Chris Eubank Jr chasing Golovkin again
After signing a promotional deal with Team Sauerland, Chris Eubank Jr is targeting a 2021 showdown with Gennady Golovkin, among others
CHRIS EUBANK JR is targeting a 2021 showdown with Gennady Golovkin, among others, after signing a promotional deal with Team Sauerland.
“I look forward to the big fights I crave,” said Brighton’s Eubank Jnr, who is currently based in America. “I’ve spent the last 12 months in the gym and I feel better than ever. I’m ready to take over the middleweight division. I want all the champions – [Ryota] Murata, [Jermall] Charlo, [Demetrius] Andrade, Golovkin.
Khabib Nurmagomedov Return Rumors: ‘Eagle’ Offered $100 Million To Box Floyd Mayweather
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Abdelaziz feels Nurmagomedov could put himself in danger against Mayweather in a boxing match
Nurmagomedov remains retired from MMA, but a cage return is expected
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov remains retired from mixed martial arts (MMA) actions but may return to a different kind of combat sport soon.
It appears “The Eagle” has been dangled a lofty $100 million offer to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the boxing ring.
This was revealed no less by Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz. He told TMZ that they were offered $100 million to fight Mayweather and added that UFC President Dana White was on board with it.
The 2020 boxing media review
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2020 hasn’t been much fun, but it has been revealing. We began the year strong, with Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder squaring off for a second time in February and Fury turning in a career-best performance. It earned solid pay-per-view numbers in the US and saw BT Sport move into the PPV sphere in the UK as a legitimate operator and competitor to Sky Sports.
Of course, a month later, everything changed. Lockdowns were announced worldwide in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and boxing, along with all other sports, was put on hold. Major fight cards were scrapped or postponed, including Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce, Canelo Alvarez’ next fight, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez and a third Fury-Wilder fight. At the time, no one knew how things would pan out.
2020 in amateur boxing: A year like no other
2020 has been an unprecedented year for amateur boxing. John Dennen speaks to GB performance director Rob McCracken and more about the impact of the last 12 months
AMATEUR boxing has never experienced a year like 2020. The coronavirus pandemic shut down the amateur sport. It ended club shows and domestic championships. The Olympic Games was expected to dominate this year. Instead Tokyo 2020 has moved to 2021. Two continental qualification events were completed, one was shut down three days into the tournament and the rest still need to be finished.
It wouldn’t be fair to select boxers of the year when amateur competition was so drastically restricted. But honourable mentions should go to Great Britain’s Galal Yafai and Peter McGrail. They secured qualifying places for the Tokyo Games under tremendous pressure mere hours before the European qualifier in London had to be suspended. With so much on the line both boxed well and Yafai se
Anthony Joshua has shared a very promising update on a proposed heavyweight title fight with fellow Englishman Tyson Fury.
Joshua and Fury currently stand atop the heavyweight boxing landscape, as Joshua holds the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles, and Fury holds the WBC title and is the lineal heavyweight champ.
Ever since Joshua defeated Kubrat Pulev earlier this month, the boxing world has been drooling over a potential clash involving him and Fury.
According to the man himself, it’s going to happenâit’s just a question of when.
âHow close is the Fury fight? I promise you itâs happening,â Joshua wrote in a guest column in the recent issue of Boxing News (via Boxing Scene). âBut until you hear it from me, donât buy into anything. Iâm serious about the fight so when I announce it youâll know itâs real.