Famed American promoter Bob Arum has spoken out about the fight for the vacant IBF lightweight title between Vasyl Lomachenko and George Cambososos, scheduled for May 12 in Perth, Australia.
"Lomachenko is still a great fighter. I think he won the fight against Devin Haney last year. But the judges decided otherwise. You have to respect their decision. Cambosos is a great boxer. He's always in great shape. It's gonna be a tough fight. We'll see who will come out victorious. I have a lot of affection for Vasili. He's a terrific guy, a great family man, a great father. We're in for a great fight.
It would be a great joy for me to see Lomachenko and Shakur Stevenson fight. It would be great to see two experienced guys fight each other," Arum said in an interview with YouTube channel Fight Hub TV.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury claims that eight titles, not four, will actually be on the line for his fight against Oleksandr Usyk.
"I've read a lot of comments where people are saying there are four titles at stake. Let's make it clear now: there will be more at stake than four belts.
We have the IBO, IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC, The Ring and lineal champion titles. So for all the assholes who thought there would be four belts, correction: there will be seven. Sorry, there will also be a Riyadh Season title. Eight titles. Eight belts will be fought in one fight. It will be a record," Fury stated.
Fury vs. Usik is expected to take place on May 18 in Saudi Arabia.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) talked about his preparation for his fight against WBA, WBO and IBF titleholder Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs).
"I'm training hard, obviously I'm in fantastic shape. There's no room for mistakes, there's no room for wrong training. I'm actually having a fantastic training camp. No complaints, working really hard, my dad is in camp this time, so I've got my secret weapon. I can't do much more," Fury said in an interview with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
Recall that the fight between the British and Ukrainian will take place on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Former world champion in the lightweight category Australian George Kambososos (21-2, 10 KO) shared his expectations from the fight with the conqueror of three divisions Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KO). The fight for the vacant IBF lightweight title will take place on May 12 in Perth, Australia.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said that WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury should not be blamed for disrupting his fight against WBA, WBO and IBF titleholder Oleksandr Usyk this February.
Interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergiy Bogachuk spoke about a potential fight with Sebastian Fundora, the holder of the full WBC and WBO belts in the same category.
Former three weight class world champion Duke McKanzie predicts that Oleksandr Usyk will defeat Tyson Fury in the upcoming fight for all the heavyweight division titles.
Interim WBC interim world featherweight champion Sergiy Bogachuk has answered who he would like to fight next.
IBF Inter-Continental welterweight champion Karen Chukhadjian shared his expectations from the upcoming title fights involving Ukrainian boxers.
Interim WBC interim world middleweight champion David Benavides believes that Saul Alvarez, who holds all the major belts in the division, could be retiring from the sport soon.
