Guillermo Rigondeaux nearly blind after pressure cooker explosion
Andrew Karlov
March 4, 2022, 1:56 p.m.

According to Alex Bornote, manager of the former two-weight world champion, 41-year-old Guillermo Rigondeaux, the boxer was taken to a Miami hospital after a pressure cooker exploded in his face. According to Bornote, at the moment the Cuban sees only 20% of normal vision, but there are still hopes ...

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Ramirez and Pedraza weigh in
Andrew Karlov
March 4, 2022, 6:01 a.m.

Friday in Fresno, former world super lightweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (26-1, 17 KOs) will hold his next professional fight. 29-year-old boxer will cross gloves with the ex-champion in two weight categories Jose Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs). At the weigh-in, Ramirez's weight was 63.4 kg, Pedraza - 63.5 ...

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Charlo-Castano rematch postponed to May 14
Andrew Karlov
March 4, 2022, 5:41 a.m.

On May 14, a rematch should finally take place in the USA Jermella Charlo (34-1-1, 18 KOs) and Brian Castano (17-0-2, 12 KOs) for four super middleweight championship belts. The fight was previously scheduled for March 19.

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Briedis-Opetaia rescheduled for May 11
Andrew Karlov
March 4, 2022, 4:35 a.m.

On May 11, in Australia, the IBF world champion in the first heavyweight Mairis Briedis (28-1, 20 KOs) will face Jayem Opetaya (21-0, 17 KOs), who is the official contender for the belt of the International Boxing Federation. The fight was previously scheduled for early April.

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Klitschko: "The world will face Chernobyl and Fukushima combined"
Andrew Karlov
March 4, 2022, 3:11 a.m.

Former World Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Klichko in one of the social networks, he called on the world to help Ukraine in the fight against the Russian occupation forces, which began to bomb the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

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Will Joshua's new coach be Virgil Hunter?
Andrew Karlov
March 3, 2022, 12:52 p.m.

Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) in his latest interviews, he increasingly mentions the name of Virgil Hunter as his possible mentor. Eddie Hearn admits that due to the political situation in Ukraine and the return Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) back home as part of the defense against ...

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Golovkin-Murata officially April 9 in Japan
Andrew Karlov
March 3, 2022, 11:45 a.m.

It was officially confirmed that on April 9 at the boxing evening in Saitama there will be a unification fight for the WBA and IBF middleweight belts between Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) and Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs). The fight was supposed to take place in December, ...

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Hearn: We respect Usyk's decision and will give him as much time as he needs
Andrew Karlov
March 3, 2022, 5:04 a.m.

Anthony Joshua aims to reclaim the heavyweight titles and become a three-time world champion, though not to the point of tying the hands of his winner, who has a much more important battle ahead.

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Ramirez and Pedraza at the press conference with the Ukrainian flag
Andrew Karlov
March 3, 2022, 4:14 a.m.

Former Super Lightweight champions Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza on the eve of their 12-round fight on the upcoming Friday held a final press conference, at which they posed for photographers with the flag of Ukraine, as a sign of support for the country against the military aggression ...

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Bivol: "I want peace to come again"
Andrew Karlov
March 3, 2022, 3:07 a.m.

Russian light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol at a press conference dedicated to his fight on May 7 against Saul Alvarez told what he thinks about the invasion of his country's troops into Ukraine.

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