The next fight of the WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is scheduled for early spring in the United States. This was told by his manager Vadim Kornilov. Bivol may face Joe Smith or Badu Jack.
Egis Klimas, manager of WBA and WBO world champion Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs), said that Anthony Crolla (34-6-3, 13 KOs) could become the next opponent for the Ukrainian: “At the moment we are not negotiating the transition to other weight. Our task is to dominate the lightweights.”
According to the bookmakers, Saul Alvarez is the undisputed favorite in the fight against WBA super middleweight champion Rocky Fielding. Bets on Kanelo are accepted at odds of 1.04, while on Fielding - 9 to 1. The odds of a tie are 34 to 1.
John Kavanagh the coach of the mixed-style Irish fighter Conor Macgregor is not sure that the former UFC champion in two weight categories will continue his career.
On the eve of his lightweight unification in the fight with Jose Pedraza (25-2, 12 KOs) Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs) had a small conflict. On December 8 at Madison Square Garden Lomachenko defeated Pedraza by unanimous decision.
Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel of US won his first fight in the pro ranks. Last Saturday, Patricio “Pat” Manuel entered the ring against Hugo Aguilar of Mexico at the boxing evening in Indio, California. The fight in the super featherweight division ended with the victory of Manuel by unanimous decision.
The undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) expressed his willingness to fight Andre Ward. One of the journalists put a specific question to Usyk about it, to which he answered with strictly “yes”.
In in Sheffield, the former welterweight champ Kell Brook (38-2, 26 KOs) defeated Michael Zerafa (25-3, 14 KOs) by unanimous decision. The scores were 118-110, 119-109, 117-111.
The fastest knockout in the history of the tournament Shamrock FC 313 was made by American fighter Shane McKay. He turned off his rival Joshua Taylor four seconds after the start of the first round.
On Saturday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City previously unbeaten Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe (20-1, 14 KOs) unexpectedly lost on points to mandatory challenger Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (25-1, 22 KOs). After twelve rounds, the judges scored it 115-113 and 116-112 twice for 23-year-old ...
