The WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 10 KOs) told that he would be interested in a fight with the WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis (20-0, 19 KOs).
It became known the name of the girl who accuses former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev of beating her. Her name is Jamie Front, she’s an American model and actress.
WBF heavyweight champion Vladyslav Sirenko (10-0, 9 KOs) and another Ukrainian heavyweight Alexander Zakhozhyi (10-0, 8 KOs) will fight on April 27 at a boxing event in Karlsruhe, Germany. The opponents of the Ukrainians are still undetermined, however, their opponents should be of decent standard, say unofficial sources.
The next bout of the WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksander Gvozdyk will take place on March 30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The fight will have the status of voluntary defense. At the moment, the name of Gvozdyk’s rival and the arena where the fight will take place are unknown. The upcoming Gvozdyk fight will headline the tournament of the promotional company Top Rank. The event will be broadcasted live on the ESPN channel.
Ukrainian middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-1, 10 KOs) and his future rival Jack Culcay (25-3, 13 KOs) of Germany found out the date of the fight. IBF middleweight title eliminator will take place on the undercard of Peter Quillin - Caleb Truax on April 13 in Minneapolis. The winner will become a mandatory challenger for the winner of the bout between Saul Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs.
Serious injury, long rehabilitation and a nearly two-year layoff must affect everyone. Keith Thurman (29-0, 22 KOs) was no exception, and had a very difficult fight with crazy Josesito Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs). But Thurman managed to defend his welterweight WBA belt.
At the Premier Boxing Champions boxing event in Brooklyn, Adam Kownacki (19-0, 15 KOs) demolished the former WBC heavyweight title challenger Gerald Washington (19-3-1, 12 KOs).
After a 22-month layoff due to a hand injury, WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (29-0, 22 KOs) defended his title, winning a difficult majority victory over Josesito Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs) in the main event of the evening at the arena of Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The attendance was 9,623.
WBO light middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (32-0, 26 KOs) scored a convincing victory in a spectacular bout over the previously undefeated Takeshi Inoue (13-1-1, 7 KOs) in the main event of the evening at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Persistent and tough Inoue delivered problems for Munguia all evening, but the champion looked better in his attacks and powerful punches to the body. The scores were: 119-109 and twice 120-108.
Undefeated Polish heavyweight Adam Kownacki (19-0, 15 KOs) knocked out in the second round the former title contender Gerald Washington (19-3-1, 12 KOs) in one of the main events of the boxing evening in Brooklyn, NY. Kownacki visibly hurt Washington and sent him to the floor with an accurate right hand, and then made referee to the stop fight with a follow-up barrage. The time was 1:09.
