Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn says he wants to try and sign Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis if he’s out of contract with Mayweather Promotions after his last fight against Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero last Saturday night.
Eddie Hearn views last Saturday’s celebrity match between YouTuber Jake Paul and former UFC fighter Ben Askren as a threat to the sport of boxing because the fights are generating numbers on pay-per-view.
Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith is optimistic that a fight can be put together between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia this year.
WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney will be back in the ring two months from now to face Jorge Linares on May 15th in the main event live on DAZN.
Eddie Hearn says Dimitry Bivol will be fighting in April and July in defending his WBA light heavyweight title in what he says will be two “good fights” in two different countries.
Oscar De La Hoya has given Matchroom Sport and their super middleweight champions Billy Joe Saunders and Callum Smith a deadline of Monday to agree to the deal offered to them for a May 2 fight against Canelo Alvarez or else he’s moving on.
Dillian Whyte is stomping mad at recently dethroned IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. turning down the offer made to him by his British promoter, and then saying that he didn’t want “any smoke” in a fight against him.
It seems former four-belt cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk will have another fight at heavyweight, his second, before going into his planned world title shot.
WBO super middleweight Billy Joe Saunders is in the dark about where the rumors about him fighting Canelo Alvarez next originated from.
Talk about a tough first fight back for a former heavyweight champ. According to a tweet from top boxing scribe Mike Coppinger, promoter Eddie Hearn has offered Andy Ruiz a seven-figure payday to fight Dillian Whyte in either late March or early April, in the UK.