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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Patrice Evra calls out Luis Suarez for MMA debut
Eddie Hearn knocks MMA's lack of stars Eddie Hearn — Matchroom Boxing Chairman and Conor Benn's promoter — joins Ariel in-studio to discuss all things boxing, including the stories of the Eubank-Benn megafight, growing up around his father Barry Hearn, who played a role in the history of the fight, and the status of the rematch; plus, Ryan Garcia's return at the star-studded Times Square event, the UFC's recent stagnation, Dana White's TKO Boxing plans, the potential of Fury-Joshua, Taylor-Serrano 3 headlining an all women boxing card on Netflix, and more. 1:55 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Eddie Hall sends frightening message to Dillon Danis
Eddie Hearn knocks MMA's lack of stars Eddie Hearn — Matchroom Boxing Chairman and Conor Benn's promoter — joins Ariel in-studio to discuss all things boxing, including the stories of the Eubank-Benn megafight, growing up around his father Barry Hearn, who played a role in the history of the fight, and the status of the rematch; plus, Ryan Garcia's return at the star-studded Times Square event, the UFC's recent stagnation, Dana White's TKO Boxing plans, the potential of Fury-Joshua, Taylor-Serrano 3 headlining an all women boxing card on Netflix, and more. 1:55 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stone Cold Steve Austin addresses ATV accident at WrestleMania 41
Eddie Hearn knocks MMA's lack of stars Eddie Hearn — Matchroom Boxing Chairman and Conor Benn's promoter — joins Ariel in-studio to discuss all things boxing, including the stories of the Eubank-Benn megafight, growing up around his father Barry Hearn, who played a role in the history of the fight, and the status of the rematch; plus, Ryan Garcia's return at the star-studded Times Square event, the UFC's recent stagnation, Dana White's TKO Boxing plans, the potential of Fury-Joshua, Taylor-Serrano 3 headlining an all women boxing card on Netflix, and more. 1:55 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
The Sun
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Boxing stars deliver damning verdict on Devin Haney's win over Jose Ramirez which set 4th-worst punch stats in 40 years
BOXING stars slammed Devin Haney's win over Jose Ramirez with their damning verdicts. And the snoozefest contest set some of the worst punch stats in 40 YEARS. 3 3 Haney, 26, came through an underwhelming unanimous decision win over Ramirez at Times Square in New York on Friday night. It was far from a classic or vintage performance from the two-weight former world champion with very little to write home about. So much so that some even dubbed it "easily the worst fight of the year". And that sparked a wave of negativity from some of boxing's biggest names on social media. Conor Benn was ringside in New York - one week on from his defeat to Chris Eubank Jr - but struggled to stay awake during the fight. He wrote: "The judges won't have a scorecard because they're all asleep." Dillon Danis tweeted: "Devin Haney really put the city that never sleeps to sleep." Dillian Whyte added: "This Haney fight is trash I can't believe I stayed up for this." Shawn Porter said: "Devin is comfortable in this energy. It just looks odd to us." Dan Rafael typed: "One of the worst fights I have seen in a long time." And Jack Catterall joked: "Tell you what I get called boring this makes me look like a prime Marvin Hagler." Hall of Famer commentator Jim Lampley quipped: "If ever there was a fight capable of inducing a nap in Times Square, it would be this one." And the stats backed up the scathing comments. Because in 40 years of CompuBox tracking the numbers in boxing, only three 12-round fights have produced fewer landed punches. Haney managed to connect with Ramirez 70 times while his opponent only did so on 30 occasions in a deeply disappointing bout. That tally of 110 punches is less than one-fifth of the 582 in the Eubank-Benn clash in North London. The maximum number of punches landed by either man in one round was nine from Haney in the ninth. The Dream landed just shy of a third of his punches overall while Ramirez found the target with 14.3 per cent. In the headline event, Ryan Garcia rolled up to Times Square in a Batmobile. But he was .
The Sun
25-04-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Former world boxing champion was eating curry and chips in polystyrene tray one week before winning on Eubank-Benn card
A FORMER boxing world champion ate curry and chips in a sulk just one week before fighting on the Eubank-Benn undercard. Back in October 1993, the two boxing legends were ready to meet at Old Trafford for their highly-anticipated rematch. 2 In a blockbuster month for boxing, Lennox Lewis was fighting Frank Bruno in Cardiff the week before. Future world champion Barry Jones watched the clash with his feet up after being brutally snubbed of a spot on the undercard. The young Welshman had won the first five professional fights of his career and believed he should have got his big break that night, only for Joe Calzaghe 's debut to be chosen instead. But Jones would get his opportunity sooner than expected, telling DAZN: "I remember it so well, I was having curry and chips from in a rugby club from a polystyrene tray. "I was watching Bruno vs Lewis on the screen and I was sulking because I wasn't on the show because I was undefeated and a big ticket seller. "On the Sunday morning, I got a call from my trainer, not asking me but telling me, I was fighting on the undercard at Old Trafford. "I boxed out my skin and I remember the atmosphere being fantastic." Jones beat John White on points that evening before Eubank and Benn was judged a draw. It turned out to be just his first huge win and he went on to claim the WBO super featherweight title in 1997. But Jones was stripped of his belt after a routine brain scan flagged an anomaly. Chris Eubank Jr silences press conference with moving speech on brother's death and dad thinking he's a 'disgrace' There was a gap in his membrane and doctors were concerned over an increased likelihood of him suffering brain damage as a boxer. The British Boxing Board of Control suspended him and stripped him of his title before he was cleared to fight again a year later. Since retiring, Jones has become a top commentator for the likes of Sky Sports and BoxNation.
