By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn states that Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) won’t be fighting Adrien Broner in his first fight back on April 21 at the Echol Arena in Liverpool, England. Hearn says he’s given a list of 12 names to Khan and his trainer Virgil Hunter to pick from for his comeback fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan will be holding a press conference on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. at the Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair, in London, England, and he’s expected to reveal that he’s signed with British promoter Eddie Hearn and his Matchroom Sport stable.
By Jeff Aranow: If Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn gets his way, he’ll soon be guiding the career of former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs). Hearn is very interested in taking over the management of the 29-year-old Fury’s career, and getting him back in fighting once again. Fury hasn’t fought in 2 years due to him having lost his boxing license.
By Stanley White: Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) won’t be fighting former 2 division world champion David “Hayemaker” Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) on December 17 like he previously planned, as the former heavyweight champion fell during training and injured a bicep.
By Jim Dower: Promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to match his new Matchroom Sport fighter Daniel Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) against former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) next March after Jacobs fights on November 11 against Luis Arias (19-0, 9 KOs) on HBO Boxing.
By Allan Fox: In a real surprising move, former WBA World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) has signed with British promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport promotions. Jacobs is known in the U.S. following his close 12 round unanimous decision loss to middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin last March on HBO PPV.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he would be very interested in working with former 2 division world champion Carl Frampton once again. Frampton just parted ways with his longtime manager Barry McGuigan on August 21, and he still hasn’t signed with anyone yet.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport has made yet another addition to their growing stable with the signing of British heavyweight Dillian Whyte (16-1, 13 KOs). This is the second big signing this week. Earlier this week, Hearn announced the signing of British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. to his stable.
Both fighters will be fighting in separate bouts on the June 25th undercard of IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s title defense against fringe contender Dominic Breazeale on Sky Box Office at the O2 Arena in London, UK. It’s unknown if the 6’4” Whyte’s fight will make it onto the televised portion of the card, however.
By Tim Fletcher: As the saying goes ‘the rich get richer.’ This fits perfectly with the new signing by British promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport promotional company of WBA interim middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (19-1, 14 KOs) on Friday.
The addition of the 26-year-old Eubank Jr. gives Hearn a virtual monopoly of the best fighters in the UK, thanks to his contract with Sky Sports. Hearn is luring all the top fighters to his stable, and Eubank Jr. is just the latest of what will likely continue to be a flood of fighters coming to him.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport promotional company just added another important fighter to their stable on Friday with the signing of former world title challenger Martin Murray (29-2-1, 12 KOs) to their growing stable. With his contract with Sky Sports, Hearn is adding top British fighters left and right. He’s like a giant vacuum with his ability to attract the top fighters in the UK to his Matchroom Sport stable.
Adding the 32-year-old Murray isn’t nearly as big an addition to his team as the signing in the past of the likes of Carl Froch and Kell Brook, but having Murray on the team will let Hearn mix and match guys in his stable against each other.