Matchroom Boxing is back in force this weekend. After hosting Katie Taylor’s instant classic victory over Chantelle Cameron in Dublin last weekend, Eddie Hearn’s promotional outfit moves up to Belfast this Saturday night. Local hero Michael Conlan meets Jordan Gill in a must-win main event for both fighters.
The Sportsman spoke with Eddie via Matchroom to get the lowdown on Taylor’s win, the Belfast card, the heavyweight mega-show featuring Anthony Joshua and how Matchroom’s 2024 is looking.
Katie Taylor’s victory over Chantelle Cameron last weekend
An epic event, epic fight, epic occasion. The atmosphere, the momen;t it’s going to be looked back on for a long time to come. I think the biggest moment of her career so far. Chantelle was excellent. It was an excellent fight. Katie performed out of her skin really, as the underdog, to get a deserved victory. Massive night for Irish boxing. When you look at the 5-050 fights if you’d like Gary Cully, Paddy Donovan, and of course Katie Taylor, the Irish came through. Which was very different to earlier this year. So a big big night for Irish boxing.
Taylor fighting at Croke Park in Dublin
Talks are ongoing. I believe there’s some even today. There’s different arenas and stadiums that we can look to. But obviously, Croke Park has always been the dream for Katie. We’ll have to see how feasible that is. We’ve just got to plan out a schedule for 2024. Will there be a fight before Croke Park? Will we wait for spring or summer particularly in Croke Park? Do we go to the Aviva? There’s loads of different things to look at. And obviously, who will the opponent be? But we’re only few days after the fight, let the excitement settle and let the head settle. Then start planning for the future.
Matchroom in 2024
We’ve been pretty good at mapping out that schedule, sort of three, four months in advance for fight fans. That’s really what we want to try and do. So as we move into December, we want to get that schedule up and running as soon as possible. Certainly for Day of Reckoning fight week at the latest really But all of the work now is obviously (to) finish a tremendous run to the end of the year but also start planning for some big nights in the new year.
Anthony Joshua in camp with Ben Davison ahead of the Otto Wallin fight
I’m catching up with him tomorrow. (He’s) been quite quiet, just working away, happy there Knows what he needs to do against Otto Wallin and it’s a very tough fight. Short notice, but confident and excited to see him perform in December.
