Brian Norman Jr. will defend his WBO welterweight title against #7 Derrieck Cuevas on November 8th at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Failed Negotiations After Lowball Offer
Unfortunately, the negotiations for a unification fight between the unbeaten Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KOs) and IBF…
Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn believes Terence Crawford will never fight again unless he’s given the Canelo Alvarez fight.
Hearn reiterates that the four-division world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) only wants fights that will pay him an “absolute fortune. ” The only one who can…
Promoter Eddie Hearn was furious on Thursday, having failed to negotiate a unification deal for his recently signed fighter, IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ to face WBO champ Brian Norman Jr.
A “Fortune” Spurned
The approximately $1.5 million offer that Hearn floated to Norman…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. turned down “more” than $1.5 million for a unification fight against IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
Norman Jr’s dad, Brian Sr, says the first offer was less than one-third of what Boots made for David…
Tim Bradley says Canelo Alvarez will make an “example” out of Edgar Berlanga by giving him a beating on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Commentator Bradley feels that Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) lacks the experience to be in there with WBC/WBO…
Brian Norman Jr’s father, Brian Sr., says his son is no longer “optimistic” that the unification fight against IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will happen. Norman Sr. that he’d had to wait days between offers from Matchroom, and they’re always low.
Norman Sr. says…
O’Shaquie Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) will face WBC super featherweight champion Robson Conceição (19-2-1, 9 KOs) in a rematch on November 2nd on ESPN+ in Verona, New York.
The former WBC 130-lb champion Foster, 30, is getting a second chance after the WBC ordered the…
The name Coley Wallace is not a well-known name in boxing or in the movies, but…….Born in Jacksonville, Florida, then moving to Harlem, New York, Wallace, 6-1 at the time, was the last opponent to defeat the future world unbeaten heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, 11-3,…
William Zepeda will fight former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. or Tevin Farmer on November 16th in Saudi Arabia.
According to Fernando Sabatini on X, the go-getter Kambosos’ Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs) is the likely opponent for the unbeaten Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs). It…