WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) began training camp before the first defense of his belt. Gvozdyk informed this himself in his Instagram: "Official camp started." Gvozdyk’s camp takes place at the Boxing Laboratory in Oxnard, California.
The MMA fighter Alexander Emelianenko of Russia will have his next bout in the Russian Cagefighting Championship (RCC) tournament on May 4 in Chelyabinsk. This was reported by the executive director of the RCC Nikolai Klimenko.
Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs) shared the post of the legendary George Foreman on Twitter, triggering a new wave of discussions about his potential return to the ring: “1994 I was 45 years old I was the best fighter ever I’d been , I could fight and think. And I enjoyed my training.”
Former light heavyweight title contender Ismayl Sillah (27-6, 21 KOs) believes that the WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) is able to become the undisputed world champion in his division: “I think that Gvozdyk can become the undisputed light heavyweight world champion. Now I work in the camp with Dmitry Bivol. He’s a very good boxer, I would not write him off either.”
Mariusz Wach (33-4, 17 KOs) has been fighting and sparring with nearly all of the world's leading heavyweights. Currently, the Polish "Viking" has the opportunity to test Daniel Dubois (9-0, 8 KOs) - the British hope of the royal division. Dubois will fight again on March 8 against Razvan Cojanu (16-5, 9 KOs). Wach to perform on April 6 in Katowice, Poland.
Adam Kownacki (19-0, 15 KOs) last Saturday scored another valuable victory, knocking out the heavyweight title challenger Gerald Washington in the second round. As Mike Coppinger revealed, the popular "Babyface" would like to be very active in the coming months in its performance.
Sergey Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs) defeated Eleider Alvarez (24-1, 12 KOs) by unanimous decision and took away his WBO light heavyweight title. After twelve rounds, the judges scored it 120-108 and 116-112 twice for the Russian. Thus 35-year-old Kovalev took the revenge for losing last year's fight, which ended in his defeat in the 7th round. The Russian boxer for the third time in his career became the light heavyweight champion.
In the main event of the evening in Frisco, Texas, Sergey Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs) took revenge over Eleider Alvarez (24-1, 12 KOs) for his defeat last August, winning by unanimous decision and returning his WBO light heavyweight title, thus becoming the three-time world champion. The scores were twice 116-112 and 120-108.
In one of the main events of a boxing night in Frisco, Texas, Richard Commey (28-2, 25 KOs) scored a stoppage victory in the second round over Isa Chaniev (13-2, 6 KOs), got the vacant IBF lightweight title, and now can become an opponent for the unified champion Vasyl Lomachenko in his April fight.
In one of the main events of a boxing night in Frisco, Texas, after a year of inactivity and jaw fracture, WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (25-0, 20 KOs) successfully returned to the ring, scoring a TKO victory over the previously undefeated Carmine Tommazone (19 1, 5 KOs) in the seventh round. For the fight against the Italian Valdez was preparing under the guidance of the new coach Eddie Reynoso, the famous mentor of Saul Alvarez. The time was 0:09.