The fight between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Floyd Mayweather may be staged at the Moscow Luzhniki Stadium in 2019. This was informed by the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation Umar Kremlev.
Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko commented on the signing by the Mexican Saul Alvarez (50-2-1, 34 KOs) of a record agreement with the streaming service DAZN:
Former WBA and IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (26-1, 19 KOs) is going to return to the ring in April or May next year in Krasnodar, Russia. This was announced by the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation Umar Kremlev.
Ukrainian middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) stated that the underdog status motivates him before the fight with Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) for the world title on October 27 in New York at the Madison Square Garden Theater: “Underdog status does not confuse me, on the contrary, it motivates me more. I have to prove the opposite. Prove that I am the champion, that this is my belt.”
WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko said that he had not yet watched the fights of his next opponent, José Pedraza. Lomachenko will meet Pedraza on December 8 in New York. “This will be my first unification bout, and I cannot wait for it. After the fight with Pedraza, many doors will be open.”
Ukrainian middleweight Ievgen Khytrov (17-1, 14 KOs) completed his participation in the boxing reality show “The Contender”, which is held on EPIX. In the framework of the program, 16 middleweights participate in 5-round fights under the Olympic system and compete for a cash reward of $250 thousand.
WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) does not believe that Khabib Nurmagomedov (27-0) and Floyd Mayweather Jr (50-0, 27 KOs) meeting will ever take place.
Ukrainian middleweight Sergey Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs), who will fight Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) for the vacant IBF belt on October 27, says that he expect 12 hard rounds in the upcoming fight.
Demetrius Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over the previous unbeaten Walter Kautondokwa (17-1, 16 KOs) and won the vacant WBO middleweight title. After the final bell of the boxing evening in Boston, the judges counted 119-105 and twice 120-104 in favor of the American.
Ryota Murata (14-2, 11 KO) quite unexpectedly lost to Rob Brant (24-1, 16 KOs) by unanimous decision and lost his regular WBA middleweight title at the boxing evening Las Vegas. At the end of twelve rounds, the judges counted 118-110 and twice 119-109 in favor of Brant.
