7000 tickets were sold on the first day of sales for the final fight of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) in the cruiserweight division between the Russian Murat Gassiev and the Ukrainian Alexander Usyk.
Former super lightweight champion Victor Postol returned from Scotland to Ukraine after a failed performance in a fight against local unbeaten Josh Taylor. In an interview with "UA: Pershy" TV channel, Postol told about why he failed to achieve a KO victory and shared his plans for the future.
The sale of tickets for the final fight of the World Boxing Super Series in the cruiserweights between the Russian Murat Gassiyev (26-0) and the Ukrainian Alexander Usyk (14-0) on July 21 in Moscow in the Olympic sports complex.
The IBF International to take place in Canada will happen in Brampton on a Nation wide Television network to be disclosed very shortly, Ontatio, as Lee Baxter Promotions presents a stacked night of action from its proverbial home—the Powerade Centre.
Former champion in two weight classes Amir Khan (32-4, 20 KOs) will fight next on September 8 in Birmingham against the Colombian, settling in Canada, Samuel Vargas (29-3-2, 14 KOs).
Jay Deas, one of the managers and coaches of the WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, suggested that Anthony Joshua's side is doing everything to ensure that the fight between Wilder and Joshua does not take place.
According to promoter Eddie Hearn, the world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) will fight next on September 22 against the mandatory challenger for one of his titles Alexander Povetkin (34-1, 24 KOs). Hearn offers Deonthey Wilder, negotiations with whom did not lead to a unification battle this year, to meet on April 13 at Wembley.
Abel Sanchez, the coach of the WBA Super, WBC and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, called the condition under which his ward may change the weight category. "Marvin Hagler during almost the whole career boxed in the middleweights. It was his division, and no one asked him to rise higher. I think that for fighters of the Golovkin level, given the stage of their career, it is important to have a motivation. If it is not, it is not so important, how many potential rivals are in the super middleweights?
WBO Oriental lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk commented on his victory over Colombian Jose Luis Prieto and told why he stopped co-operating with coach Sergei Vatamanyuk. "I want to disclose my condition and fulfill the plan for the fight, since we work with the coach for 12-15 rounds and are set to go the full distance. But when you start to add from round to round, you make a small decline to roll out the last rounds - but that's it, stop. Vasyl Lomachenko also accelerates and leaves all the strength and energy for the last rounds. And today I had time to rest, I was going to increase the tempo at the end.
Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko rated the chances of Deonthey Wilder and Anthony Joshua in their possible fight: "Both fighters are incredible, and they are different in their own way. They have their trumps, but I think Joshua is a more complete fighter, although not as fast as Deontey.
