February 27 in the UK Lawrence Okoly (17-0, 14 KOs) will make his second defense of his WBO World Heavyweight Championship. The British rival has not yet been officially confirmed.
Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KO) will have a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) in the first half of next year, most likely in April. The Ukrainian defeated the Briton in September and took the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight championship belts from him. Now Joshua can ...
September 25 Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) defeated Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KO) by unanimous decision, having won the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts. Soon, the Ukrainian will focus on the rematch with the British planned for April, but for now he is getting used to world ...
Forme Junior Middleweight Champion Jaime Munguia (37-0, 30 KOs) may return to the ring on 19 February. In his first performance in 2022, the Mexican is about to cross gloves with D'Mitrius Ballard (21-0-1, 13 KOs).
On April 2 Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) will return to the ring, and Isaac Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KOs) could challenge a 23-year-old boxer. Mexican lost on points in his last professional performance to Gervonta Davis.
Vasyl Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) will battle for the fight with George Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs), the WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion. Top Rank is well aware of this.
According to BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom, Olympian Frazer Clarke in the coming years will become "the next superstar of the UK in the heavyweight division". Clarke, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist with Team Great Britain, has signed a long-term promotional agreement with BOXXER and Sky Sports.
Former WBO Cruiserweight Champion and Sky Sports Expert Johnny Nelson thinks the Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez potentially making a big mistake going to cruiserweight. Canelo became the undisputed super middleweight champion last month by knocking out Caleb Plant.
Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) in his first WBO light heavyweight title defense will face Callum Johnson (20-1, 14 KOs) in Verona on January 15th. The Long Island fighter hopes this will lead him into even bigger fights in the future.
At the beginning of the year Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KO) should have fought Bektemir Melikuziev, but due to doping in his career there was a pause of more than two years. However, the Russian plans to wear gloves again in the near future.
