Former Unified World Lightweight Champion Teofimo Lopez supported Ukrainians opposing the Russian occupation of their country. Lopez attached photos of Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk and his former rival in the ring Vasily Lomachenko to his post.
The WBA Federation announced the sanctions imposed against Russian boxers in connection with Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine. Russian boxers will not be able to enter the ring with their own flag, their anthem will not be played, and the name of the country will not be officially mentioned.
The Executive Council of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today issued the following ruling, which stated the following:
IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) joined the territorial defense of the capital and Kiev region. This was reported by the official page of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine in social networks.
Jordan Gill (26-1-1, 7 KOs) won the European featherweight title with a spectacular knockout in the ninth round over Karim Guerfi (30-5, 9 KOs). Guerfi was able to send Gill to the floor in the seventh round, then in the subsequent exchange, both fighters fell and due to ...
IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) wrote down an appeal to Ukrainians and Russians, trying to explain to the latter who they were actually conducting a "military operation" with. “I am proud that I am Ukrainian,” Usyk signed his post.
WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (18-0, 14 KOs) won a not the most beautiful, but unquestionable victory by unanimous decision over Michal Cieslak (21-2, 15 KOs), WBO number 2 No. 2, in the main event of the evening at the O2 Arena in London.
As the mayor of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Vitaliy Grazhdan informed on his page on the social network, the former world lightweight champion Vasily Lomachenko joined the territorial defense battalion in his native Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine.
Former World Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Klichko in his video in one of the social networks, addressed the "brothers" Russians and Belarusians.
Undisputed Super Lightweight Champion Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) narrowly retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts with a split decision win against the previously undefeated WBO mandatory challenger Jack Catterall (26-1, 13 KOs) in the main event of the evening at the 12,000 seat Hydro Arena ...
