Full fight video of the main event of the evening on August 31 at the O2 Arena in London, in which two Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs) and Luke Campbell (20-2, 16 KOs) collided. The stake in this meeting were the WBA and the WBO belts, owned by Ukrainians, and the vacant WBC lightweight belt.
After yesterday's victory over Hughie Fury Alexander Povetkin (35-2, 24 KOs) said he now wants to meet Tyson Fury (28-0-1, 20 KOs), the eldest cousin of his Saturday opponent.
In the main event at the O2 arena in London Vasyl Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) scored a unanimous decision win over Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs), and added to his two titles WBA and WBO the vacant WBC lightweight belt. The scores were 119-108 twice and 118-109.
A live webcast of the boxing evening from O2 Arena in London, in the main event of which there will be a fight for three lightweight titles between two Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs) and Luke Campbell (20-2, 16 KOs). Also this evening there will be an interesting heavyweight confrontation between former world champion Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KOs) and former heavyweight title contender Hugh Fury (23-2, 13 KOs).
Unified lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko and his opponent in the fight on August 31 in London Luke Campbell underwent the official weigh-in procedure. Both fighters without problems met the weight limit of 135 pounds. Lomachenko was 134.5 lbs, Campbell was 134.25 lbs.
On Saturday night of boxing in Mexico WBO Latino and WBC Latino heavyweight champion undefeated Tyrone Spong (13-0, 12 KOs) will have his next fight. Spong of Suriname will face Jason Minda (14-1-1, 8 KO) of Ecuador. Spong returns to the ring after a break due to a hand injury received in December.
"I'm just going to box. I will not be charged for the knockout," said the former world heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin about the upcoming fight on August 31 in London against Hughie Fury. "Hughie Fury is young athlete with great skills. I take him very seriously. I worked on the transition to the infight. I trained with tall sparring partners, tried to approach closer, worked hard to pass the jab, do not miss it, and to perform any combination under it: dodging, making a step toward."
Vasyl Lomachenko at a meeting with ESPN team, which will comment his fight on August 31 in London, said he did not say that he is the best boxer in the world.
On Thursday the final press conference took place before boxing evening at the O2 Arena in London. In the main event of the evening Vasyl Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KO's) will face Luke Campbell (20-2, 16 KOs). At the stake of the meeting there will be WBA, WBO and WBC lightweight belts. Broadcast of the fight is scheduled for Saturday, August 31, with the beginning at 3 pm ET. Lomachenko vs Campbell fight starts at about 5:45 pm.
Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KO) and Hughie Fury (23-2, 13 KOs) met face to face before their Saturday's fight in London. For the Russians it will be a return to the ring after last year's TKO defeat to Anthony Joshua. Last time 24-year-old Fury fought in July.
