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EDDIE HEARN reveals ‘We’ve got some unbelievable surprises up our sleeves’ as he prepares to take on Frank Warren. The British pair of promoters have put years of bitter feuding behind them to come together in Saudi Arabia. Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren will put their stables together for a 5v5 tournamentCredit: GettyThey are co-promoting blockbuster bouts in the controversial Gulf state after Middle Eastern powerbroker Turki Alalshikh brought the two together. And the latest treat for fans will be Hearn and Warren putting their stables against each other for a five-fight tournament. Each promoter will choose two weight classes while Turki Alalshikh will get the final pick with everyone kept in the dark until the big reveal. Hearn told SunSport: “We’re going to pick two weight classes, Frank’s picking two weight classes and His Excellency chooses another weight class. READ MORE IN BOXING”No one knows the fighters until they meet at the official press conference in London. “So you will pick the best available fighter from that weight class that you have. “And the big reveal will be in London. We’ll fill the weight classes this week, it will be announced I think Saturday after Joshua-Ngannou. “We’ve got some unbelievable surprises up our sleeve. It’s going to be a big format everybody’s talking about it and genuinely, we cannot lose. We must not lose this. It’s going to be a lot of fun.” Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSThe historic event is eyed for June 1 in Riyadh with Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol topping the deal in a light-heavyweight undisputed super-fight. The undercard will be made up of Hearn’s men versus Warren’s and the Machroom Boxing chief will do everything he can to gain bragging rights. Exclusive Frank Warren Interview ahead of AJ vs Ngannou – reveals AJ turned down HUGE offer from him in order to join SkyHe said: “We were talking about the 5v5 and he went, ‘I ain’t losing this!’ And I said, ‘I ain’t losing this!’ “I’m going into that changing room and I am giving Churchillian speeches to my fighters, potentially win bonuses and saying, ‘Listen, you’ve got to win this fight.’ “That’s why we want the fights to be pickem’ fights so we’re sitting ringside just excited. “The opportunities for our fighters are incredible and that’s the main thing.”The promoters signed a deal for the 5v5Credit: Instagram More

NINA HUGHES only returned to boxing to lose baby weight – now she is a world champion while still working in a completely different job.The super-mum turned professional in 2021 after a successful amateur career and won the WBA bantamweight title after just five bouts.
Nina Hughes only started boxing at 25
She won the world title at 40
But a career in boxing was not something she could have ever contemplated when going to her first boxercise class at 25.
It was only after six months of actual training and persuasion from her trainer that Hughes decided to step into the ring.
She told SunSport: “I joined the boxing gym purely for fitness, no intention of boxing. But my coach at the time talked me into it!”
Within a year and Hughes was fully hooked and even won a national title which later earned her a spot on the Team GB squad.
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But Hughes missed out to Nicola Adams in the London 2012 Olympics, which was the first to have women’s boxing.
So she decided to hang up her gloves and start a family, welcoming first born son Leo into the world shortly after.
But little did Hughes know that becoming a mum for the first time would also bring her back to boxing again.
She said: “I stopped boxing for a few years and didn’t think I’d ever get back into it to be fair.
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“I had my first child, put on loads of weight and thought, ‘Right, I’m going to start training again to lose the weight.’
“I set myself a target of having one fight to motivate me, because I knew I’d have to make the weight then.
“Then I just fell back in love with it and started enjoying it again. More for a hobby than anything else but I was still winning and was selected to box for England.”
Hughes went onto become a four-time national amateur champion and did not slow down even after her second son Caelin was born.
In fact, she even boxed right up until her last week of maternity leave was due to end.
Hughes wanted to add one more amateur title to her name until those dreams were KO’d by the coronavirus pandemic.
But, after seeing the rise of women’s boxing throughout the lockdown period, Hughes was inspired to also turn pro, at 39.
She said: “I was watching these girls that were doing well and there were people that I’ve sparred and that I’ve boxed and I was looking at them thinking, ‘I can still beat them.’
“That’s what made me think that I had to give it a go.”
Hughes turned pro and went part-time at her legal secretary role, which she still works in to this day.
It means training and running on her lunch breaks and working a reduced week.
Hughes, 42, revealed: “They were all really supportive.
“My bosses, they’ve been to most my fights. One of them and another colleague even flew out to Dubai to watch my world title fight.
“They’ve been really supportive. I work from home two days, I only have to go into the office one day so I can get my extra training in, training on my lunch breaks.
“They’ve made it easier for me and really helped me out.”
Hughes is a four-time national amateur champion
Hughes juggles being a parent with boxing
Hughes had made one defence of her world titleCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
Hughes travelled to Dubai in November 2022 as an outsider against Jamie Mitchell, who had beaten Shannon Courtenay for the belt a year prior.
But Hughes stunned the American, 38, on points to become a 40-year-old world champion.
She said: “We were always fighting for that opportunity and when it came there was no way we were turning it down or come back empty handed.
“We’d watched Jamie Mitchell previously and it was always a fight that I believed I could win so even though I was an underdog, I was going into the fight 100 per cent confident.”
Hughes had chased a unification with Ebanie Bridges, 37, until the Aussie star lost the strap to Miyo Yoshida, 35.
So now she has turned her attention to Yoshida on route to becoming the undisputed 118lb queen.
Hughes said: “For me now, I want to unify first and then become undisputed. That is the main goal now.

“I’ve been chasing the Ebanie Bridges fight for a long time ever since she had the belt but she’s no longer got the belt so now I really want the Yoshida fight.
“That’s the main one we’re targeting. And then hopefully fight Dina Thorslund who has the other two belts for undisputed.”
Hughes walking to the ring with her eldest son LeoCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
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THE HEAVYWEIGHT division could be set for a major shake-up after plans to introduce a new weight class were ratified.The World Boxing Council shook up the sport in 2020 by introducing a bridgerweight division, in which competitors weigh between 200 and 224lbs.
The WBA have announced the introduction of a super-cruiserweight divisionCredit: Reuters
The 200-224lbs weight class will close the huge gap between cruiser and heavyweightCredit: Getty
And the World Boxing Association have, somewhat belatedly, followed in the Mexican sanctioning body’s suit with the introduction of a super-cruiserweight division.
Like bridgerweight, the newly-formed division will have a minimum weight of 200lbs and a maximum of 224lbs.
An excerpt of a WBA statement read: “The WBA Executive Committee approved the creation of the super cruiserweight division in a vote called by the president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza.
“This new division will be between 200 and 224 pounds. Meanwhile, it will be located between the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.”
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The WBC introduced bridgerweight due to the natural growth of combatants over the last few decades and to negate the huge jump between the cruiser and heavyweight divisions.
In a statement via World Boxing News, WBC chief Mauricio Sulaiman said: “The problem in most divisions was largely addressed, humanity’s natural growth has generated important changes in the major divisions
“Ten years ago, the WBC moved the cruiserweight limit from 190 to 200 pounds.
“Considering the weight of the athletes, they have grown impressively.
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Ex-WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder could be tempted by the new weight classCredit: AFP
“The major division, the heavyweight, means the maximum glory.
“The world heavyweight champion has traditionally been recognized as the most important athlete globally, the invincible, the gladiator.
“The heavyweight world champion initially started at 176 pounds.
“Now, in the 21st Century, we see the different weights in the heavyweight division.
“We have decided to create a new division called “Bridger” [or super cruiserweight to WBN] as it is the necessary bridge to serve the large number of boxers who are between 200 and 224 pounds.”
The super-cruiserweight division would be a perfect weight class for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to compete in should he fancy a change of scenery.
The Bronze Bomber has weighed inside the 224lbs weight limit in seven of his last nine fights, although he was heavier in his rematch and trilogy fight with Tyson Fury.
Wilder was, however, inside the super-cruiserweight limit when he knocked out former sparring partner Robert Helenius with one punch last October, tipping the scales at 214.5lbs. More

JOE JOYCE packed on almost two stone to be a career heaviest for his massive revenge mission against Zhilei Zhang on Saturday night.The Putney Juggernaut, 38, lost around a stone before their April showdown that the 40-year-old Chinese southpaw won after battering the Brit’s right eye shut.
Zhilei Zhang has still weighed in at six pounds more than Joe JoyceCredit: Rex
Joyce has piled on the pounds in an effort to reverse the outcome shown here of his original heavyweight clash with ZhangCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
But the Wembley Arena re-run will be a colossal 40st affair as Joyce tipped the scales at a whopping 20st 1lb and Zhang also added pounds to hit 20st 7lb.
Fine art graduate Joyce was only 18st 4lb for the original clash and looked good at the weigh-in.
But he put in the worst performance of his career after a new supplement  disagreed with his digestion, was peppered with every shot Zhang threw and had to be hauled out of the fight to save his vision.
An extra 25lb will not make him any quicker or more illusive but his shots should carry more sting as he aims to get his career back on track.
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He said: “I knew the weight was a little bit light last time.
“This time I’ve corrected all the mistakes and been more conscious of what I’ve been eating and the way I’m training.
“I’m in a lot better a place, physically, mentally and also with my focus and drive to win this time.
“I believe I’ll get victory in this fight. I can stop him if I hit him with the right shots.”
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However, Joyce remains haunted by the drastic end to his 15-fight winning streak and knows Zhang will target his damaged right eye again tonight.
Joyce, who spent a night in hospital with a cracked cheekbone after the first bout, added: “It took me a couple of weeks to get over it.
“Every now and then I have thoughts about it. It’s a very different environment when you lose a fight, compared to when you win.
“It’s annoying, every once in a while you’re reminded that you lost a fight and I realise now how much I prefer the feeling of winning.
“I wasn’t massively hurt, I did my usual cool down and then started to feel all the bumps and bruises.
“But I wasn’t hurt apart from the eye swelling which went down in a week. I had a minor fracture but otherwise I was in good shape.
“I could have carried on but then it might have got stopped later, with more damage to the eye, so it’s  better to regroup and go again.”
Joyce reckons he is in a much better place ‘physically and mentally’Credit: Reuters More