On 13 April at the Showtime boxing event in Atlantic City, in the fight for the undisputed middleweight Claressa Shields (8-0, 2 KOs) will face Christina Hammer (24-0, 11 KOs). The championship belts of the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF will be at the stake of this battle. The girls first came together at the press conference promoting the event.
Two-time world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in his book, ‘Challenge Management, How to Apply Sport Strategy in Life and Business’, recalled how he experienced defeats from Corey Sanders and Lamon Brewster:
The Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk, who had previously announced his intention to move to the heavyweights, will hold his first fight in the new category against the Cameroonian Carlos Takam. This was announced by Eddie Hearn, the promoter of the Ukrainian.
On Saturday night in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena, the Ukrainian fighter Oleksander Gvozdik will hold the first defense of his WBC light heavyweight title. The champion will face the 37-year-old Frenchman Doudou Ngumbu, who has never claimed such a prestigious title.
The WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko shared his impressions of the recent bout between Mikey Garcia and Errol Spence, in which the first one lost by unanimous decision. The Ukrainian criticized Garcia, however, noting that he was still interested in meeting him.
Promoter Andrey Ryabinsky, who works with the Russian boxer Denis Lebedev, commented on the decision of the Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk to vacate the WBA title. WBA appointed promotional bids for Usyk vs Lebedev fight. The auction was supposed to be held on Thursday, but Usyk made a statement that this meeting would not take place, and the Ukrainian himself intends to hold his next fight in the new weight category.
Oleksander Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) officially announced that he would not defend his WBA cruiserweight title against Denis Lebedev (32-2, 23 KOs) of Russia, because he plans to fight in the heavyweights. Most likely, Usyk will soon vacate the remaining three belts.
Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin does not think about the end of his career and plans to begin preparing for the next bout in the near future. Last year, Povetkin had surgery on his elbows. Earlier it was reported that he could fight next on May 18 in Chicago. The boxer himself told that his next fight had not yet been appointed.
WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko spoke about the preparation for the fight with the challenger for his titles, Anthony Crolla, as well as the result of the fight.
On April 20 K2 Promotions Ukraine will stage its next boxing tournament in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the arena of the Sports Palace. In the main event the silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games Denys Berinchyk (10-0, 7 KOs) will face the 7th number of the WBO rating Nihito Arakawa (32-6- 2, 18 KOs) from Japan. At the stake of the meeting will be the belt of the international WBO lightweight champion, owned by Berinchyk.
