By: Sean Crose
“I’m delighted to have signed a long-term endorsement deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and I can’t wait to make my professional debut this year,” said Cheavon Clarke. Now that the amateur standout is officially part of the Eddie Hearn Chamber Promotion, he’ll gain significant backing as he moves up into the pro ranks. Hearn said: “I am delighted to welcome Team GB Olympian Cheavon Clarke to the Boxing Matchroom team. “I have been following Chev’s progress for many years now and he is an outstanding talent with a strong personality and story that will make him hugely popular among fighting fans.
According to a Matchroom press release, Clarke – a Briton to Jamaica – “trained by Sam Mullings at the Churchill Boxing Club in South London, (and) was selected to represent Team GB at the Olympics. Last summer’s Tokyo Olympics but was defeated in the last 16 by Brazil Abner Teixeira. Now ready to make her mark as a professional athlete, the cruiser class is eagerly moving forward with her career.
“This seems like the perfect time to help me get on with my journey in the pro classes,” he said. “As an amateur, I have won the ABA title twice, I have won bronze at the Commonwealth Games, I have won the European silver medal and I have qualified for the Worlds. Tokyo Olympics. I didn’t achieve what I set out to achieve at the Olympics. I wanted to win a medal, but I didn’t – and that wasn’t enough. Even so, it was still a great experience and one that I can always say I did. ” Clarke also made it clear that he is delighted to be a part of the Matchroom team.
“I just love the way Matchroom plays it out,” he said. “There is a legacy behind it. Talking to the people backstage and talking to Eddie, it felt right and it was a simple decision. I will bring excitement and explosiveness, ferocity and bad intentions. I can do it all. I can mix it all up. I can give you a little bit about Mike Tyson, a little bit about Ali, Roy Jones. Finally, I’m Cheavron Clarke. There can only be one out of anyone and I’m just the best Cheavron Clarke I could be. C4Boxing x Matchroom has been around for a long time! ”
Hearn added that “Clarke’s vast amateur experience will allow him to move well and quickly in professional play and, after his early UK debut, he will have a chance to beat around the world.” world on DAZN when we took him to the Cruiser Class World Championship. ”
