Former NFL receiver Chad Johnson is hoping his physical skills and his time training with current boxing champions Jermall and Jermell Charlo will help him emerge victorious in his June 6 exhibition match in Miami.
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The former NFL star said, “So Leonard Ellerbe, Floyd s manager, hit me up like hey I got an opportunity for you. Floyd is fighting June 6th, at the Hard Rock, you can make a cool million and do a few rounds. It s something I really couldn t pass up. I could pass it up but why not? Everything in life I m good at, besides golf. I called Ellerbe back and said, let s do this.
At the time of the announcement, Ochocinco noted he didn’t know who he was facing but said, “it don’t matter.” Since then, Johnson took to Twitter to reveal that he will be boxing against Brian Maxwell, who is an MMA fighter. The fight between Ochocinco and Maxwell is set to take place on June 6 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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During this video interview with Fight Hub TV, Mayweather Promotions’ Leonard Ellerbe talk about Gervonta Davis’ next planned fight against Mario Barrios at junior welterweight and says Davis is proving to the world his ability to compete in multiple divisions. Ellerbe also says a potential fight between Davis and Teofimo Lopez could be tough to make because Lopez believes he’s the A-side which (Ellerbe says demonstrates Lopez’s lack of understanding). Check out some excerpts below.
Ellerbe on why Davis is jumping to 140 to face Barrios
“It was his decision. He’s just showing the world that he has the flexibility to fight in multiple weight classes.He’s all about pushing himself but this is something he wanted to do, this is not something that we wanted him to do something he wanted to do and we support him 1000%. It’s a huge, huge fight but it’s a tough ass fight.