In just a few days we can find out the date of the rematch between Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) and Andy Ruiz Jr. (33-1, 22 KOs). Eddie Hearn the promoter of Joshua announced that two possible dates for the second clash for championship titles WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion are considered.
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Daniel Dubois (12-0, 11 KOs) after a convincing victory over Nathan Gorman said that he wanted more complex tests. 21-year-old Briton believes that he will soon be able to get a fight for the title.
Eddie Hearn told the details of the agreement with WBC on Dillian Whyte (25-1, 18 KOs) vs Oscar Rivas (26-0, 18 KOs) fight, scheduled for July 20 in London. At stake is the fight there will be the title of an "interim" WBC heavyweight title and mandatory challenger status to "full-fledged" belt, currently owned by Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs).
Ray Vargas (34-0, 22 KOs) scored a unanimous decision victory over Tomoki Kameda (36-3, 20 KOs) and defended his WBC super bantamweight title. This fight was the main event of the evening in Carson, California.
Olympic heavyweight champion Tony Yoka (6-0, 4 KOs) scored a third round TKO win over Alexander Dimitrenko (41-6, 26 KOs) in the French Antibes. 27-year-old boxer had his first fight after a year's break caused by disqualification by doping commission. For Dimitrenko it was the third defeat in a row.
Gerald Washington (20-3-1, 13 KO) knocked out Robert Helenius (28-3, 17 KO) in the eighth round at the boxing evening in Minnesota. The duel ended with American forehand right. Before the stoppage 35-year-old Washington was losing on points. For a boxer from the United States it was a return to the ring after a loss to Adam Kownacki.
Shakur Stevenson (12-0, 7 KOs), storming the tops of welterweight divisions, knocked out in the third round Alberto Guevara (27-5, 6 KOs) in the main event of the evening in his hometown of Newark. The WBO NABO belt was at stake in this duel.
21-year-old Daniel "Dynamite" Dubois (12-0, 11 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over previously undefeated 23-year-old Nathan Gorman (16-1, 11 KOs) to claim the vacant British heavyweight title. The time was 2:41.
Olympic Silver medalist 32-year-old Joe Joyce (10-0, 9 KOs) scored a unanimous decision win over former heavyweight title challenger Bryant Jennings (24-4, 14 KOs). The scores were: 118-109, 117-110, and 115-112.
