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‘Completely unnecessary’ – Carl Froch HITS warm-up fight with Anthony Joshua
Carl Froch urged Anthony Joshua to go straight to the long-awaited fight with Tyson Fury.
Fury called on Joshua to step into the ring after his victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov last Saturday, but his rival rejected the offer.
Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, maintains that the two-time world heavyweight champion will fight as a warm-up fight for his fight with Fury.
The Matchroom chairman revealed last week that he had received a contract from Saudi boxing boss Turki Alalshikh for two fights, culminating in a mega fight with the “Gypsy King” in November.
However, Froch believes that the 36-year-old should continue to fight his long-time rival rather than risk the fight failing as has happened on numerous previous occasions.
“The sales deadline has already passed, but it’s still a gigantic fight,” the 48-year-old said in his YouTube channel Froch About the fight.
“Those two should just fucking get over it and get in there and make that fight happen.
“All this warm-up before the fight*** is completely unnecessary.
“This will kill.
“𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔”
Eddie Hearn reacts to Carl Froch, saying Anthony Joshua shouldn’t have a warm-up fight for his fight with Tyson Fury
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“If AJ fights a warm-up fight, even if he fights someone who falls on his side, he could get injured and need to be out for two or three months.
“Then he will need a three-month training camp and we are getting further and further away from that fight.
“This fight has to happen now.
If this is going to happen, it’s now or never for me.”
Joshua hasn’t fought in Jake Paul’s sixth-round knockout in Miami in December.
10 days after the YouTuber-turned-boxer was arrested, “AJ” suffered minor injuries in a fatal car crash that claimed the lives of two of his close friends.
The Watford man has returned to a training camp in Spain alongside former opponent Oleksandr Usyk as he prepares for a likely return in July.
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On Saturday in Brooklyn, Xander Zayas will defend his WBO and WBA super welterweight world titles against Jaron Ennis.
Zayas (23-0, 13 KO) will face former welterweight champion Ennis (35-0, 31 KO) at the Barclays Center.
Zayas unified the division in his last outing in January, adding Abbas Baraou’s WBA crown to his WBO title in his native Puerto Rico.
The 23-year-old extended his undefeated record to 23 consecutive professional victories.
Ennis is trying to become a world champion in two weight classes, having previously reigned as the unified champion at 147 pounds.
The 28-year-old made his debut at 154 pounds in October blowing away Uisma Lima in the first round in his hometown of Philadelphia, improving his undefeated record to 35-0.
Zayas vs Ennis – date, place, start time and ring walk
- The fight between both fighters will take place on Saturday, June 27, live at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Modern York
- Broadcast will start at 8pm ET/5pm PT/1am BST (Sunday)
- Main event will start around 10:45 PM ET / 7:45 PM PT / 3:45 AM BST (Sunday)
Zayas vs. Ennis – how to watch
- The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN
Zayas vs. Ennis – last three fights
Xander Zayas
- Xander Zayas bt Abass Baraou – split decision
- Xander Zayas bt Jorge Garcia Perez – unanimous decision
- Xander Zayas bt Sława Spomer – TKO in the 9th round
Jaron Ennis
- Jaron Ennis bt Uisma Lima – TKO in the 1st round
- Jaron Ennis bt Eimantas Stanionis – 6th round RTD
- Jaron Ennis bt Karen Chukhadjian – unanimous decision
Zayas vs Ennis – Undercard
- Emiliano Vargas (17-0, 14 KO) vs. Bryce Mills (22-1, 9 KO) – WBC USA Silver, WBO Latino, NABF Junior junior titles (10 rounds)
- Ben Whittaker (11-0-1, 8 KO) vs. Richard Rivera (27-2, 20 KO) – WBC silver airy heavyweight title (10 rounds)
- Jahi Tucker (16-1-1, 7 KO) vs. Euri Cedeno (14-0-1, 12 KO) – IBF North American, WBC USA, WBO NABO middleweight titles (10 rounds)
- Dennis Thompson (10-0, 6 KO) vs Edwin Rodriguez (12-11-3, 5 KO) – super bantamweight (8 rounds)
- Quincey Williams (6-0, 6 KO) vs Jerome Baxter (8-1, 3 KO) – welterweight (8 rounds)
- Juanma Lopez De Jesus (5-0, 2 KO) vs. Alberto Motos (6-2) – super flyweight (6 rounds)
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Lewis Crocker returns to the ring this week and faces Liam Paro.
Paro is Crocker’s first defense IBF welterweight world title.
He has been out of the ring since September 2025, when he appeared in the long-awaited rematch with Paddy Donovan.
After falling behind before the first fight was stopped due to Donovan’s disqualification, he entered the second fight as an underdog.
“The Croc” put on a great performance and proved the bookies wrong by taking down and dropping Donovan multiple times throughout the fight.
With the victory, Crocker became the IBF world champion in his hometown of Belfast.
His opponent, Paro, has only one defeat to his name. It came against Richardson Hitchins in 2024, when he was on the wrong side of a split decision.
Since that loss, he has picked up two victories, defeating Jonathan Navarro and most recently David Papot, who will be Harlem Eubank’s next opponent in July.
Crocker vs Paro – date, place, start time and ring walk
- The pairs fight will take place on Wednesday, June 24, live from the Pat Rafter Arena in Queensland, Australia
- Broadcast will start at 8:00 BST / 3:00 ET / 12:00 PT
- The main event will start around 1:00 p.m. BST / 8:00 a.m. ET / 5:00 a.m. PT
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Crocker vs. Paro – how to watch
- The pass can be watched live on Kayo Sports in Australia and DAZN in the UK
Crocker vs. Paro – last three fights
Lewis Crocker
- Lewis Crocker vs. Paddy Donovan – split decision
- Lewis Crocker vs. Paddy Donovan – disqualification
- Lewis Crocker vs. Conah Walker – unanimous decision
STEP
@lewiscrocker1 goes 20-0 with UD victory over Conah Walker and takes the WBA International welterweight title back to Belfast!
96-93, 96-93, 95-94#CrockerWalker #DennyCash pic.twitter.com/YNGePNzmlB
— Boxing at Matchroom (@MatchroomBoxing) June 22, 2024
Liam Paro
- Liam Paro vs David Papot – unanimous decision
- Liam Paro bt Jonathan Navarro – 5th round RTD
- Richardson Hitchins bt Liam Paro – split decision
Crocker vs. Paro – Undercard
- Dempsey McKean vs Liam Talivaa – vacant IBF Pan Pacific heavyweight title (10 rounds)
- Luke Modini vs. Peng Qu – cruiserweight (10 rounds)
- Riley Candy vs. Nathan Watson – super middleweight (5 rounds)
- Vegas Larfield vs Shamal Ram Anuj – featherweight (5 rounds)
- Nelson Asofa-Solomon vs. George Burgess – heavyweight (4 rounds)
- Jack Javed vs Lance McDonald – super welterweight (4 rounds)
- Stevan Ivic vs Caleb Tialu – heavyweight (4 rounds)
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Ryan Garner moved one step closer to world honors at the home of his beloved Southampton FC, winning the WBC interim super featherweight title following a big-point victory over Michael Magnesi on the South Coast.
Collect it started well, pinning Magnesi to the ropes in the opener.
He landed an eye-catching hook in the second round. Magnesi enjoyed a solid third goal though as both men had forceful shots.
Magnesi’s best round was the fourth, which he finished forceful, but Garner landed in the fifth and continued to dominate the half.
Garner seemed unfazed and immediately went back on the offensive, hitting the Lazio player twice in a row in the fifth round.
Garner actually slowed down after half the distance, but in the ninth period he got his second wind when he went on the attack and somehow managed to finish the round.
From that moment on, the Italian was in survival mode and after some difficulties he reached the final gong, where the result was beyond doubt.
Scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 116-112 secured the title for Garner.
Brad Pauls vs. Bradley Goldsmith fight
On the card below, Brad Pauls (21-3-1, KO12) suffered a bad defeat and was eliminated in the sixth round, ten rounds behind Bradley Goldsmith (16-1, KO10).
Goldsmith won Pauls’ IBF International middleweight title by two scores of 99-90 and a third card of 97-92.
Undercard remaining
Lewis Edmondson (12-1, KO3) scored the best victory of his career, and the featherlight heavyweight fighter won a ten-round decision over Lyndon Arthur (25-4, KO16).
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Scores of 97-93, 96-94 and 96-95 ensured victory for local boy Edmondson.
In the last ten-round fight, Taylor Bevan (9-0, KO8) went the distance for the first time in his life, and the super middleweight won a majority decision over Ryszard Lewicki (12-4-3, KO5).
Bevan twice scored 97-94 and the third was 95-95.
In eight rounds, Lasha Guruli (4-0, KO1) defeated Super Lightweight Liam Dillon (16-6-1, KO3) by one point in the final round, and cruiserweight hopeful Iman Zahmatkesh (6-0, KO4) defeated Franklin Arinze (10-2, KO7) 77-74.
In the super featherweight division, Charlie Senior (5-0, KO2) defeated Reuquen Cona Facundo Arce (18-23-2, KO7) 79-73.
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In six-round fights, Mason Payne (6-0, KO2) defeated Cheikh Diop (6-1, KO4) in the super welterweight division, and in the super featherweight division, Leighton Birchall (5-0, KO3) did the same to Cesar Ignacio Paredes (18-36-1, KO5).
Prospective featherweight contender William Birchall (5-0, KO5) won again early, this time after stopping Miroslav Prochazka (8-18, KO6) in the first round.
The only winner of the second round in the heavyweight division was Adam Olaniyan (2-0, KO2) defeating Viktar Chvarkou (6-34, KO3).
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