Andi Purewal

Sports Journalist · 155 articles

Eddie Hearn: “Winner of Rosado-Sulecki likely to face Andrade!”
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Eddie Hearn: “Winner of Rosado-Sulecki likely to face Andrade!”

The middleweight clash between Gabriel Rosado and Maciej Sulecki on Friday night (March 15) at the Liacouras Center, Philadelphia live on DAZN in the US and Sky Sports in the UK, has extra spice added to it as promoter Eddie Hearn announced that the winner is likely to face WBO kingpin Demetrius Andrade in June. […]

Lewis Ritson Moves up to Super Lightweight Ahead of March 23 Bout
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Lewis Ritson Moves up to Super Lightweight Ahead of March 23 Bout

Lewis Ritson has moved up in weight to the super lightweight division and will make his debut at 140lbs when he takes on Argentina’s German Argentino Benitez for the WBA Inter-Continental title at the Copper Box Arena on March 23, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. Ritson ripped the British Lightweight title from Robbie Barrett in […]

Top Rank Boxing and MTK Global Announce Deal to Broadcast Shows on ESPN
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Top Rank Boxing and MTK Global Announce Deal to Broadcast Shows on ESPN

Top Rank and MTK Global are proud to announce an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement that will bring MTK Global events to fans in the United States on ESPN platforms, including ESPN+ —  the direct-to-consumer sports streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment and ESPN. The agreement calls for approximately 30 shows […]

Allen-Browne & Chisora-Gashi Double-Header Confirmed for April 20
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Allen-Browne & Chisora-Gashi Double-Header Confirmed for April 20

Dave Allen faces the biggest night of his career when he takes on former WBA World champion Lucas Browne on a huge evening of heavyweight action at The O2 in London on April 20, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US, that sees Finchley bad boy Derek Chisora return to the ring against Senad Gashi after his FOTY contender with […]

Gennady Golovkin Signs Six-Fight Deal With DAZN
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Gennady Golovkin Signs Six-Fight Deal With DAZN

DAZN Group Executive Chairman John Skipper announced today that Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will fight the rest of his career on DAZN, the world’s largest sports streaming platform. The six-fight global partnership between GGG Promotions and DAZN will see Golovkin fight twice a year on the platform for the next three years. Unlike many of his […]

WBC Orders Deontay Wilder to Defend Title Against Dominic Breazeale
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WBC Orders Deontay Wilder to Defend Title Against Dominic Breazeale

The WBC have ordered Deontay Wilder to defend his WBC World heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale. Following the announcement that lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will not pursue an immediate rematch with ‘The Bronze Bomber’, Wilder now turns his attention to mandatory challenger Breazeale ahead of a potential return bout with Fury later in 2019. […]

Rungvisai-Estrada rematch and Roman-Doheny Unification Clash set for April 26 in LA
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Rungvisai-Estrada rematch and Roman-Doheny Unification Clash set for April 26 in LA

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada will meet in a rematch for the WBC and Ring magazine World Super-Flyweight titles and WBA and IBF Super-Bantamweight World champions Daniel Roman and TJ Doheny clash in a unification battle on a blockbuster night of action at The Forum, Los Angeles on Friday April 26, live on […]

Amateur Standout Austin Williams Signs Promotional Deal With Matchroom Boxing USA
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Amateur Standout Austin Williams Signs Promotional Deal With Matchroom Boxing USA

Austin Williams has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA. Former Team USA member and number one ranked 165 pounder Williams is the latest amateur talent to pen promotional terms with promoter Eddie Hearn, and the 22 year old Houston talent brings a formidable body of work into the paid ranks. ‘Ammo’ landed a […]

British Welterweight Champion Johnny Garton on Swapping Pints for Boxing
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British Welterweight Champion Johnny Garton on Swapping Pints for Boxing

Johnny Garton insists that putting on the gloves for the first time had nothing to do with improving his prospects in the pecking order of Peckham, where he grew up and remains a man about town to this day. The Pexican, as he is fondly known, did not venture into the local gym as a […]