Former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (26-2, 20 KOs) scored a TKO victory in the tenth round over Alex Leapai (32-8-4, 26 KOs) at the boxing evening in Providence, US. The duel was interrupted after a series of straight right hands from the 27-year-old right-hander.
A live stream of the boxing evening from Providence, US, in the main event of which WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (27-0, 17 KOs) will meet Maciej Sulecki (28-1, 11 KOs). Also this evening undefeated Khalid Yafai will defend his WBA super flyweight title against mandatory challenger Norbelto Jimenez, and a former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will enter into battle with the Australian challenger Alex Leapai in a scheduled for 12 rounds bout.
Richard Commey(29-2, 26 KOs) scored eighth round TKO win over Ray Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) in the main event of the boxing evening in Temecula. Thus, a fighter from Ghana defended his IBF lightweight belt.
A live webcast of Premier Boxing Champions boxing evening from Houston, USA, in the main event of which WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (28-0, 21 KOs) will face Brandon Adams (21-2, 13 KOs). Earlier, the American was an interim champion, but in recent days he was upgraded to a full-fledged champion.
Ray Beltran (36-8-1, 22 KOs) failed to make the lightweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony before the night of boxing in Temecula, where he will fight today with Richard Commey (28-2, 25 KOs). The bout is the first defense of IBF belt for Commey. Commey was 134¼, Beltran was 136¾.
When Andy Ruiz Jr. sensationally knocked Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) out, fans compared this battle with the defeat of Lennox Lewis to Hasim Rahman. In both cases, the British were the favorites of the battles that eventually lost after losing the titles at the same time. Lennox Lewis has told how he refers to this comparison, and if he sees similarities in Joshua's defeat with his defeat in 2001 after missing a monstrous right to the jaw.
In just a few days we can find out the date of the rematch of Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) with Andy Ruiz Jr. (33-1, 22 KOs). Unofficial sources report that there are three possible dates for the second clash for the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles.
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.
