The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will organize the Olympic boxing tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. Committee members unanimously voted to stop the rights of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), thereby depriving the AIBA right to organize the most important event in Olympic boxing.
Former featherweight champion Billy Dib (45-5, 26 KOs) of Australia will be a new rival for Amir Khan (33-5, 20 KOs) on July 12 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Initially the British was going to meet Neeraj Goyat (11-3-2, 2 KOs), who was injured in a car accident and will not be able to recover in time to the scheduled date.
Three championship cruiserweight titles may be at stake in finale of the second season of World Boxing super Series between Mairis Briedis (26-1, 19 KOs) and Yunier Dorticos (24-1, 22 KOs). The bout will take place in November in Riga, Latvia.
This time Danny Z and Michael "Shep" Shepherd reviewed Andrew Cancio vs Alberto Machado, Elwin Soto vs Angel Acosta, Jermell Charlo vs Jorge Cota fights. Commey is returning from a hand injury suffered in his February win over Isa Chaniev, which won Commey the IBF lightweight title. Beltran is a former titleholder and always a tough opponent. Winner to face Teofimo Lopez.
Contrary to the previous reports, the former world heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KOs) will not perform on the evening of boxing on July 12 in Saudi Arabia. The 39-year-old Russian could meet in this tournament with American Scott Alexander, but his plans changed.
Former light middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (32-1, 16 KOs) knocked out Jorge Couto (28-4, 25 KOs) in the third round in the main event of the evening in Las Vegas. The bout ended after two accurate right hands of the American.
In the WBC eliminator for the super bantamweight title in the fight of two former world champions Guillermo Rigondeaux (19-1, 13 KOs) scored a spectacular knockout win in the eighth round over Julio Ceja (32-3, 28 KOs). The bout looked more like a brawl than a fight. In the eighth round, both fighters were penalized one point by the referee Russell Mora for low blows. In the same round, Rigondeaux send Ceja to the canvas with a left hook to the head. Ceja was able to rise before the end of a count, but referee decided to stop the fight at 2:59.
Hundreds of fans cheered on Saturday during a special parade of newly crowned world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. (33-1, 22 KOs) in his hometown of Imperial, California.
Jermell Charlo (31-1, 15 KOs) turned out to be a little heavier than Jorge Cota (28-3, 25 KOs) at the official of weigh-in ceremony before their fight in Las Vegas. The American showed on the scale a mark of 154½, the Mexican was 154¼. Initially, Charlo was appointed a rematch with Tony Harrison for the WBC light middleweight title. However, during the preparation Harrison got injured, and the fight had to be postponed.
Former world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev commented on the news of his brain tumor, which some media have been wrongly interpreted as cancer.
