By Elliot Worsell AT the start of April 2001, it would be no exaggeration to say Great Britain boasted the best heavyweight in the world, the best featherweight in the world, and two of the biggest stars in boxing in the shape of Lennox Lewis and ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed. Lewis, at that stage, was WBC
Promoter Eddie Hearn admits he “was shocked” when he heard Tim Cheatham’s 117-111 scorecard in favor of Richardson Hitchins last night. Super lightweight contender Hitchins moved to 18-0 (7 KOs), and is in line to face the winner of the June fight between Subriel Matias and Liam Paro, but he had his hands full with
Posted on 04/07/2024 By: Sean Crose Undefeated Brooklynite Richardson Hitchins took on Gustavo Lemos in a scheduled twelve round IBF junior welterweight title eliminator Saturday night in Las Vegas. The fight was the main event of a DAZN broadcast card. First, however, super middleweights David Pacheco and Shawn McCalman battled in a match scheduled for
JORDAN GRANNUM, 11-133-5 THE new pro was feeling good about himself when The Islington Gazette rang him ahead of his debut. “I think I can be challenging for world titles in four or five years,” he told them. “I’ve got all the shots to take me all the way to the top.” It was September
THE RESULT: Richardson Hitchins secures a mandatory shot at the IBF super-lightweight title with a controversial unanimous decision win against Gustavo Lemos at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. KEY MOMENTS: If Hitchins thought he was going to win at a canter an overhand right from Lemos in round one reminded him otherwise. From the third
Apparently, hugs and shoves are scoring blows in Las Vegas, because that’s the only way you could possibly give Richardson Hitchins a decision victory over Gustavo Lemos. Yet, here we are, with Lemos on the unfortunate end of the worst robbery I’ve seen in quite a while, and Hitchins (18-0, 7 KO) leaving still undefeated
It seems the much maligned Disrupt Promotions is going to be struck off as an ongoing concern. The promotional entity started with an unusual video posted to YouTube – since deleted – featuring Nicholas Link, a Dubai-based South African businessman who claimed he knew little about boxing but wanted to spark changes in the sport.
Another notch in the win column for Ernesto “Tito” Mercado tonight in the main event of a Red Owl Boxing show in Houston, Texas, where he earned a TKO-4 victory over Deiner Berrio. Mercado (15-0, 14 KO) came to fight, but did most of his work against the equivalent of a heavy bag with legs.
Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk is solely focused on his May 18 Saudi Arabia date with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. The clash was postponed from February after Fury sustained a cut as the fight date neared, and while other members of Usyk’s camp still have their doubts about the bout happening, Usyk is
Posted on 04/06/2024 By: Sean Crose: “A lot of these young lions are right behind him,” Oscar De Lay Hoya said of Canelo Alvarez to Fight Hype at a media workout in Los Angeles to promote the Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia bout later this month, “trying to take that throne, trying to take that crown away
Richardson Hitchins faces Gustavo Lemos in a DAZN main event tonight, with the show going live from Las Vegas at 8 pm ET. Hitchins vs Lemos is an IBF eliminator at 140 lbs. On the undercard, Diego Pacheco returns against Shawn McCalman, Skye Nicolson faces Sarah Mahfoud for a vacant featherweight title, and we’ll see
RICHARDSON HITCHINS is yet to put a foot wrong during his relatively serene ascent towards the upper reaches of the super-lightweight division. And there are not many expecting that to change on Saturday (April 6) when he headlines a Matchroom USA bill in Las Vegas for the first time, with this clash against the little-known
Devin Haney is declaring a demolition job of Ryan Garcia once they fight on April 20. “I’m going to beat the s*** out of him,” said Haney. “I’m going to beat him so bad we won’t need a rematch. The world won’t want to see a rematch.” Haney has been on a remarkable run since
BN: Are you 100 per cent retired? GR: It’s interesting because I’m doing a lot of commentating for DAZN, and I really enjoy that and working the fights and seeing young talent coming up. It’s hard not to get that urge and get back in that ring, especially when your body starts to recover (laughs)
LAST weekend in at the O2 Arena in London we saw another great British title contest end in a draw. It was the second within a fortnight, as heavyweights Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke fought each other to a standstill in a not-too-dissimilar fashion to what Nathan Heaney and Brad Pauls did for the middleweight
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks to Fight Hype about the outcome of Tszyu vs Fundora on an economic level and expresses his realization that some entities in boxing are just too stubborn to put their egos to the side in order to do business. Hearn also doesn’t miss the opportunity to poke a little fun
Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) said he expects to return to action in September – most likely in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In his past outing, Joshua made light work of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou by stopping him in two rounds. The former unified world champion is in contention to fight the winner of
Promising young prospect Tito Mercado takes on Deiner Berrio tonight in Houston, Texas. It’s the headliner for a Red Owl Boxing event streaming on DAZN, starting at 9 pm ET. There are a handful of supporting fights, all but one of them four or six rounders. But, Mercado (14-0, 13 KO) is the reason to