Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) and Jarrell Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) have agreed on terms for the battle for the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles. The fight will take place on June 1 in New York. The meeting between Joshua and Miller will be officially confirmed next week.
WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) believes that the referee acted correctly in his bout against Adonis Stevenson (29-2, 24 KOs), after which the Canadian was hospitalized and was induced in coma.
42-year-old Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, along with his daughter, four-year-old Kaya-Evdokia, was caught in the lens of paparazzi, relaxing on the beach of Barbados. Note that in the pictures the legendary athlete is in excellent physical shape.
Egis Klimas, the manager of the former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, shared his opinion on the situation around the accusations against the Russian. The boxer is accused of attacking a woman and beating her.
The WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez commented on the words of Sergey Kovalev, who explained the defeat in the first fight with the Colombian by overtraining and called that failure an accident.
Another candidate for the fight against WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) has appeared. Promoter Bob Arum said in an interview that in the next fight “The Nail” may meet the French boxer Doudou Ngumbu (38-8, 14 KOs).
WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez of Colombia is considers the favorite in the next meeting with the former champion Sergey Kovalev. Alvarez's chances of winning are estimated by odds of about 1.64, while Kovalev scores are 2.40.
IBF junior welterweight champion Ivan Baranchyk of Belarus refuses to participate in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS). The manager Dave McWater reported that the reason was a disagreement with the organizers on financial issues, as well as the lack of feedback.
Vasyl Lomachenko announced the date of his next fight. The WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion will return to the ring on April 12. The fight will take place in the United States, but the Ukrainian does not yet know the name of his opponent.
Russian MMA fighters Zubaira Tukhugov and Abubakar Nurmagomedov will not perform in other promotions during a one-year disqualification. This was said by the manager of athletes Rizvan Magomedov. “No, they will not fight for other organizations,” said Magomedov.
