Belfast – Promoter Eddie Hearn admits that it is unlikely that the winner of the Saturday fight of Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan will end the challenge of Jaron Ennis for IBF.

Ennis is fighting WBA Beltholder Eimantas Stanionis in April, and Crocker-Donovan is the eliminator of the Philadelphia Championships.

But only because Ennis is heading in a different direction, it does not mean that there is not much on the line for the Saturday winner at the SSE arena in Belfast.

“So, when Boots fights with Stanionis, the winner will receive a letter with information that you have to fight Paddy Donovan or Lewis Crocker, whoever wins,” explained Hearn. “And it is very likely that the shoes decide not to fight this person because he will go to 154, or ask to release from the fight with another master, which will probably be awarded. But then there will be no layoffs and it is very likely that the winner of this fight will fight for a free title. And when you look at the rankings, it is very likely that it will be a fight that you can bring to Ireland. If it’s Crocker, it is very likely that he can fight for the title of World Championships in Odyssey, the World Cup Championships. This is a huge title to win. And if it is Paddy, there is a good chance that we could bring a substantial fight to the south of Ireland and try something wild, and he could fight for the championship of the world -class weight. If you win this belt, you put yourself in a position for Haney, Garcia, Teofimo, all the life changing fights, so it will be really intriguing to see what will happen. But without a crocker, who will now be the headline in Northern Ireland? You can do good nights for fighting … Crocker is not a star yet to fill the arena with anyone. He does it against Paddy, because it is a great fight and everyone is buying north-south, Belfast-Limerick, but if he wins, he has the opportunity to fill him in huge fights. “

It is a fight that captured the imagination, and 8,000 fans will pack a place in Fight Night. Donovan-Crocker is not yet well-established stars, but the chemistry they created and the energy of the fight is concrete.

“It’s quite unusual, undefeated, in their absolute splendor, it is very true and you often don’t see it,” added Hearn. “Both have teams that think their man is insurmountable in this fight. You have Billy Nelson and some may sometimes call him a little illusive, but he is sold 100 percent that Lewis Crocker will pass through Paddy Donovan. Andy Lee is the biggest fan of Paddy Donovan on the planet, so normally in such a fight, you would think that he might think: “What about another route?” Or people, especially they both come from Ireland, do not tend to do so, because there are many on the line with the rights to brag. If you lose this fight, you have a future for now, but not at the world level. “

With this in mind, Hearn was clearly impressed by the state in which Donovan, in which he appears, but also delights with Crocker’s weighty hands.

“I think Paddy will be razor. I think it looks in an unbelievable form, “added Hearn. “There are two paddys, right? There is a fallen, who was in Belfast in Belfast, when we did a miniature show, a four -week termination, a bit plump. Still flashy, but then he gets a little tired, and then there is the devered one who probably trained out of the respect of Lewis Crocker, knowing that it was a real fight. I think Lewis is a substantial blow. “

He tactically said that the best Donovana plant is Bivol to make Crocker’s Beterbiv.

“Lewis’s style is more like Beterbiev, come, go down, huge painful shots land, but you have to catch him, and Paddy is very slippery,” said Hearn. “And if he enters his flow in five or six rounds, it will be easier for him to choose a fight, and he can put his foot on gas. I think that a lot will depend on how Lewis has Paddy Donovan at the beginning of the fight. He can’t lose missiles and get six celebrations and have four or five down, because Paddy will start in his flow, and then he frustrated, then you will load, and then the fight can leave you. ”

There are several intriguing fights in the series, in which Irish fans got involved in the bill. With this in mind, probably the place will be full long before the main event.

Between Craig Richards and Nadzie McCrora and Nadzie McCrora.

“I tell you where the loser is going; done. Ready – said Hearn. “But I know Craig Richards. Both guys move a little. And if Craig doesn’t win in this fight, I don’t see him continue. Nasty, even after [Edgar] Berlanga Fight, he thought: “Well, I had a great run.” Now, if he is defeated, he finished or ended near the world level. Craig, you have some bad performance against Willy Hutchinson, a few signs of questions, both great puncher. I think it will be a really good fight and I think the winner may get a smith calum, a [Anthony] Yarde fight or Lyndon Arthur fight. You intend to put yourself on a great British or European duel and a great payment day. This is a struggle to stay alive. This is reality.

“So you have Kurt Walker against Leon Woodstock, it’s a really good fight and get ready for the bell, Shauna Browne, fights with Elif Nur Turhan from Turkey, whose team haunted me for two years. When I tell you that it will be a 10-rund war … Shauna Browne will not go back, it is as strenuous as elderly shoes, this Elif Turhan does not cease to appear. Huge puncher. And then you have [Ruadhan] Farrell-[Gerard] Hughes rematch, they will get together, it’s a really good box of boxing. “

Recent York – There is no doubt that Lamont Roach Jnr will fight on its largest, so far as a professional this Saturday.

Although the Junior Lightweight Hander WBA has been fighting for championship cards since he became a professional in 2014 at the undercard of Bernard Hopkins’s Delicate Heavywywywy win with Beibut Shumenov, the delicate never shone as radiant on Roach as in Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Recent York.

In the face of Gervont “Tank” Davis – perhaps the largest American star in boxing – Roach will probably look at him more than at any other time in his professional career. The 29-year-old from Upper Marlboro, Maryland says it’s okay.

“Since I started great fights,” said Roach, 25-1-1 (10 KO), during Wednesday’s media training at the Gleason gym in Brooklyn. “Hopkins Undercard, Canelo [Alvarez] Undercards … and the list is long. I am not alien to this and it does not affect me at all.

“The stakes are higher, but I just want demanding – that’s all. I trained in the best physical and mental form in which I can be. “

Roach will be its main first vital Pay-Per-View event against Davis, 30-0 (28 KO), one of the few Bona Fide Pay-view in today’s sport. Two boxers, whose native city is about an hour from each other, have a story from amateur ranks, in which Davis beat Roach twice in three rounds.

“I definitely have to have some return,” Roach said.

The fight will be the first time Roach, which can weigh above 130 pounds from 2017, when he won his first smaller title with Alejandro Valdeza knockout. Roach says that he feels more comfortable without having to cut an additional 5 pounds, and insinuates that as a result he will have more impact power.

While Roach certainly stands in the face of someone whom talent exceeds the talent of his previous opponents, says that Davis also fights with someone who is a different puzzle for him.

“IQ, the level of skill, being simply a generally killer of the brain in the ring,” said Roach, asked by reporters, which distinguishes him from 30 opponents, which Davis defeated.

“He was never there with someone like me.”

Roach rides in six victorious passions from a lonely defeat-uniform defeat of the decision for Jamel Herring in his first possibility of the world title, in 2019. Since then, Roach became the world champion in itself, defeating Hector Luis Garcia in June 2023.

He says that his goal is to become a champion of two divisions, defending belts in various divisions.

“It’s all for me, and becoming a champion of two divisions would be a dream come true for me.” Roach said.

Ryan Songalia is a reporter and editor of Boxingscene.com and wrote for ESPN, Recent York Daily News, Rappler, The Guardian, Vice and The Ring Magazine. He obtained a master’s degree in journalism from Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalist and is a member of boxing Writers Association of America. You can contact him ryansongoli@gmail.com or on Twitter at the address @ryansongalia.