β CONFIRMED: Diego Pacheco will face Immanuwel Aleem and Andy Cruz will take on Albert Bell in an IBF lightweight title final eliminator July 18 at the War Grounds in Carson, California live on DAZN
π¨ PACHECO RE-SIGNS WITH MATCHROOM
β Now confirmed that top super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco is the latest to sign a long-term promotional extension with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. βοΈ
π¨ BAM-MEDINA POSSIBLY NEXT
π Eddie Hearn has said that if Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez defeats Antonio Vargas tonight for the WBA Bantamweight title, he may look to make an in-house unification fight with Chispo Medina. πΊπΈπ²π½ π π²π½
β CONFIRMED: Diego Pacheco will face Immanuwel Aleem and Andy Cruz will take on Albert Bell in an IBF lightweight title final eliminator July 18 at the War Grounds in Carson, California live on DAZN
Announced lineup:
Diego Pacheco-Immanuwel Aleem
Andy Cruz-Albert Bell
Albert "Chop Chop" Gonzalez-Aaron Alameda
US debut of Leo Atang
Frank Espinoza
Art Barrera Jr.
π¨ PACHECO TO FIGHT ALEEM ON JULY 18
π₯ Diego Pacheco, who is a top 5 contender in 3 governing bodies, will fight Immanuwel Aleem when he returns on July 18 in Carson, California.
π¨ TANK-SCHOFIELD TALKS PROGRESSING
Chris Mannix is reporting on DAZN that talks are progressing well for a bout between WBA lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis and mandatory challenger Floyd Schofield to take place in late September/early October.
π¨ WBO SET TO ORDER HANEY-KEYSHAWN
The WBO will order Devin Haney to defend his WBO welterweight title against the No. 1 contender Keyshawn Davis in early July. Haney is in talks to sign with Dana White's Zuffa Boxing, per Chris Mannix on @DAZNBoxing.
π Expected to be announced on tonight's DAZN broadcast that Diego Pacheco has signed a long-term extension with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and will return July 18 in Carson, California with Andy Cruz-Albert Bell in the co-feature.
π¨ BIG MATCHROOM US SEPTEMBER SHOW ON TNT πΊπΈ
Eddie Hearn: "DAZN have done a multi-year deal to broadcast a select number of shows live on TNT. TNT has a much bigger viewership potential than Paramount. Coming up, we've got a show in September [on TNT US]."
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π 'DANA WHITE GOT HIS BUM SLAPPED OVER AJ-FURY COMMENTS'
Eddie Hearn: "Zuffa got told to remove all their posts regarding what [Dana White] said at the press conference [about AJ-Fury]. ... As soon as he made those, I went to Turki Alalshikh and said, 'What the f**k is this guy talking about?' He said, 'Don't worry about it.' Next thing, the team said, 'They've all been taken down.' And he got his bum slapped β again."
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π EDDIE HEARN RESPONDS TO DANA WHITE OVER AJ-FURY
Eddie Hearn: "The fight won't take place β because it's written very clearly in the contract β [if] Dana White, TKO, Zuffa or anybody associated will be the promoter of that show. [The location of the fight] is not agreed yet.
"This is what has happened. Dana White has said to Turki Alalshikh, 'You should do that event in Vegas. He's reached out to MGM Grand trying to convince Turki Alalshikh to look at Vegas for that fight. ... In the contract it says, at the desire of AJ and Matchroom, that fight must take place in the UK."
[@SIChrisMannix]
π¨ 'DAZN HOLD THE KEYS TO RYAN GARCIA-CONOR BENN'
Eddie Hearn: "[Dana White] didn't just receive a cease and desist from Golden Boy, about 3 or 4 days ago he received a cease and desist from DAZN saying, 'Ryan Garcia is exclusive to DAZN, therefore if you want to procure his services, you need to be having a conversation not just with Oscar De La Hoya but also with the broadcaster that holds that exclusivity. If that doesn't get resolved, there will be no Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn fight."
[@SIChrisMannix]
"I have two kids, I have a family. I do this to provide for them β to put food on the table.
"This [win] here would've opened so many doors for me. For me to be able to secure my family's life."
Lerrone Richards spoke to me about being robbed in Canada:
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π Over 40,000 tickets have been sold in the pre-sale for Katie Taylor's farewell fight on Sep. 5 at Croke Park. An 80,000 sell-out is expected when the event goes on general sale on Friday.