Briedis and Peres held an open training session before the fight
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 26, 2017, 6:14 a.m.

WBC cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis (22-0, 18 KOs) and Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) held an open training session in Riga, Latvia, before the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) quarterfinal. Briedis worked out with the coach, and Peres decided to train in the ring all alone.

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Russian Federation won 7 gold medals at the Junior World Cup
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 26, 2017, 3:19 a.m.

Russian boxers won seven gold medals at the Junior World Championships. In the tournament that took place in Bulgaria, gold was won by Russians Muhammad Vakhayev (48 kg), Boris Karibyan (52 kg), Vsevolod Shumkov (54 kg), Usman Magamadov (57 kg), Ilya Bogatyrev (70 kg), Mikhail Zakhariev (80 kg) and Alexey ...

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Ruling by Swiss Court of Lausanne renders existence of the so-called IMC and its demands against AIBA illegitimate
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 25, 2017, 1:55 p.m.

On Monday, 25 September, the Swiss Court of Lausanne gave its ruling on the attempts of the so-called IMC to seize control of AIBA. The Court rejected all of the IMC’s claims in full, rendering the requests made by them in Moscow in July of this year as invalid. The ...

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Daniel Jacobs predicts that he could pull off a knockout win over Saul Alvarez
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 25, 2017, 11:35 a.m.

Daniel Jacobs feels his natural size advantage would result in a knockout victory over Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez if they fight in the future. The American lost a close points decision to Gennady Golovkin in March and watched with interest as 'GGG' was forced to settle for a controversial draw with ...

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Kudryashov worked hard to make weight (video)
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 25, 2017, 9:38 a.m.

The official YouTube channel of the World Boxing Super Series published a short 2-minute video of the final days before Dmitry Kudryashov's fight on September 23 in US. Last weekend in San Antonio, Texas, Kudryashov lost in the second round to WBA champion Youner Dorticos. At the official weigh-in procedure ...

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Fury danced a ritual dance with Parker
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 25, 2017, 6:07 a.m.

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury danced with the WBO belt holder Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) ritual haku dance. It turned out that the British is absolutely out of shape but he was not very upset because of his brother’s defeat.

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Bivol vs Broadhurst on November 4 in Monaco
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 25, 2017, 3:41 a.m.

The fight of Russian Dmitry Bivol and Australian Trent Broadhurst for the WBA light heavyweight title will be held on November 4 in Monaco, according to the website of the promotional company "World of Boxing".

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Jack Vacates WBA Title, Bivol Purse Bid is Canceled
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 24, 2017, 4:20 p.m.

Badou Jack vacated his WBA light heavyweight title, and the purse bid for the fight with Dmitry Bivol, scheduled for September 25, will not take place, according to the official WBA website. As noted in the message, Jack sent a letter to WBA, in which he expressed a desire to ...

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Middleweight Jacobs inks with promoter Hearn
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 24, 2017, 6:08 a.m.

For the past couple of years, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, the No.1 promoter in the United Kingdom, has talked about branching out to promote in the United States.

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Linares defeats Campbell by split decision
Andrew Karlov
Sept. 24, 2017, 1:04 a.m.

WBA Lightweight Champion Jorge Linares (43-3, 27 KOs) defended his title with the win over Olympic 2012 Champion Luke Campbell (17-2, 14 KOs) via split decision. The scores were: 115-112, 114-113 - Linares, and 113-115 - Campbell. This meeting was the main event of the evening in Inglewood, California, which ...

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