Alycia Baumgardner tested positive for Mesterolone in a Drug-Free Sports test three days before her fight with Christina Linardatou. Jessica McCaskill went on ‘ThaBoxingVoice’ yesterday night to discuss Baumgardner’s failed test and seemed to suggest that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing may have played a part in the adverse analytical finding. “So let’s do the math,…
The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed Matchroom Boxing on Saturday, August 5 that Dillian Whyte returned adverse analytical findings as part of a random anti-doping protocol. As a result, his long-awaited DAZN pay-per-view rematch with Anthony Joshua at London’s O2 was cancelled with Robert Helenius stepping in at the 11h-hour to face AJ instead. NoSmokeSport.com has…
Dennis McCann will face a huge test against perennial European level contender Ionut Baluta at the York Hall, London, this Friday, August 18th, live on TNT Sports (formally BT Sport). McCann, who won the Commonwealth title against Joe Ham Jnr last November, was due to be out in April, however, injury prevented his return. He…
Last month, the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) ruled in favour of Welterweight star Conor Benn ending his provisional suspension with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). Benn was cleared to fight in this country after the independent body ruled that UKAD could no longer suspend the athlete. The exact reason for this ruling is unknown with promoter Eddie…
UFC Dana White’s Contender Series week two is here. Last week, five contracts were awarded to all five winners. Now, five more fights are here with ten fighters all battling for a UFC contract. It was another great night of fights that saw three fast finishes and two decisions with all fights being as good…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Galal Yafai (4-0, 3 KOs) defends his WBC International Flyweight Title against Sheffield’s former British champion, Tommy Frank (15-3-1, 3 KOs) this Saturday, August 19, live on DAZN. Yafai-Frank takes place at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England and is the latest headliner in Matchroom Boxing’s ‘NXT GEN’ series. ‘Golden Galal’ turned professional in January 2022 and…
Ebanie Bridges and Conor McGregor went viral over the weekend after the pair arrived together at London’s O2 to watch Anthony Joshua’s 7th-round KO of Robert Helenius. Bridges, the IBF world Bantamweight champion from Australia, was helping UFC star McGregor promote his ‘Forged Irish Stout’ drink which was sponsoring the event. Joshua famously drank the…
NoSmokeSport.com has learnt that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing will stage a show on Saturday, September 23 in Orlando, Florida live on DAZN. WBA/WBC champion Jessica McCaskill (12-3, 5KOs) and WBO title holder Sandy Ryan (6-1, 2 KOs) will collide on the card for three welterweight titles, sources tell NoSmokeSport. The unification clash sees a transatlantic, matchup…
The IBF officially ordered their Cruiserweight champion Australia’s Jai Opetaia to face Britain’s Richard Riakporhe after Poland’s Mateusz Masternak withdrew from the mandatory position. Opetaia, who is widely regarded as the #1 fighter in the division, was signed by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in July – a deal that had been in the works before the IBF ordered Opetaia-Riakporhe. Riakporhe…
Jai Opetaia-Richard Riakporhe was a fight that boxing fans wanted to see. So it came with much disappointment when we found out yesterday afternoon that this fight would not be taking place. READ: Eddie Hearn FUMES At Richard Riakporhe For Pulling Out Of Opetaia Purse Bids, “You Don’t Get Talked Into Turning Down The Opportunity…
At the time of writing this, probably nobody knows how many pay-per-view buys Saturday’s super fight between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford has done. This article will attempt to predict the Spence vs Crawford PPV Buys by comparing numbers on different metrics to other PPV fights in the US and the buys they have achieved….
According to a leaked event listing on the official Monte Carlo SBM (Société des Bains de Mer) website, Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing will return to Monaco on Saturday, November 4. This marks the first card Matchroom have staged in that territory since Nov 2019 since events in Monaco have not returned post-pandemic. These events usually…
CATCH ALL OF NOSMOKESPORT’S FIGHT WEEK VIDEO COVERAGE ON YOUTUBE The highly-anticipated rematch between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte was cancelled on Saturday after Whyte had an adverse analytical finding in a doping test in the lead-up to the pair’s big Heavyweight rematch. Joshua will instead face Robert Helenius (32-4, 21 KOs) this Saturday, August 12 at London’s 17,000-capacity O2 Arena live on DAZN. Joshua-Whyte was…
Terence Crawford dominated and knocked out Errol Spence in round nine of their super-fight last month in Las Vegas. Crawford dropped Spence three times, once in round two and twice in round seven before the referee Harvey Dock decided he’d seen enough in the ninth. WBO champion Crawford became the first male fighter to win undisputed titles in…
