Undefeated 2016 Olympic Super Lightweight Gary Antoine Russell (15-0, 15 KOs) achieved an early victory by technical knockout in the tenth round over the former world champion Viktor Postol (31-4, 12 KOs) on the undercard of the Colbert-Garcia fight in Las Vegas.
Lawrence Okoli (17-0, 14 KOs) and Michal Cieslak (21-1, 15 KOs) met the first heavyweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony in London. Boxers will compete for the WBO world title, owned by the British. Okoli's weight was 199.4 pounds (90.44 kg), Tseslyak - 199.6 pounds (90.53 kg).
Portal of world boxing statistics boxrec.com put on the title page under the first number of the former world heavyweight champion, and now the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko in military uniform, thus supporting the capital of Ukraine in its fight against Russian occupation. Usually, the current leaders ...
The World Boxing Council (WBC) has voted to refuse to sanction any boxing event in Russia until the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is resolved peacefully. The WBC is in open discussions with other sanctioning organizations and all within the boxing industry to implement similar measures.
The Russian occupation troops continue to target residential areas of Ukrainian cities. Today, February 26, Kyiv and its civilians suffered again.
Unbroken American Avenue Gary Antoine Russell and former world champion Viktor Postol on the eve of their 10-round fight in Las Vegas, they went through the official weigh-in procedure. Both opponents met the super lightweight limit without any problems. Russell showed a mark of 139.4 pounds (63.2 kg), ...
Middleweight Jimmy Kilrain Kelly (26-2, 10 KOs) scored a sensational majority victory over the previously undefeated 20 to 1 favorite and No. 8 WBO rating Rope "QazaQ" Islam (28-1, 22 KOs) in the Friday night main event at the Whitesands Arena in Plant City, Florida.
Olympic boxing champion Estelle Mossely, who has Ukrainian roots, commented on the large-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine.
Former World Super Lightweight Champion Viktor Postol, who will face the unbeaten American prospect next Saturday Gary Antoine Russell commented on the situation with the Russian invasion of his native country and how difficult it is for him to tune in to a duel away from his wife ...
Polish promoter Andrzej Wasilewski wrote on Twitter that he is ready to help Ukrainian athletes who find themselves in a difficult situation after the Russian attack on their homeland.
