By Smith-Dan: On the face of it, it seems like a ridiculous question. How could the biggest promoter [Eddie Hearn] in the UK right now possibly be holding back boxing? How could a man who has a stable containing more than 6 current World champions, such as Kell Brook and Anthony Crolla, be having a detrimental effect on the sport?
At a time when boxing genuinely appears to be shunning some, of course not all, of the embarrassing politics involved in match-making, big fights involving British fighters have only very recently shown signs of catching up.
A worrying amount of fighters who have not had the biggest fights they could of had are under the Matchroom banner, whilst those who aren’t have been involved in some fantastic fights; Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko and Billy Joe Saunders vs. Andy Lee spring to mind. Step forward Eddie Hearn, who constantly berates fighters who aren’t apparently willing to share a ring with his boxers, yet certain things are happening which would certainly call his claims in to question.
By Smith-Dan: Ask a casual boxing fan who his favorite Heavyweight boxer is and their answers are almost inevitable. Mike Tyson. Muhammad Ali. A lot of English fans will say Lennox Lewis. Ask a purist and they will probably reel off a list of boxers stretching back before the Second World War, usually including names like Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis among a host of other legends of the sport. 
By Smith Dan: As a relatively avid boxing fan from Britain, there is very little I enjoy more than seeing a fellow Brit in possession of a World title. My first real boxing hero was Joe Calzaghe, a blisteringly quick, charismatic character with an exciting style that always brought me to the edge of my seat. Watching Joe deliver flurry upon flurry of punches (I disagree with the criticism that they were ‘slaps’, but you’re entitled to your opinion) was exhilarating, and served as the proverbial fishing rod that hooked me in.