Saturday in Manchester Joe Joyce (14-0, 13 KOs) and Joseph Parker (30-2, 21 KOs) will fight for the interim WBO heavyweight title. The winner of this meeting will become the mandatory opponent for Oleksandr Usyk, who is a full-fledged WBO champion. On the eve of this event, boxers took part in an open training session.
Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs), world champion in seven weight categories, also demonstrated her form in front of the assembled journalists, who will try to unify her WBO and WBC featherweight titles in a duel against undefeated IBF champion Sarah Mahfoud (11-0, 3 KOs).