On Monday, contracts for the fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontey Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) and former world champion Tyson Fury (26-0, 18 KOs) should be signed. The duel between the American and the British may be held on November 10 or 17 in Las Vegas.
On Saturday at the boxing event in Belfast, Tyson Fury (26-0, 18 KOs) will face Francesco Pianeta (35-4-1, 21 KOs). Today, the boxers met each other during the official weigh-in ceremony, which also featured WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). The American tomorrow will watch the battle of the British with an Italian, and today he entered into a verbal skirmish with Tyson's father. Wilder's fight against Fury should take place in November in the United States.
Egis Klimas, manager of Alexander Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs), said that the Ukrainian is not going to rush with the transition to the heavyweights. The undisputed cruiserweight champion can have two more battles within the 200 pound limit the nearest future.
Although Tyson Fury (26-0, 18 KOs) tomorrow, on August 18, will fight Francesco Pianeta, the media attention during the official weigh-in ceremony before this match was mainly directed to a meeting between Fury and Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). In November boxers may challenge the WBC heavyweight title, and today several times met before the evening of boxing in Belfast. At some point, even the guards had to interfere.
Alexander Krasyuk, the promoter of the WBA, WBC, WBO, WBO, IBF and The Ring cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) explained how occurred the substitution of Usyk’s coach after the WBSS semi-final.
Brian Hickerson, the new boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere exposed a picture in the company of an American actress and her friends. As it turned out, the friends of the former Klitschko’s bride arranged a surprise party for her a week before her birthday.
Undisputed cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) and former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) will meet in Kiev. Ukrainian promoter Alexander Krasyuk confirmed participation of the Ukrainian at the 56th WBC Congress, which will be held in Kiev from September 30 to October 7. In turn, the president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Suleiman, said that Tony Bellew agreed to fly to Kiev.
Next week the third weight category of the second season of the World Series Super Series Super Series will be announced. This was stated by Kalle Sauerland, one of the organizers of the project.
Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KO) and Saul Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) passed the mandatory 30 days weigh-in according to WBC rules before their rematch on September 15 in Las Vegas. The fight will take place in the middleweight category, and both boxers are already close to the weight limit.
Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce (5-0, 5 KOs) announced that he signed a contract with Al Haymon, manager and adviser of many stars of professional boxing. The 32-year-old Briton also recently began training with Abel Sanchez, the coach of Gennady Golovkin and Murat Gassiev among others.
