BREAKING: Whyte Forced To Withdraw From Joyce Fight Due To Injury

It has been reported by TalkSport out of the United Kingdom that Heavyweight contender and former world title challenger Dillian Whyte has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled April 5th bout with Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce due to what is at this time an undisclosed injury. The bout, which was due to headline a fight card at the Manchester Arena in Manchester England as part of Queensberry Promotions global debut on digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN might be salvaged as Joyce is reportedly looking for a new opponent to step in for Whyte.

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QUEENSBERRY AND DAZN ANNOUNCE HUGE OPENING SCHEDULE

Press Release: February 10, 2025 By DAZN-  

 

Dillian Whyte takes on Joe Joyce, while Lawrence Okolie and Richard Riakporhe look to settle their rivalry, in a huge British Heavyweight fight night at the Co-op Live in Manchester on Saturday, April 5.

Anthony Cacace will square off against former Featherweight world champion Leigh Wood at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on Saturday, May 10.

New Queensberry signing and former undisputed Super Lightweight world champion Josh Taylor faces Ekow Essuman in Glasgow in May.

From 1 April 2025, DAZN will be the exclusive global broadcast partner of Queensberry Promotions, bringing its elite boxing events to fans worldwide for the first time.

 

LONDON, 10 FEBRUARY 2025 – Queensberry Promotions (“Queensberry”), a leading boxing promotion company founded by Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren, can proudly reveal its bumper opening schedule with DAZN, the world’s leading sports entertainment platform, with the action starting with a heavyweight spectacular at the Co-op Live in Manchester on Saturday, April 5.

 

The new Co-op Live will rock to the beat of the heavyweights when the popular former world title challenger Dillian Whyte (31-3, 28KOs) goes up against the “Juggernaut”, former interim WBO world title holder, Joe Joyce (16-3, 15KOs).

 

In the co-main event, two-weight world champion and now WBC Silver heavyweight champion Lawrence Okolie (21-1, 16KOs) will take on his big London rival and world cruiserweight title challenger Richard Riakporhe (17-1, 13KOs).

 

The heavyweight headline matchups are completed by English champion David Adeleye (13-1, 12KOs) facing Jeamie “TKV” Tshikeva (8-1, 5KOs) and Olympian Delicious Orie, who will be making his professional debut.

 

From Manchester, the Queensberry fight train will head to the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on Saturday, May 10 and then Glasgow later in May.

 

A month later in Nottingham, Anthony Cacace (23-1, 8KOs) will defend his IBO super featherweight world championship against local hero and former featherweight world champion Leigh Wood (28-3, 17KOs). Another Nottingham favourite, WBC International light heavyweight champion Ezra Taylor (10-0, 7 KOs), will be on the card.

 

Then later in May in  Glasgow, new Queensberry signing and former undisputed super lightweight world champion Josh Taylor (19-2, 13KOs) makes a move up to welterweight, as he takes on former British champion and current WBO European title holder Ekow Essuman (21-1, 8KOs). Also on the card, Edinburgh’s WBC International champion Lee McGregor (15-1-1, 11KOs) will face fellow Scot Nathaniel Collins (15-0).

 

 

This trio of boxing events will be broadcast exclusively on DAZN, available to fans globally, as part of DAZN’s multi-year media rights deal with Queensberry.

 

“We’ve assembled a bumper lineup of cracking fights to celebrate the start of our relationship with DAZN,” said Queensberry Promotions Founder and Chairman, Frank Warren.

 

“We are starting as we mean to go on and, as you might expect, the heavyweights will play a big, big part in 2025 and beyond. Then Nottingham is the place to be the following month for a real banger of a fight between Anto Cacace and Leigh Wood. It is the sort of domestic blockbuster we will be seeing plenty of across the partnership between Queensberry and DAZN.

 

I am also so much looking forward to returning to Scotland with the nation’s biggest star and our latest signing, Josh Taylor, headlining and rebooting his career at welterweight, where I believe he can again do big things, but he will be up against it with Ekow Essuman in the opposite corner.”

 

Michael Ridout, EVP New Business at DAZN, said: “This schedule of fights will showcase the best of boxing talent across weight classes. As the global home of boxing, DAZN is committed to bringing the most exciting and nail-biting fights like these to fans around the world who love the sport. This is only the start of DAZN’s landmark partnership with Queensberry, and we look for forward to delivering more high-calibre bouts, while providing an unparalleled viewing experience.”

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Pauls-Bentley Headline Queensberry Unofficial Debut On DAZN

One month ago, the Boxing world was buzzing as it was announced that Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren and his Queensberry Promotions promotional company had signed a multi-year landmark worldwide broadcast deal with digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN to officially begin in April of 2025. While some Boxing fans here in the United States may remember several cards promoted by Warren held in the United Kingdom being televised by the now defunct Showtime Sports many years ago featuring fighters such legends as Nigel Benn, Frank Bruno, Prince Naseem Hamed among others, as well as other events sprinkled among different networks as time has gone on, even with the advent of streaming, there has not been one consistent broadcast outlet for the UK-based Queensberry Promotions in this country. While some events have been aired through digital subscription sports streaming network ESPN+ in recent years, it has been periodic access at best for U.S. Boxing fans. 

In this aspect, the announcement of Warren joining DAZN on a global scale, which will include the United States as well as the United Kingdom, which will also put Queensberry Promotions on the same broadcast platform as its longtime promotional rival Matchroom Boxing and its current head Eddie Hearn, something that should also be viewed as a significant positive for the sport as both have shown a willingness to co-promote in recent years, the global agreement for Queensberry Promotions does not indeed begin until next April. For Boxing fans in the United States, however, there will be something akin to a soft launch of this new agreement and new era for the sport as Queensberry Promotions will present a Boxing card on December 7th, which can be seen on DAZN from the Wembley Arena in London, England. 

Headlining the card will be a twelve round bout for the vacant European Middleweight championship and British Middleweight championship as current British Middleweight champion Brad Pauls will defend his British crown against former British Middleweight champion Denzel Bentley. This is an encounter between two rising stars in the Queensberry stable with bragging rights in terms of the British championship scene on the line. 

Pauls, who will enter the bout with a record of 19-1-1, with 11 Knockouts, will be making the second defense of the British Middleweight crown. The champion is coming off back to back fights with former British Middleweight champion Nathan Heaney, where he earned a draw in the first bout and a twelfth round stoppage in the rematch in July to win the title. 

Ironically, it was Heaney, who became British Middleweight champion himself by defeating Denzel Bentley in November of last year. Bentley, who comes into this bout with a record of 20-3-1, with 17 Knockouts is coming off two knockout wins in his two outings since that loss to Heaney including a second round stoppage of Derrick Osaze in his last fight in August. While this has all the appearance of an evenly matched fight on paper, some may give a slight edge to Bentley in terms of punching power. Nevertheless this figures to be a competitive bout between champion and challenger.

What is also at stake here in this fight in addition to the British Middleweight championship is the vacant European Middleweight championship. A championship that not only serves as an elevation for fighters moving up into the world rankings, but one that has been held by former world champions Alan Minter, Darren Barker, and Sumbu Kalambay among others. Will Pauls or Bentley be the next European Middleweight champion to eventually become a world champion? Only time will tell, but challenging for the European crown represents a crucial step towards that ultimate goal. We will see who will be able to make that step on Saturday, December 7th.

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Pauls vs. Bentley takes place on Saturday, December 7th at the Wembley Arena in London, England. The fight as well as it's full undercard can be seen in the United States on digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN beginning at 1PM ET/10AM PT (*May be available on DAZN in other countries check schedule for availability in your country.*) 

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DAZN AND QUEENSBERRY PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCE HISTORIC GLOBAL MEDIA RIGHTS DEAL

Press Release: November 3, 2024 By DAZN- From 1 April 2025, DAZN will be the exclusive global broadcast partner of Queensberry Promotions, bringing its elite boxing events to fans worldwide for the first time.

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DAZN to unify premium boxing content on a single platform with Queensberry joining Matchroom, Golden Boy Promotions, Misfits and others to deliver over 150 fight nights a year on DAZN.

⁠Deal to enable the industry’s most-anticipated match-ups to happen.

3 NOVEMBER 2024, LONDON – Queensberry Promotions (“Queensberry”), a leading boxing promotion company founded by Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren, has entered into a landmark multi-year media rights agreement with DAZN, the world’s sport entertainment platform. This historic deal will make DAZN the exclusive home of Queensberry’s elite boxing events, giving fans around the world unparalleled access to the sport’s biggest match-ups.

From April 2025, Queensberry’s star-studded stable, which includes heavyweight champions Daniel Dubois, Zhilei Zhang, Fabio Wardley and Moses Itauma, alongside middleweight sensation Hamzah Sheeraz and leading female boxer Chantelle Cameron, will be broadcast exclusively on DAZN.

Harnessing DAZN’s cutting-edge technology and expansive reach to amplify its events, fighters and brand on an international scale, Queensberry will cement its position as a global leader in boxing.

A watershed moment in boxing’s broadcasting history, Queensberry joins Matchroom, Golden Boy Promotions and Misfits on DAZN, where fans can enjoy over 150 premium fight nights every year. Unifying these promoters under a single global broadcast partner opens the doors for some of the sport’s most anticipated match-ups.

 

George Warren, Queensberry Promotions CEO: “This is a hugely proud moment for Queensberry, as we join forces with leading platform DAZN on an exclusive basis. Queensberry has undergone an unprecedented growth period over the past 18 months, and firmly established ourselves as a leading promotional and events company. Now with DAZN in our corner, we can further accelerate our positioning on a global scale. This deal is also fantastic news for boxing fans across the world as we combine our best-in-class stable of fighters with what we consider to be the most ambitious streaming platform in sport.” 

 

Frank Warren, Queensberry Promotions Founder and Chairman: “I could not be more pleased that Queensberry is joining DAZN. This is a brilliant move for our fighters and, most importantly, for the fans. Their ambition and passion for the sport of boxing aligns perfectly with that of our own and we now look forward to putting on the biggest nights possible together.”

 

Shay Segev, DAZN Group CEO: “We are thrilled to welcome Queensberry Promotions to DAZN as we continue our mission to bring the best sports entertainment to fans worldwide. Queensberry’s reputation for delivering elite fighters and thrilling events aligns perfectly with DAZN’s commitment to innovation and growth in the sports media space. Together, we’re setting a new standard for boxing entertainment, and we couldn’t be more excited for what the future holds.”

 

Pete Oliver, DAZN Group CEO of DAZN boxing business: “This deal makes DAZN the undisputed Global Home of Boxing. We offer boxing promoters something no other broadcaster is able to deliver – international reach, unmatched production and an innovative, future-proof product. With Queensberry joining our roster and a guaranteed 150 fights per year, fights fans will not need to go anywhere else from April 2025.”

 

This partnership marks a bold step forward in boxing's digital evolution, bringing the sport into a new era of accessibility, growth, and global fan engagement. By uniting some of boxing’s most iconic promotions on a single platform, DAZN is fostering a new landscape in which great fights are not only possible but can be expected by fans across the globe.

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