The Latvian authorities have banned the organization of mass events for the near future due to the global epidemic of coronavirus. This means that a boxing evening scheduled for March 21, where in the main event of the evening Mairis Briedis (26-1, 19 KOs) is scheduled to face Yunier Dorticos (24-1, 22 KOs), is questionable.
Eddie Hearn announced that the date of Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) vs Kubrat Pulev (28-1, 14 KOs) fight can change. The bout is tentatively scheduled for June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
On May 23 at the O2 Arena in London the former world title challenger Derek Chisora (32-9, 23 KOs) will clash with the former undisputed cruiserweight champion and London 2012 Olympic champion Oleksandr Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs). It is worth noting that Chisora had six of his last fights at the O2 Arena and always received incredible support.
Eddie Hearn confirmed that he has already had several conversations with Bob Arum about the organization of the fight of Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) and Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs), and already the first preparations for this fight has began.
2016 Olympic heavyweight champion Tony Yoka (7-0, 6 KOs) will have to wait his American debut. The Frenchman was going to fight on March 14 in New York, but in the end his performance was canceled.
Full fight video, which became the main event of the boxing evening in Brooklyn, NY, and where Adam Kownacki and Robert Helenius contested a status of the official challenger for the WBA heavyweight title. Before the fight the boxer from Poland was considered as a clear favorite.
Live broadcast of the boxing evening from Brooklyn, NY, where in the main event Adam Kownacki and Robert Helenius will fight for the status of the official challenger for the WBA heavyweight title. Also on the undercard there will be two more fights in the royal division: Nigerian Efe Ajagba meets Razvan Cojanu and Cuban Frank Sanchez fight against Joey Dawejko.
Adam Kownacki (20-0, 15 KOs) was heavier than Robert Helenius (29-3, 18 KOs) at the official ceremony of weigh-in before the boxing event in New York. The Pole shown 265¼ at the scales and the Finn was 238½. The status of the official challenger for the heavyweight WBA belt is at stake is the fight. The broadcast will take place on FOX.
The duel of Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs) and Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs), with WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight belts at stake, will take place on May 2 in Manchester, on the undercard of the heavyweight meeting of Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin.
One of the most interesting heavyweight prospects the bronze Olympic medalist Filip Hrgovich (10-0, 8 KOs) comes back to the ring on April 17 in Oxon Hill, United States, vs. Jerry Forrest (26-3, 20 KOs). The American was supposed to become the opponent of Murat Gassiev originally in his debut fight in the heavyweight division, but in the end the fight did not materialize due to an injury of the Russian.
