Roy Jones Jr says he’s being brought in to train Chris Eubank Jr how to defeat Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin because he’s already good enough on his own to defeat his next opponent Liam Smith on January 21st at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
After all that wasted time, energy and money he put together for the ill-fated “Legacy” fight with Conor Benn, it seems there is a chance Chris Eubank Junior could still get a fight before 2022 – a most frustrating year for the 33 year old – is over.
3rd September 2022 – Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith got a 4th round knockout of Hassan Mwakinyou in his return to home city of Liverpool, but it was not the perfect homecoming with the fight ending in confusion and controversy.
Jessie Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) is hoping to defeat #4 WBO contender Liam Smith (30-3-1, 17 KOs) this Saturday night to put himself in a position to challenge for a world title at 154 later this year.
Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (30-3-1, 17 KOs) overcame a bad start to come roaring back to defeat Anthony Fowler (15-2, 12 KOs) by an eighth round knockout on Saturday night to claim the WBA International junior middleweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
Kell Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) came back from a 14 month layoff to conquer Mark DeLuca (24-2, 13 KOs) in a 7th round KO on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.
Kell Brook returned from a 14 month hiatus from the ring to stop Mark DeLuca in seven rounds at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
DAZN completed an incredible year of boxing in front of an electric crowd of 10,697 on Friday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena, where Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs (36-3, 30 KOs) earned a stoppage victory over Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.
Jessie Vargas (29-2-1, 11 KOs) says his team is in negotiations for his next fight in December. The former two division world champion Vargas, 29, says the fight “might be” against former WBO junior middleweight champion Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (28-2-1, 16 KOs).
WBC super flyweight belt holder Juan Francisco Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) had a tougher time than expected in beating #14 WBC contender Dewayne Beamon (16-2-1, 11 KOs) by a ninth round knockout on Saturday night at the Centro de Usos Múltiples in Hermosillo, Mexico.