On November 23 in Las Vegas, Leo Santa Cruz (36-1-1, 19 KOs) will fight for the title in his fourth weight category. The Mexican will face Miguel Flores (24-2, 12 KOs), and WBA super featherweight regular belt will be at the stake in this duel. In the main event of the evening Deontay Wilder will face Luis Ortiz.
Eddie Hearn confirmed that Dillian Whyte (26-1, 18 KOs) is likely to return to the ring on December 7 at the boxing evening in Saudi Arabia. Matchroom promoter reported that the British got a list of potential rivals. Hearn noted that there is no top heavyweights.
On November 23 in Las Vegas Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) will make his next defense of WBC heavyweight belt in a rematch against Luis Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs). "The Bronze Bomber" knocked out all of its current rivals, except for Tyson Fury. In the video from PBC the American told about his three most impressive KO wins - in the fights against Artur Szpilka, Bermane Stiverne and Dominique Breazeale.
On December 7 in Saudi Arabia in the promising heavyweight fight between Michael Hunter (18-1, 12 KOs) and Alexander Povetkin (35-2, 24 KOs) the American is very confident in the upcoming confrontation.
Last year "Creed II» was held in the theaters. In the film, the new lightweight champion Adonis Creed, supervised by Rocky encounters with Victor, the son of the legendary Ivan Drago. And if the creators of the movies have plans for the third episode of this boxing series, Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) is eager to try his hands on big screen.
On November 23 in Las Vegas there will be a rematch between WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) and Luis Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs). In the United States, the fight will take place on PPV of FOX TV, which on the eve of this event produced a series of short documentaries about the preparation of the future opponents in the ring.
WBC decision to create a new Franchise belt met with great criticism in the boxing media. However, Mauricio Sulaiman believes that the new title, awarded to outstanding world champions exempting them from the mandatory title defenses, and it will contribute to the development of professional boxing at the highest level.
The famous Russian coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov summed up the UFC Fight Night 163 Moscow tournament, admitting that the Russian fighters were unsuccessful.
Kubrat Pulev (27-1, 14 KOs) earned a quarter-million dollars for Saturday's fight against Rydell Booker (26-2, 13 KOs) on Top Rank boxing evening in Fresno. American's purse will be 30 000 dollars.
Kubrat Pulev (27-1, 14 KOs) and Rydell Booker (26-2, 13 KOs) showed equal weight of 248¼ pounds during an official weigh-in. Fighters will meet in the upcoming evening in Fresno, California.
