvarez, already the biggest star of the sport in the US and in Mexico, a “global superstar.”
Retired warrior Carl Froch, one of the finest, and toughest, super-middleweight champions of recent years, insists his old weight division is no place for “small middleweight” Gennady Golovkin.
WBA super-middleweight champion Callum Smith wants the biggest of big fights. The unbeaten 28 year old who won the recent World Boxing Super Series tournament with an impressive stoppage win over countryman George Groves is now aiming at becoming one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet.
Canelo Alvarez is moving up to super-middleweight. Maybe Gennady Golovkin will also make the move up for his next fight. Right now, fans are wondering what GGG – a warrior many of these same fans strongly feel has never really lost a fight; the hell with what the judges said – might do next.
Last night, in the unlikely setting of Saudi Arabia, the fantastic (if a little drawn out) World Boxing Super Series super-middleweight tournament reached its conclusion.
Callum Smith wins the World Boxing Super Series Super middleweight final with a dramatic seventh round knockout over countryman George Groves.