Former UFC champion in two weight categories Conor MacGregor, offered the current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov $15 million for the second bout. This was stated by the uncle of the Russian athlete Alex Nurmagomedov.
Interim WBC light heavyweight champion Alexander Gvozdyk (15-0, 12 KOs) is confident that he will be able to defeat WBC belt owner Adonis Stevenson (29-1-1, 24 KOs).
The idea of the fight between the UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is nothing more than part of the show. Such an opinion was shared by the former undisputed world boxing champion Kostya Tszyu.
Dmitry Bivol will defend his WBA light heavyweight title against the Canadian Jean Pascal on November 24 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. This was reported by the Canadian TV channel TVA.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov refused an offer of the American boxer Floyd Mayweather to fight in Las Vegas. Nurmagomedov wrote about this in his Instagram. Earlier, Mayweather agreed to Nurmagomedov’s proposal to fight, suggesting Las Vegas as a place.
Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin will hold one or two fights until he ends his sports career. This was declared by the head of the World of Boxing promotion company Andrei Ryabinsky.
On October 6 in Las Vegas Khabib Nurmagomedov scored a submission victory over Conor MacGregor. Last weekend, the Russian fighter met in Yekaterinburg at the WBSS tournament with Leonard Ellerby, promoter of Andrew Tabiti, and challenged Floyd Mayweather to a fight. “50-0 vs. 27-0. I could do what Floyd couldn’t ...
The ESPN television channel issued an official notice on the incident involving Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) while recording one of the programs on which he allegedly broke a jaw to an employee dressed on a set in a tortilla costume.
Former cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev spoke about his desire to hold a rematch with Alexander Usyk. Gassiev reached the final in the first season of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) and lost to Usyk.
The legendary Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko scored a KO victory over the American Chael Sonnen in the main event of the Bellator 208 tournament in Uniondale, USA.