Gvozdyk to fight in February?
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2018, 11:54 a.m.

Bob Arum, the head of the Top Rank promotion company, said that WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) could have his next fight in February.

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Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2018, 9:09 a.m.

MMA fighter Alexey Oleynik of Russia asked the leadership of UFC to organize him fight with top opponent: “Immediately after the fight with Hunt on September 15, I asked for a bout with a top opponent,” Oleynik said.

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Lebedev - Usyk fight depends on the plans of boxers
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2018, 7:16 a.m.

The fight between Denis Lebedev and the undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk depends on the plans of both athletes. This was told by Vadim Kornilov the manager of the Russian fighter.

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Usyk refuses to play role in Creed-2 offered by Stallone
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2018, 5:24 a.m.

The undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk said that the actor, screenwriter and producer of the film “Creed-2” Sylvester Stallone offered him to play in this film. Usyk told about this on the TV channel "112 Ukraine". Usyk could not agree, because the shooting process coincided with his training camp for ...

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Usman signs to fight Woodley
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2018, 3:31 a.m.

UFC welterweight Kamaru Usman has posted a photo of a signed contract for a fight with division champion Tyrone Woodley. “I hope your hand is fine, champion. The battle contract was signed, see you soon,” Usman signed a photo of the agreement on Twitter, pointing to the injury of Woodley’s ...

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Povetkin to fight in March-April
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 12, 2018, 4:03 p.m.

The next fight of former world champion Alexander Povetkin is scheduled for March - April 2019. This was reported by the representative of the company "World of Boxing" Vadim Kornilov: “Alexander is now on vacation. Proposals have already been received. His next fight will be discussed for March-April,” said Kornilov.

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Lomachenko: People forget that I fought the champion in two different weight categories
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 12, 2018, 2:12 p.m.

WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko shared his impressions of the victory over Jose Pedraza last Saturday in New York. For the first time in his career Lomachenko combined two titles in the same weight category.

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Usyk: Ward has conditions - he wants a lot of sash
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 12, 2018, 12:19 p.m.

The undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) admitted that he would like to meet with the former P4P leader Andre Ward, but the American has his own conditions. Ukrainian told about this in the TV channel 112.

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Shtyrkov: I am grateful to Shlemenko for mentoring me at the beginning of my career
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 12, 2018, 10:27 a.m.

In three days on December 15 at the fifth RCC Russian Cagefighting Championship tournament in Yekaterinburg 13 fights will take place, and two fights can be singled out as the main event of the tournament: Ivan Shtyrkov (14-0-1) vs. Tiago Silva (21-7) and Alexander Shlemenko (56-12) vs. Jonas Billstein (20-5-1). ...

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Shevchenko is not going to rematch with Jedrzejczyk
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 12, 2018, 8:41 a.m.

UFC champion Valentina Shevchenko does not know who her next opponent will be, but she noted that Johanna Jedrzejczyk, whom Valentina defeated last weekend will most likely not be her opponent: “At the moment I have a lot of options. My goal is to defend the belt, and Joanna has ...

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