By Trevor McIntyre: Matchroom Sport plans on announcing Amir Khan’s next fight next week for July. Promoter Eddie Hearn isn’t dropping any hints who the 31-year-old Khan (31-4, 20 KOs) will be facing, but it’s expected to be a lower level opponent that he can beat without any problems. Hearn wants to keep Khan and Kell Brook winning long enough to match them against each other in a big money fight on Sky Box Office.
By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook says he’ll back in the ring in July against a still to be determined opponent. It’s possible that Brook will be fighting on July 28 unless his promoter Eddie Hearn is going to stage two events in the same month.
By Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. reportedly is in talks with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to possibly sign a 3-fight deal to fight on DAZN, according to BoxAzteca. This move would be Hearn looking to sign a fighter that would appeal to U.S boxing fans to subscribe to his new streaming deal.
By Tim Royner: Barry Hearn says the proposed mega-fight between Amir Khan and Kell Brook could be delayed until 2019, as both are interested in chasing world titles in their respective weight classes.
By Scott Gilfoid: A purse bid that was scheduled for Thursday of this week for the IBF heavyweight title eliminator between for Kubrat Pulev (25-1, 13 KOs) and Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) has been postponed until May 24, according to Dan Rafael. The winner of the Whyte-Pulev fight will be the IBF mandatory for IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs).
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn has reportedly named two big fights he believes he has a good chance of making between Adrien Broner and Amir Khan and Andre Ward and Tony Bellew for his streaming platform DAZN in the U.S.
By Jeff Aranow: Off the back of his new 4-year agreement with streaming giant DAZN, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to meet with the management for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder in New York to go over the terms of their $50 million offer to Anthony Joshua for a unification fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he plans on appealing the World Boxing Council’s decision to order a fight between #1 WBC Dillian Whyte and #3 Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz for the second mandatory position to get a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder.
By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s planning on building the largest promotional stable in the history of boxing before he’s through. Hearn, who runs Matchroom Boxing, brags that he’s got the No.1 stable in the UK, and now he plans on expanding to the U.S to become the biggest stable over there as well.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former two division belt holder David Haye thinks Anthony Joshua will agree to the $50 million offer made to him and his promoter Eddie Hearn if the offer is real for a unification fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Shelly Finkel, the manager for Wilder, shocked the boxing world on Wednesday when he revealed that he’d made a significant $50 million offer to Joshua.