Eddie Hearn In Mexico: Taylor Vs Catterall 2, Joshua vs Ngannou & More

Eddie Hearn sits down exclusively with Matchroom Boxing in Oaxaca, Mexico to discuss the news Josh Taylor & Jack Catterall will finally rematch on April 27, live on DAZN. Matchroom’s chairman also gives the inside scoop on life inside Anthony Joshua’s camp ahead of the Francis Ngannou fight, reacts to new signing Subriel Matias and his potential options including Teofimo Lopez and talks Adrian Curiel vs Sivenathi Nontshinga plus the return of Mauricio Lara.

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Eddie before we touch on why we’re here in Waka some big news breaking back home a few hours ago the rematch is on just how happy you to land that on the Zone yeah finally I mean firstly it should have happened sooner two years ago

Almost to the day of April 27th that the first fight took place for the Undisputed championship and you know normally when a fight is as controversial as it was it would happen instantly but it’s just really the hatred between the two fighters the controversy that kind of pushed it away

And I’ve seen that so often in boxing over the years and sometimes it takes a little bit of time to simmer down everybody wanted to do this fight and I’m delighted that we could deliver it on theone as part of your subscription you know I want to thank theone because

At the end of the day when you don’t do a fight like this on pay-per-view it requires a significant fee from the broadcaster they’ve paid up the money to make sure that it’s not pay-per-view it’s part of your subscription and and I think that’s great news for fight fans

You said there’s genuine hatred between the two there they’re going to be they’re sick of the of each other already they’re going to be sick of the sight of each other by the time April 27th rolls around how important are emotions in this fight on on Fight Night

I want I mean I want it bad you know I want all the emotions in the world at the end of the day you know obviously from ourside Jack Catal match and fighter Josh Tay is a great fighter Undisputed world champion but I want the

Buildup I want the Rivalry you know I I want the hatred The Narrative is there we we don’t need really to retell it everybody saw the first fight everybody’s got their opinion but for me when those two come together on Monday in Edinburgh and Tuesday in Manchester this is what we want an

Intense rivalry and uh you know uh hatred yes but a fierce competition between two great Fighters the fight lands in leads is that a case of both Fighters feeling like they won the fight they feel like they shouldn’t have to go to the other’s backyard yeah neutral territory was important you know from

Jack obviously he’s been to Scotland um Josh wasn’t mad on going to Manchester Cher so leads not too far away it’s a fantastic Arena obviously we’ve been there on so many occasions with Josh Warrington um you know banked there right to the top the atmosphere is going

To be Sensational I think Jack catch’s already asked me for nearly 4,000 tickets just for his friends and family and and Community from charlee and Josh Taylor will be bringing a lot down from Edinburgh as well so you know it’s one for the neutrals it’s one for the Scots

It’s one for the English and uh it’s going to be a fantastic night you do obviously endless press conferences all year round how excited are you for next week cuz the that’s going to be a big one it’s going to be Lively you know it

Reminds me a little bit of the Hy ve bellu you know those Great British rivalries it’s what you want it’s you know Scotland V England’s always special but with what happened last time and with the two personalities you know throwing in a little bit of Sam Jones

Throwing in a little bit of uh you know Joe mcell throwing a little bit of Nigel Travis Jamie Moore me top rank ESPN theone you got the perfect mix there for a massive fight in terms of the weight class there was obviously a lot of talk talk before about Josh Taylor saying he

Wanted to go up to 147 what can you tell us about yeah he was happy to do it 140 you know we talked about a catchweight um I think he feels that with enough time he’s more than capable of making 140 uh likely you know it’s a fight

That’s going to position the winner right there for a world title you know you’ve seen recently with the likes of Ryan Garcia against dvon Davis that even without a world title on the line these fights can sometimes be bigger and this is a classic case of that you always won

A World title on the line but this fight big enough to sell itself with all the stuff that’s happened in Saudi I think some British fight fans have asked when will we see the big fights how important is it that this fight landed in the UK yeah look you know you have to

Understand that there’s a lot of money coming in through the Middle East at the moment to Stage big fights it’s great news for fight fans we’re seeing fights that we might not have seen otherwise um but as I’ve said in many interviews we have to bring the mega

Fights to the UK we we have to maintain those big nights and this is why amongst all the competition and you know I have to be honest like this was a fight that everybody wanted to do you know sky on pay-per-view TNT um obviously the Zone because it’s

The kind of fight that you need with everything else going on at the moment you know you’ve got JJ against enanu you’ve got Fury against usyk let’s see some big nights in the UK our schedule is very solid but start sprinkling in nights like this and you’re unbeatable

So you know we went above and beyond to deliver it not just for for done subscribers but for British fight fans as well obviously you talk about the schedule there we actually already had a show that night penc in Jero o Quinn the rematch of Peter mcgrail moves on to

That undercard that just becomes even bigger than itself yeah I mean we had an nextg show which was you know small show in Liverpool but still a good show and you know to add Peter mcgrail Jero Quinn which was one of the Knockouts of the year coming back from two knockdowns

Himself that’s a massive fight and big plans for that card as well you know we’ve got a lot of our UK and Global Talent looking to get out around April and it’s great to have another big show to to put them on but certainly a great start with mcgrail against Jero Quinn a

Big week in general for us obviously a few days ago we announced the ass signing of sabriel matis how excited are you to welcome him to the te listen this kid you know as a promoter when you sign a fighter that you can just put into any

Fight in the world and be confident that he has the ability the power the mindset to beat anyone in the division subriel can do it you know and I think that this is a guy that has unbelievable power pound-for-pound one of the most exciting fighters on the planet um he has ice

Running through his veins this kid is very special and we’re going to put on something very special for him in a couple of months time news of that coming soon I want him to fight all the big fights at 140 obviously you’ve got the winner of Haney against Ryan gar

Oh man just give me T Fimo Lopez for sabr matis please please if you’re watching this tier Fimo Lopez please fight sael mati oh it will make me smile um yeah so there’s a lot of big fun nights ahead for him we obviously already had a massive stable at 140 to

Add him into the mix is great as well what were the discussions like in the leadup to son him is he made it clear that he wants the names that you’ve mentioned yeah everybody knows how deep we are at 140 but it’s it’s okay being deep but you need the Champions you need

The big names as well so obviously we worked with Devin Haney and we’re involved with the Garcia fight now we have another champion at 140 so all of those guys that are coming through Richardson Hitchins he’s in a final Eliminator for sabriel matis lean parro he could be a potential opponent for

Sabri matis in in a in May um you’ve got dton Smith fighting zapa he’s going to be right up there with the WBC you know got other 140 Fighters as well that are knocking on the door so for me it’s great having the contenders but now we got the Champions as well and

I hope that with all the promoters apparently coming together at the moment we have got the champion that will give you a fight of the year every time so as I said about TI feima if top rank want to come out to play with sabr matis yes please you know if relly beats

Isaac Cruz oh yes please Devin Haney Ryan Garcia winner yes please I’ll put this kid in with anyone he special stay tuned for fight news on that before you flew out here you paid Anthony Joshua a visit what can you tell us about what he’s looking like actually the first

Time I’ve been down to Ben Davidson’s gym very impressed very impressed with the setup you know Ben and Lee Wy do a great job and he’s clicked so well with AJ um he’s just in a great place you know he’s punching so hard um I guess the challenge with angana is still a

Little bit of the unknown you know um there was a lot of unknown going into the fury fight there’s less now but still you’ve got 10 rounds of footage to dissect and break down and um you know I believe that he’ll do a job on Francis and garu whilst also

Understanding the risk you know a big man that with incredible power and and strength but I believe AJ will make a statement in Riad on March the 8 AJ runs quite a close shop when he’s in Camp not not many people allowed in there so for

You to have the opportunity to see him how excited is it does it make you just to know I’ve seen AJ train for 11 years I’ve seen him in every different Camp I’ve seen him him in Sheffield I’ve seen him in Essex I’ve seen him in Dallas

I’ve seen him back in Essex you know I’ve seen him everywhere and he’s just a fantastic sponge of knowledge I don’t I don’t know anyone that works harder you know consistently like out of Camp in Camp on holiday he’s he’s just Ben has to sort of reain

Him back he’s and he I think coming off the wild in performance he’s hungrier than ever to succeed so he’s driven to perform on March the 8th it’s a really big night for him I guess at the launch presser there were a few nerves there just when you saw them size up because

France and Gana is just so big but seeing him in Camp hitting the pads training with Ben Davison I guess that just settles the nerves right back down yeah it’s the first time AJ’s fought anyone bigger than him in in size in mass and you know that’s always I guess

D probably not for AJ but two guys that can turn your lights off like that and that’s what people want to see it’s knockout chaos in Riad and like I said this fight can be over in a nanc and hopefully it will be our way

Right we are here we are in Waka we’ve got a great it’s been a great week the turnouts to some of the events have been massive how excited are you to see the rematch I mean firstly Waka What a place you know um you know did a a deal with the

Government here to bring a major TV event here and just been stunned by its beauty this isn’t a a tourism pitch this is speaking with truth from the heart you know walking around town today seeing the response from people at the workout the weigh-ins the venue is

Stunning and we got a brilliant main event with curiel non shinga first time around we was expecting a fight of the year what we got was a knockout of the year massive upset as the Mexican wins the world title off you know one of our top fighters in non shinga back-to-back

Fight of the years such a nice kid and and a second round knockout was was just devastating for him said I need the rematch prepared to come to Mexico curiel now buzzing with excitement you’re going to see a great fight there in the main event a great fight and of

Course the return of Macio Lara Carter Janus as well on the card a fantastic Mexican fighter some of our younger fighters B desura um and of course Diego’s brother feder Rico it’s just a great night of boxing stunning venue packed tomorrow night and um if you get

A chance tune into theone because every Mexican show is a banger and this is no exception the first fight between CUO and nun shinger was obviously only three months ago that’s still so fresh in the mind of of centi how does someone if you were to put yourself in his shoes how do

You get over that that is so Rec you get over it because they’re not normal you know Fighters are not normal people anyone would have horrible demons going back in to face someone that’s just rendered you unconscious but this is what they do and non shinga had dreams

To unify the division had dreams to become Undisputed and they all came crashing down in Monaco now he comes to the backyard and last time he was in Mexico he pulled out one of the you know stunning performances in a fight of the year and this kid’s tough but Cel now

Will really be full of confidence he’ll be dangerous on Friday night shout out Before I Let You Go to Sugar Nunes as well who also fights on Friday night Wade in in their fight gear which is different but that’s going to be gory isn’t it yeah sugar nunz for me one of

The hardest hitting pound-for-pound fighters on the planet if this kid is what we think he is he will destroy Rakim Mo tomorrow night if he’s not he’ll get found out but I cannot wait around 3: 4 p.m. I think local time here we’re all going to be at the bar with a

Little cold sesa watching sugar Nunes bring it home mandatory position for Joe Cino it’s a huge spot for him but he is he’s a beast and I believe he’ll not wreck him off out tomorrow night Eddie Hearn thank you very much for your time