The COVID-19 virus took another person from the world of boxing. Three days ago it became known about the death of Eddie Cotton, one of the best referees in the world. Now the death of Ali Salaam, father and coach of Tony Harrison (28-3, 21 KOs) has been confirmed.
Bob Arum, the promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) expressed serious doubts that the third fight of the “Gypsy King” with Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) will take place before October. The head of Top Rank explained that it is impossible to organize a ...
Former world champion in five weight categories, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) regularly appears in the boxing gym. Another video appeared on the internet with the American working out on a heavy bag.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov posted a text on his Instagram in which he called himself the dominant champion of recent years.
Tony Ferguson said that Khabib Nurmagomedov, after he withdrawn from UFC 249, should end his career.
Teofimo Lopez (14-1, 10 KOs) announced that he would not agree to fight Vasyl Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) without the participation of the audience. The promotion organization Top Rank has been trying to organize this fight for several months.
Already in June, the first evening of boxing can take place in Japan after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Local authorizing sports organizations have established special rules according to which events can be held even with the participation of spectators.
Robert Helenius (30-3, 19 KOs) at one point was considered a rising star in heavyweight. Then the Finn’s career came to not the best times, but thanks to the victory over Adam Kownacki, the two-meter Nordic Nightmare is back in the game.
Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) and Devin Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) were born in the same 1998. They met in amateurs, where the score of their meetings is 2-1 in favor of Haney, and now they are recognized professional rising stars. Their meeting seems inevitable. But not now, ...
Eddie Hearn plans to organize boxing events without spectators for four to six weeks. The beginning of this period may fall at the end of June, but all depends on whether the British government will reduce the restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic. If this happens, the British Boxing Board ...
