UFC lightweight Islam Makhachev appealed to the leadership of the organization to give him, finally, a fight.
Frank Warren announced on twitter that talks about the organization of the fight of Daniel Dubois (14-0, 13 KOs) and Joe Joyce (10-0, 9 KOs) are underway. The bout of two undefeated British heavyweights could be held in London in April.
Filip Hrgovic (10-0, 8 KOs) is one of the most promising heavyweight prospects in the world right now, and he shared in the interview to boxingscene.com his thoughts on the WBC champion Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs), whom a few years he had an opportunity to spar with.
Known in the world of MMA manager Ali Abdel Aziz wrote a post in the twitter in which he said he was looking for an opponent for Islam Makhachev. According to Ali, no one wants to fight Islam.
Famous Brazilian MMA fighter Edson Barboza decided to change weight category. Now he will be performing at the featherweights, before he performed in the lightweight division.
Dana White, the UFC president, admitted that he still regrets that he was unable to arrange a fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Brock Lesnar. According to Dana, this fight was to be held at Texas Stadium, but White finally could not agree with Fedor team.
At the moment, negotiations are under way between the camp of Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) and representatives of the WBO and IBF. Eddie Hearn, the promoter of the Englishman, has a new plan that is associated with the championship belts in the heavyweights.
In the American boxing market Dmitry Bivol (17-0, 11 KOs) is considered relatively unknown figure, but an extremely dangerous one. But his high sports value coupled with his low media cost make it difficult to find a suitable opponent.
Denis Lebedev (32-3, 23 KOs) said that he finally ended his professional career, during which he won WBA and IBF cruiserweight belts.
Famous boxing commentator Teddy Atlas in the program The Fight shared his opinion about the upcoming rematch of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, which is scheduled for February 22 in Las Vegas.
