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Canelo Alvarez teases potential fight with Nate Diaz; ‘We never know, right?’

Boxing icon Canelo Alvarez recently teased a potential meeting with former UFC star Nate Diaz. Diaz walked away from his Las Vegas-based employer after 15 years of competing inside the Octagon. Earning one last victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279, the Stockton Samurai is ready to test his mettle inside the squared circle and […]

Boxing icon Canelo Alvarez recently teased a potential meeting with former UFC star Nate Diaz.

Diaz walked away from his Las Vegas-based employer after 15 years of competing inside the Octagon. Earning one last victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279, the Stockton Samurai is ready to test his mettle inside the squared circle and is eyeing super-middleweight world champion, Canelo Alvarez.

British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn gave fans some hope that the fantasy fight could become a reality after revealing details regarding a conversation he had with Diaz.

“It was just a friendly conversation to say, ‘What are you thinking?’,” Hearn said during an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. And Nate Diaz’s mindset is, ‘I want to fight Canelo Alvarez.’ “Who knows? It’s very difficult to give Nate Diaz a shot in a Canelo Alvarez fight.

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Nate Diaz wants to fight Canelo Alvarez@EddieHearn to @arielhelwani pic.twitter.com/BG3olqrw8v

— No Context Ariel Helwani (@NoContextAriel) February 1, 2023

Canelo Alvarez Reveals Status of Potential Showdown with Nate Diaz

Alvarez briefly shared his thoughts on a potential showdown with Diaz, confirming that the fight is not currently on his schedule, but it very well could be down the line.

“We never know, right?,” Canelo Alvarez told Inside Fighting. “But right now it’s not in my schedule. Not right now. I have goals. Not right now, maybe later, maybe in the future. No disrespect or anything, I have goals.”

Alvarez’s last appearance inside the ring came against Gennady Golovkin in September 2022. The two squared off at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with Alvarez scoring a unanimous decision win to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight titles.

Nate Diaz made his UFC debut on season five of The Ultimate Fighter in 2007. Over the course of his 15-year run with the promotion, Nate Diaz amassed a record of 16-11 in the UFC and 21-13 overall. His most notable wins came against Donald Cerrone, Gray Maynard, Conor McGregor, Anthony Pettis, and the aforementioned Tony Ferguson.

Eddie Hearn On Recent Talks Of Nate Diaz vs. Canelo Àlvarez Clash

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn recently shed some light on a surprising crossover bout that has been discussed. Back at UFC 279, longtime fan favorite Nate Diaz closed out his run in the promotion with a fourth-round submission victory over Tony Ferguson….

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Eddie Hearn hopes to book eventual Francis Ngannou, Anthony Joshua fight: ‘I was pretty captivated’

Matchroom Boxing leader, Eddie Hearn has revealed he has spoken with former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou amid the Cameroonian’s departure from the organization, following speculation that the Batie striker is set to make a transition to professional boxing in his next combat sports walk. Ngannou, a former undisputed heavyweight champion under the banner […]

Ngannou, a former undisputed heavyweight champion under the banner of the Dana White-led UFC, saw his contractual obligations with the promotion come to an end officially on December 9. – before he subsequently departed the organization officially earlier this month.

As a result, Ngannou was officially stripped of the undisputed heavyweight crown, with former light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones set to return at UFC 285 on March 4. in a vacant title fight against former interim heavyweight titleholder, Ciryl Gane.

Linked initially with a potential fight against WBC heavyweight champion and Queensberry Promotion’s mainstay, Tyson Fury, Ngannou has welcomed a potential fight – particularly a hybrid-rules pairing.

Eddie Hearn weighs up potential Francis Ngannou, Anthony Joshua showdown

However, according to Hearn – who revealed he had held initial talks with Ngannou, he believes the former UFC kingpin should tackle former world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua in his professional boxing debut.

“We’ll see what happens,” Eddie Hearn told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. “For me, we would love to be involved with his (Francis Ngannou) career. The Anthony Joshua fight is probably among the biggest fights that can be made in any sport. Obviously, the Tyson Fury fight is there for him as well.”

“I was pretty captivated by him,” Hearn explained. “I’m not a massive MMA fan, but I still respect what he’s achieved there. But I just found him to be an outstanding gentleman. We’ll see how it goes.”

Hearn further claimed that should Ngannou fight Joshua – and land a stunning knockout victory over the former two-time heavyweight champion, it would likely go down as the biggest upset in the history of the sport.

“The UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua; the complete unknown,” Hearn said. “The unknown of how good is Francis Ngannou? We know he punches extremely hard, if he lands one on Anthony Joshua, is it the greatest upset of all time? Or will AJ completely streamroll him and you’ll see Francis Ngannou get knocked out? That’s the attraction of that fight – the unknown.”

Latest Developments In Eddie Hearn’s Lawsuit Against Jake Paul

The judge who Jake Paul accused of fixing Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor has joined Eddie Hearn in a defamation lawsuit over $100 million. Glenn Feldman, one of three judges who oversaw Serrano vs. Taylor in April, has joined Hearn’s lawsuit and…

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Hearn Suing Paul For More Than $100 Million After Accusations

Tensions between boxing promotor Eddie Hearn and Jake Paul have recently hit a new high after a lawsuit filed by Hearn. After an initial report by TMZ, Hearn will file a lawsuit over $100 million against Paul for defamation stemming from Paul’s a…

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Jake Paul hit with $100million defamation suit by Eddie Hearn for fight-fixing allegations

Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn filed a lawsuit against Jake Paul for his recent allegations of fixing fights. YouTube sensation turned boxer Paul took issue with the judging of Katie Taylor’s historic contest with Amanda Serrano and pointed out boxing judge Glenn Feldman’s controversial scorecard, which favored Taylor by the biggest margin of any judge, […]

Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn filed a lawsuit against Jake Paul for his recent allegations of fixing fights.

YouTube sensation turned boxer Paul took issue with the judging of Katie Taylor’s historic contest with Amanda Serrano and pointed out boxing judge Glenn Feldman’s controversial scorecard, which favored Taylor by the biggest margin of any judge, as an indication of foul play.

Hearn recently issued a statement threatening Paul with litigation if he did not apologize publicly.

Eddie Hearn sued Jake Paul for $100million for fight-fixing allegations

Hearn followed through with his ultimatum and sued Paul in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. His attorney Frank Salzano reported that his clients are seeking more than $100 million in damages. TMZ was the first to report news of the lawsuit.

“Both legally and ethically there is a clear line separating opinion from defamatory lies,” Salzano said via ESPN. “Jake Paul knows that, and he purposely crossed that line when he wrongly accused Matchroom Boxing and Eddie Hearn of fixing fights. Nonetheless he was still given an opportunity to retract his defamatory statements and refused to.”

Salzano argued that Paul’s comments caused financial damage to Hearn and the firm.

“Such accusations are obviously deeply offensive as well as damaging to [Hearn and Matchroom],” wrote Salzano, a partner in the New York law firm Salzano, Lampert & Wilson, LLP. “They are also patently false. [Paul’s] defamatory statements were made with malicious intent and have caused financial and reputational harm to [Hearn and Matchroom], which is precisely what [Paul] intended when he made the outlandish accusations,” Salzano wrote.

Paul alleged Hearn paid off a judge

In an interview last week with IFL TV, Paul claimed that Feldman was paid off by Hearn to score fights in favor of Matchroom boxers.

“It’s like a repeated crime here,” Paul told IFL TV. “This type of s—, I’m going to call it out here in boxing because it’s bulls—. Clearly, this guy (Feldman) is getting paid money by Matchroom Boxing.”