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London-based Albanian Welterweight sensation Florian Marku has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.

The decorated former MMA fighter turned professional in December 2018 and has won all seven of his contests in impressive fashion, with five of those wins coming inside the distance. Trained by Don Charles and managed by S-JAM Boxing, Marku hasn’t been shy in calling out the top Welterweights in the UK, with Conor Benn and Chris Kongo sitting at the top of his hit list.

Boasting a huge following, the 28-year-old southpaw sold out London’s iconic 1200-seater York Hall single-handed for his UK debut in March 2019 before luring over 800 fans to The O2 for his fourth round KO of Tommy Broadbent in July, and the 5’ 8” dangerman hopes to welcome his growing army of fans back to arenas across the UK in 2021.

‘Albanian King’ was last seen making short work of Muma Mweemba last month, flooring the Sheffield-based fighter twice before ending proceedings in the opening round with a brutal left hook that sent his opponent crashing into the ropes. Possessing lethal KO power in both hands, Marku is determined to shake up the domestic 147lbs division before targeting World honours.

“I am very excited to join Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing,” said Marku. “This is where the big boys play, and I will show I am the most dangerous Welterweight in the country. The Albanian king is coming.”

“I’m delighted to welcome Florian to the team,” said Matchroom Sport Managing Director Eddie Hearn. “He has an astonishing and loyal fan base that are one of the most fanatical I have seen in boxing and a fan friendly style that is going to light up arenas and front rooms all over the country. I’m looking forward to plenty of fun with Florian and S-JAM, stay tuned for some exciting announcements.”

Sam Jones of S-JAM Boxing said: “Myself and Adam Morallee are delighted to be teaming up with Matchroom Boxing again. We believe Florian can become World Champion and we know Eddie and Matchroom are the ones to deliver it for him. We are looking forward to some huge nights ahead.”

You can follow Florian’s journey on Twitter: @FlorianMarku92 and Instagram: florianmarku

There’s talk of him fighting Rylan Charlton in January - will be a really good fight if it happens.

S-Jam seem to be working more and more with Matchroom. Warren got really pissed off yesterday when he was asked by IFL how long Joe had left on his contract - I wonder if Joe will be wanting to jump ship.

Yep - although Frank said he signed a new contract just before the fight. I wonder if Joe knows he did!

The talk of Joyce rematching Dubois should be shelved. That's not in his interests
Maybe W@rren was talking about the distant future

If the WBO title becomes vacant, I honestly believe W@rren will push very hard on Joe's behalf to get him a shot....as he should.

is he like the albanian sanjeev sahota

'ethnic' ticket seller w/o that serious of credentials buts gets big promoter cuz he shifts them

Good signing

So what are we thinking of this fella?

Talks the talk and looks a powerful unit.

Even though he should have won the fight against Stewart he did at times seem short on ideas. It looks like he is going to need to improve his engine too, because he seemed hesitant and was starting to puff in the last couple of rounds.

Twinkle Toes wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 09:17 So what are we thinking of this fella?

Talks the talk and looks a powerful unit.

Even though he should have won the fight against Stewart he did at times seem short on ideas. It looks like he is going to need to improve his engine too, because he seemed hesitant and was starting to puff in the last couple of rounds.

Not much. Short, musclebound, standard issue ex kickboxer. Loads of bad habits that a well schooled boxer will pick up on in a heartbeat. He shifts tickets so will get looked after - a cushion filler for a couple of years before the novelty wears off for his fans and he gets thrown to the wolves.

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 09:23

Twinkle Toes wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 09:17 So what are we thinking of this fella?

Talks the talk and looks a powerful unit.

Even though he should have won the fight against Stewart he did at times seem short on ideas. It looks like he is going to need to improve his engine too, because he seemed hesitant and was starting to puff in the last couple of rounds.

Not much. Short, musclebound, standard issue ex kickboxer. Loads of bad habits that a well schooled boxer will pick up on in a heartbeat. He shifts tickets so will get looked after - a cushion filler for a couple of years before the novelty wears off for his fans and he gets thrown to the wolves.

He’s fighting Rylan Charlton next I think. Will be a good fight.

I reckon Charltons gonna do him personally.

Yeah that would be a good fight, but with them both signing new contracts with Matchroom is that really going to happen now. I can't see it, not yet at least.

Twinkle Toes wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 12:41 Yeah that would be a good fight, but with them both signing new contracts with Matchroom is that really going to happen now. I can't see it, not yet at least.

A contract could quite literally be 2 fights initially and then you go from there provided you win.