Stevenson: Crawford could have beaten Canelo with his style
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 8:31 a.m.

Shakur Stevenson is a big fan Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) and would not write him off in a possible confrontation with Saul Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs).

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Chebotar will perform on the Usyk-Dubois undercard
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 8:01 a.m.

August 26 as part of a boxing show in Wroclaw Vasily Chebotar (13-0, 5 KOs) will fight with an experienced Spanish boxer of Colombian origin Joel Julio (39-17, 33 KOs). Over the four years of his professional career, the "Red Lion" had 13 fights, won everything, 5 knockouts. ...

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Mayweather: Inoue needs to come to the US and get tested
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 6:19 a.m.

Floyd Mayweather wondered why his former ward Gervonta Davis doesn't get much recognition in the P4P ratings: “When will Gervonta Davis be on the list of the best boxers? Does Naoya Inoue deserve this? Absolutely. Terence Crawford? Absolutely. But what about Gervonta Davis? He is not given credit ...

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Hearn: 'It's a worthy replacement and a good fight'
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 6:01 a.m.

“Helenius is a big guy and can hit hard. He will be a good replacement,” says Eddie Hearn, promoter Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) and organizer of the Saturday night of boxing in London.

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Edwards-Rodriguez December 16 in USA
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 5:32 a.m.

On December 16, at the Matchroom Boxing evening in Arizona, a flyweight unification fight between the WBO world champion will take place Jesse Rodriguez (18-0, 11 KOs) and IBF champion Sunny Edwards (20-0, 4 KOs).

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Matchroom wins bid for Foster-Hernandez fight
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 5:18 a.m.

Promotional organization Matchroom Boxing won a tender to organize a fight between the WBC world featherweight champion O'Shaky Foster (20-2, 11 KOs) and Eduardo Hernandez (34-1, 31 KOs). The winning bid was $466,000.

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Paul Diaz: $3 million in tickets
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 5:01 a.m.

More than $3 million was raised from the sale of 19,000 tickets to the Saturday event in Dallas, which culminated in a duel between Jake Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) and former UFC star Nate Diaz (0-1). This is the second highest result in the history of martial arts ...

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Hearn: 'Cabayel demanded to double the fee, and Ruiz did not get in touch'
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 9, 2023, 4:27 a.m.

Eddie Hearn explained the choice Robert Helenius (32-4, 21 KOs) against Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs). According to the British promoter, Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) allegedly volunteered, but only on social networks. In the background, there were negotiations with Agit Kabayel (23-0, 15 KOs). Negotiations ...

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Usyk held an open training session
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 8, 2023, 4:08 p.m.

Today Poland hosted an open training session of the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Dmitry Mitrofanov, Daniel Lapin and Fedor Cherkashin also showed their physical form three weeks before the fights.

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KSI thinks J Paul has regressed
Andrew Karlov
Aug. 8, 2023, 7:29 a.m.

KSI commented on the fight Jake Paul against Nate Diaz: “It seems to me that he has regressed ... I would destroy him, it would not even be difficult ... He avoids me. But nothing, I would like him to just admit it and say: "I don't ...

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