Garcia promises battle with Linares in the summer
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 5, 2018, 11:20 a.m.

World lightweight champion Mikey Garcia claims that this summer he will fight against Jorge Linares at 135 pound. Over the past three months, Garcia and Linares have repeatedly called each other for a unification bout.

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Duva: Bivol's still got much to prove
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 5, 2018, 10:10 a.m.

Promoter Kathy Duva believes that light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has much to prove, for example, in a duel against her ward Cuban Sullivan Barrera on March 3 in New York.

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Gassiev combines basketball and football for training
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 5, 2018, 8:23 a.m.

IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev continues to combine sports as a conditional training, and this time he pleased his fans with the ability to handle a basketball, stuffing it like a football. January 20 in Sochi Gassiev will participate in a unifying bout against WBA champion Yunier Dorticos. ...

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Fury and Saunders working on one bag
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 4, 2018, 1:45 p.m.

Friends outside the ring and gym fellows heavyweight Tyson Fury and middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders worked together on one bag as one of the drills of the training. Fury continues to lose weight and prepares for ring return tentatively scheduled for April or May this year, and ...

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Quigg: I Know Oscar Valdez's Weaknesses
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 4, 2018, 1:14 p.m.

Scott Quigg, who could become the next opponent of WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez, said he was well acquainted with the weaknesses of his potential rival in their sparring last year. The fight between Valdez and Quigg could take place on March 10 at the StubHub Center in ...

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Arum: There are no stars left in UFC
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 4, 2018, 12:04 p.m.

Boxing promoter Bob Arum believes that the leading MMA organization UFC does not have any more stars and at the moment is in for a very bad future, and its president, Dana White, is in despair. And this state of affairs forces White, according to Arum, to meet various parties ...

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Duva: Kovalev may meet Beterbiev first
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 4, 2018, 11:36 a.m.

Kathy Duva, promoter of WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, said that after his March fight against Igor Mikhalkin, her team could hold the next meeting against IBF title holder Artur Beterbiev, and only then go for the winner of Dmitry Bivol - Sullivan Barrera.

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Duva: Barrera thinks that Bivol fight is very winnable
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 3, 2018, 1:21 p.m.

Kathy Duva commented on Sullivan Barrera's choice to fight against Dmitry Bivol instead of meeting Sergey Kovalev for a bigger purse. The Cuban had the opportunity to choose which of the champions to fight on March 3, and as a result he chose Bivol.

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ESPN called Joshua - Klitschko the Fight of the year
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 3, 2018, 6:30 a.m.

Duel of Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko on April 29 in London was named ESPN Fight of the Year. The meeting of the two heavyweight Olympic champions ended with an TKO victory of the British in the eleventh round in the presence of record for the UK ...

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Oscar Valdez can meet Scott Quigg
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 3, 2018, 5:13 a.m.

WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez and former world champion Scott Quigg are close to signing a contract for March 10 fight in Carson, California. The meeting will have to be broadcasted by ESPN.

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