"Knockout of the Year" in Tanzania (video)
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 19, 2022, 7:06 a.m.

Debutant Boniface Chabuda (1-0) scored a second-round TKO victory over Samson Itimaya (0-6) in Bayamoyo, Tanzania. The fight took place on August 5 as part of the light heavyweight division. The fight itself took place within the framework of the evening, in which there were 23 fights. Of the 48 ...

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Okoli ended his partnership with Joshua
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 19, 2022, 6:09 a.m.

WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okoli (18-0, 14 KOs) cut ties with 258MGT, which is owned by Anthony Joshua. The two-time world heavyweight champion has supported Okoli's career since his professional debut.

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Usyk-Joshua 2. Live broadcast of the weigh-in
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 19, 2022, 6:03 a.m.

Live broadcast of the weigh-in, which will be attended by the champion of IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and former holder of these titles Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs). The revenge of the Ukrainian and the British is scheduled for the upcoming Saturday, ...

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Beterbiev injured, Yard fight to be rescheduled
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 2:02 p.m.

Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) was injured and will not be able to prepare in time for the fight against Anthony Yarde (22-2, 21 KOs), scheduled for the second half of October. The fight was supposed to take place at a boxing evening in London.

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Usyk-Joshua 2. Schedule of fights of the evening
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 2:01 p.m.

According to the official program, on the night of August 20-21 at 00:54 Kyiv time, the heroes of Saturday's fight for three heavyweight belts will enter the ring - Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs).

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Bakole: "Most of all I would like to fight Usyk"
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 12:03 p.m.

Congolese Martin Bakole (18-1, 13 KOs) was a sparring partner Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) before the fights of the Ukrainian with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs), and in the past sparred with AJ and his compatriot Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs). Journalists asked Bakola which ...

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Usyk: "I don't need to intimidate my opponents, they do it themselves"
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 8:06 a.m.

"Fear? No fear. It's all in my head," he said. Oleksandr Usyk in an interview with DAZN. - What am I, babay, or something, to intimidate opponents? I don’t really need to intimidate my opponent. They do it all themselves. Probably, all people have fear, absolutely everyone. If you ...

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Krasyuk: "People in Ukraine need this victory"
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 6:13 a.m.

On the night of August 20-21, the second battle will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, at stake will be the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts owned by Alexander, as well as the vacant champion belt according to The Ring magazine.

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Wilder shared his opinion about Usyk-Joshua 2
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 4:02 a.m.

Deontay Wilder prepares to return to the ring and talks about the rematch Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) on the Premier Boxing Champions podcast.

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Krasyuk: "Usyk did not purposefully gain weight"
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 18, 2022, 3:19 a.m.

Alexander Krasyuk claims that the weight Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) in a rematch against Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) will not differ significantly from the first fight. The promoter of the Ukrainian said that the current WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion did not plan to gain ...

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