Joshua Buatsi vs. Dan Azeez | Sky Sports - 3 February 2024

[jwfg]

Fight cancelled. Is Shalom over his overdraft limit again?

[Frostieballs]

Is football even that popular nowadays?

Football is insanely popular.

The next TV deal will be over £6 billion.

Higher ticket sales than ever.

[Glass Joe]

Fight cancelled. Is Shalom over his overdraft limit again?

Read that another venue, is York hall free that night or brentwood leisure centre?

[THEBUTCH]

Oh bollocks ! Such a good match up.

I wish Azeez a speedy recovery and hope it can be rescheduled soon.

[black panther]

Oh bollocks ! Such a good match up.

I wish Azeez a speedy recovery and hope it can be rescheduled soon.

bollocks indeed was really looking forward to this one!

[SeanBrennan]

Hearn back with his Cheshire cat grin in interviews following this and alluding to these being a planned pull. Any thoughts?

[Nightmare Roy]

Hearn back with his Cheshire cat grin in interviews following this and alluding to these being a planned pull. Any thoughts?

He's king of the wind up Merchants and they always bite. Who knows for sure?

[SeanBrennan]

Hearn back with his Cheshire cat grin in interviews following this and alluding to these being a planned pull. Any thoughts?

He's king of the wind up Merchants and they always bite. Who knows for sure?

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

[jameswilson]

Hearn back with his Cheshire cat grin in interviews following this and alluding to these being a planned pull. Any thoughts?

He's king of the wind up Merchants and they always bite. Who knows for sure?

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

Or a video released of him saying ‘you can’t ask me about this…’ at the start of an interview.

[maverick23]

Hearn back with his Cheshire cat grin in interviews following this and alluding to these being a planned pull. Any thoughts?

He's king of the wind up Merchants and they always bite. Who knows for sure?

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

Shalom’s keeping a low profile it seems. He didn’t do interviews with YouTube guys for the Dubois show (just an easy few minutes on TalkSPORT) and nothing so far this week(that I’ve seen).

He’s in a tough spot as I think he’d be getting asked if there was VaDA planned for this fight, someone may pull him up on his claim that they’d sold over 10,000 tickets and several people are complaining that they can’t get refunds yet for the cancelled O2 fight.

Also he may not want to be asked questions about where they stand with Okolie and his contractual rematch and what the latest is with Riakporhe after he swerved a world title shot because Shalom said he had a different world title option.

[Nightmare Roy]

He's king of the wind up Merchants and they always bite. Who knows for sure?

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

Shalom’s keeping a low profile it seems. He didn’t do interviews with YouTube guys for the Dubois show (just an easy few minutes on TalkSPORT) and nothing so far this week(that I’ve seen).

He’s in a tough spot as I think he’d be getting asked if there was VaDA planned for this fight, someone may pull him up on his claim that they’d sold over 10,000 tickets and several people are complaining that they can’t get refunds yet for the cancelled O2 fight.

Also he may not want to be asked questions about where they stand with Okolie and his contractual rematch and what the latest is with Riakporhe after he swerved a world title shot because Shalom said he had a different world title option.

He's having a mare at the moment, who the fcuk would want to be a boxing promoter?

[maverick23]

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

Shalom’s keeping a low profile it seems. He didn’t do interviews with YouTube guys for the Dubois show (just an easy few minutes on TalkSPORT) and nothing so far this week(that I’ve seen).

He’s in a tough spot as I think he’d be getting asked if there was VaDA planned for this fight, someone may pull him up on his claim that they’d sold over 10,000 tickets and several people are complaining that they can’t get refunds yet for the cancelled O2 fight.

Also he may not want to be asked questions about where they stand with Okolie and his contractual rematch and what the latest is with Riakporhe after he swerved a world title shot because Shalom said he had a different world title option.

He's having a mare at the moment, who the fcuk would want to be a boxing promoter?

He’s in a tricky spot as I’m sure he loves the money he’s been able to make but he’s out of his depth, tells tall tales (like every other promoter) and doesn’t have much charisma which is needed by a promoter. I think and has put himself in tough positions with the Clarke/Wardley and Riakporhe/Opetaia fights and has also put himself in tricky spots saying other things are not backing them up.

Someone like Eddie also talks bollocks but has the charisma to, usually, get himself out of it or deflect whilst Shalom doesn’t have that.

Shalom seems to be avoiding the YouTube interviewers now (at least hasn’t done any recently) which may not be a bad thing. They can be a great platform so he’ll need to find other ways to get himself out there pushing his shows.

[SeanBrennan]

He's king of the wind up Merchants and they always bite. Who knows for sure?

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

Shalom’s keeping a low profile it seems. He didn’t do interviews with YouTube guys for the Dubois show (just an easy few minutes on TalkSPORT) and nothing so far this week(that I’ve seen).

He’s in a tough spot as I think he’d be getting asked if there was VaDA planned for this fight, someone may pull him up on his claim that they’d sold over 10,000 tickets and several people are complaining that they can’t get refunds yet for the cancelled O2 fight.

Also he may not want to be asked questions about where they stand with Okolie and his contractual rematch and what the latest is with Riakporhe after he swerved a world title shot because Shalom said he had a different world title option.

I can understand why. I have some sympathy, if you're a promoter everyone starts from a position of thinking you're a monster/evil/spoiled/robbing, you can rarely ever win.

[SeanBrennan]

indeed, none of us do. Likely to get a nibble from young Ben though.

Shalom’s keeping a low profile it seems. He didn’t do interviews with YouTube guys for the Dubois show (just an easy few minutes on TalkSPORT) and nothing so far this week(that I’ve seen).

He’s in a tough spot as I think he’d be getting asked if there was VaDA planned for this fight, someone may pull him up on his claim that they’d sold over 10,000 tickets and several people are complaining that they can’t get refunds yet for the cancelled O2 fight.

Also he may not want to be asked questions about where they stand with Okolie and his contractual rematch and what the latest is with Riakporhe after he swerved a world title shot because Shalom said he had a different world title option.

He's having a mare at the moment, who the fcuk would want to be a boxing promoter?

not me, you can't win. I also change my mind easily and would end up contradicting myself within 2 interviews. Possibly one.

[rd350lc]

Is football even that popular nowadays?

Football is insanely popular.

The next TV deal will be over £6 billion.

Higher ticket sales than ever.

England national coverage moved to channel 4 or so I thought?

Kids playing on any green space like they were in the 70/80 s? Don't see it where I live .

The captive audience will be gone in the not too distant future, kids don't even watch TV nowadays let alone a football match .

[Ruthless-RKO]

Azeez is cleared to reschedule after mid January.

[gregregegg]

fuking buatsi.... alll the backing in the world,

Olympic medal over 7 years ago.

Brittish title 4.5 years ago.

2 fiths of fuk-all since.

[Bigdogsnose]

fuking buatsi.... alll the backing in the world,

Olympic medal over 7 years ago.

Brittish title 4.5 years ago.

2 fiths of fuk-all since.

If you want the prime example of whats wrong with boxing, Buatsi's your man. His career is beyond boring.

5/6 years ago him and Yarde should have fought. Its always 'thats a big fight for down the line'. Never fcuking happened though.

Groves and Degale, Saunders and Eubank, rolled the domestic rivalry dice nice and early. World champs and/or millionaires now.

[Twinkle Toes]

fuking buatsi.... alll the backing in the world,

Olympic medal over 7 years ago.

Brittish title 4.5 years ago.

2 fiths of fuk-all since.

Add in world title shot turned down

[jwfg]

Rescheduled for Wembley Arena on February 3. Smaller venue, I wonder why.,

[maverick23]

Rescheduled for Wembley Arena on February 3. Smaller venue, I wonder why.,

That’s the supposed date of Benn/Eubank Jr at Spurs. Wonder if they’ve heard something.

[jwfg]

Rescheduled for Wembley Arena on February 3. Smaller venue, I wonder why.,

That’s the supposed date of Benn/Eubank Jr at Spurs. Wonder if they’ve heard something.

Maybe, I was being sarcastic, as it didn't sell the first time around,

[Ruthless-RKO]

Press Release

Adam Azim makes the first defense of his EBU European super lightweight title against undefeated former champion Enock Poulsen on Saturday, February 3rd at The OVO Arena Wembley in London, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, and Peacock in the USA.

Azim and Poulsen’s European title clash will provide star support for the hugely anticipated WBA world title final eliminator bout between unbeaten #1 and #2 world ranked light heavyweights Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez that headlines a night of boxing in the capital.

Azim (10-0, 7 KOs) dethroned Franck Petitjean in front of a capacity crowd in Wolverhampton last month to be crowned European king. A spectacular feat for the 21-year-old, who became the quickest Englishman to win the European title, surpassing the achievements of former champions Spencer Oliver and ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed, also making him the first British-Pakistani to lift the blue and gold belt.

Poulsen (14-0, 5 KOs) is no stranger to European success himself, having also defeated Petitjean to claim the title in April 2022. The undefeated Dane, who was ringside to watch Azim’s crowning moment, believes he is the rightful holder of the belt having never lost it in the ring and is eager to recapture his title and end Azim’s rise.

Azim said: “I’m looking forward to defending my European Title on a big show. Enock Poulsen is a good opponent but I’m levels above him and I’m going to show that on February 3rd. He hasn’t faced anyone like me before.”

Poulsen said: “This title is mine and right now he’s only borrowing it. I will take it back and I will beat Azim in his own hometown. Azim has never faced a good opponent, yet he’s very hyped in the UK. In this fight against me, I’m sure he will lose. I want to be on the big stage. I want to prove to everyone that I’m the real EBU Champion. To win would mean everything.”

Ben Shalom, BOXXER Founder and CEO, said: “Adam Azim announced himself on the big stage by winning the European Title in just his tenth fight. Now he’s taking on an undefeated fighter. Someone who has held this belt himself, never lost it in the ring, and believes himself to be the rightful champion. This is a great addition to a stacked show at The OVO Arena Wembley on February 3rd. We believe we’ve got a future world champion on our hands with Adam, but he faces a huge acid test with Enock Poulsen which he needs to come through to keep himself in contention.”

[THEBUTCH]

The current domestic Light heavyweight division is repeating the mistakes of the late 1990s/early 2000s Light middleweight division.

So many golden matchups to be made, but so few actually happening

[SeanBrennan]

The current domestic Light heavyweight division is repeating the mistakes of the late 1990s/early 2000s Light middleweight division.

So many golden matchups to be made, but so few actually happening

sadly true, let's hope it changes.