Charming ring-girls of Gvozdyk vs Ngumbu fight
Andrew Karlov
March 28, 2019, 10:34 a.m.

On Saturday night in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena, the Ukrainian fighter Oleksander Gvozdik will hold the first defense of his WBC light heavyweight title. The champion will face the 37-year-old Frenchman Doudou Ngumbu, who has never claimed such a prestigious title.

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Barboza vs Gaethje. Predictions and betting odds
Andrew Karlov
March 28, 2019, 8:57 a.m.

The fight between the spectacular lightweight Edson Barboza and Justin Gaethje will headline the UFC show on ESPN 2, which will be held on Saturday night in Philadelphia. On the eve of the battle, the bookmakers in their quotes give a slight advantage to the representative of Brazil.

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Lomachenko: Garcia went out for Spence fight because of check
Andrew Karlov
March 28, 2019, 6:04 a.m.

The WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko shared his impressions of the recent bout between Mikey Garcia and Errol Spence, in which the first one lost by unanimous decision. The Ukrainian criticized Garcia, however, noting that he was still interested in meeting him.

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Ryabinsky: I think Lebedev will be assigned to fight for a vacant title
Andrew Karlov
March 28, 2019, 4:23 a.m.

Promoter Andrey Ryabinsky, who works with the Russian boxer Denis Lebedev, commented on the decision of the Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk to vacate the WBA title. WBA appointed promotional bids for Usyk vs Lebedev fight. The auction was supposed to be held on Thursday, but Usyk made a statement that this ...

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Usyk vacates WBA title
Andrew Karlov
March 27, 2019, 3:37 p.m.

Oleksander Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) officially announced that he would not defend his WBA cruiserweight title against Denis Lebedev (32-2, 23 KOs) of Russia, because he plans to fight in the heavyweights. Most likely, Usyk will soon vacate the remaining three belts.

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Povetkin doesn’t think about retirement
Andrew Karlov
March 27, 2019, 11:25 a.m.

Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin does not think about the end of his career and plans to begin preparing for the next bout in the near future. Last year, Povetkin had surgery on his elbows. Earlier it was reported that he could fight next on May 18 in Chicago. The ...

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Andrew Karlov
March 27, 2019, 8:03 a.m.

Two officers of Rosgvardia (Russian law enforcement unit) were convicted in the Central District Court of Khabarovsk for the death of world powerlifting champion Andrey Drachev.

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Lomachenko: Camp for Crolla was different from previous ones
Andrew Karlov
March 27, 2019, 5:44 a.m.

WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko spoke about the preparation for the fight with the challenger for his titles, Anthony Crolla, as well as the result of the fight.

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White: Nurmagomedov to return in September
Andrew Karlov
March 26, 2019, 7:50 p.m.

UFC President Dana White on the UFC Unfiltered podcast said that the lightweight champion of the organization Khabib Nurmagomedov will have his second defense of his title in September. A few weeks ago Russian commentator Azamat Bostanov also said that the undefeated champion plans to return to octagon in September.

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Berinchyk to meet Arakawa on April 20 in Ukraine
Andrew Karlov
March 26, 2019, 3:39 p.m.

On April 20 K2 Promotions Ukraine will stage its next boxing tournament in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the arena of the Sports Palace. In the main event the silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games Denys Berinchyk (10-0, 7 KOs) will face the 7th number of the WBO ...

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