Oleg Efimovich, the coach of the WBA flyweight champion Artem Dalakian, described how the Ukrainian was preparing for his first title defense against the Thai Sirichai Thaiyen: "The preparation took place for five weeks, we had a very good camp. Artem had five high-level sparring partners: two Englishmen, two Filipinos, and one of our guys - Arnold Hehai from Odessa.”
According to Tom Leffler, promoter of world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, if his team could not agree on a rematch with Saul Alvarez, they already had a contract for a fight against another middleweight title holder Billy Joe Saunders on August 25 in Los Angeles.
Alexander Usyk continues training for the fight with Murat Gassiev, which will be held on July 21. This was announced by the promoter of the WBO and WBC cruiserweight champion Alexander Krassyuk, commenting on the information that allegedly Gassiyev will meet with American Andrew Tabiti instead of fighting Usyk.
WBC and WBA cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk denied information that the final fight of the World Boxing Super Series against Murat Gassiev is on the verge of failure: "Many media reports that our fight with Gassiev will not take place. It's a lie. I prepare. The whole problem, probably, is that with the organizers of the tournament. Someone cannot agree on the venue. Naturally, they start looking for the guilty person of me and the company. They say, we refuse to go somewhere. But I am ready to go anywhere. My task is to train and enter the ring, to show a quality box”.
Former cruiserweight and heavyweight champion 37-year-old David Haye announced the end of his professional career. In his last two bouts, Haye suffered two TKO defeats from the hands of Tony Bellew. The first time Heyu suffered an unfortunate leg injury, the second time in May of this year "Hayemaker" got the real loss.
According to Boxingtalk, the light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) signed a contract with British promoter Eddie Hearn and his American promotion organization Matchroom USA. Despite this, Bivol is still going to defend his title former title contender Isaac Chilemba (25-5-2, 10 KOs) in the broadcast at the HBO channel on August 4 in Atlantic City.
The featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (35-1-1, 19 KOs), before Saturday's victory in the rematch over Abner Mares, said that he would like to fight against another champion in his weight class - Gary Russell Jr. (29-1, 17 KOs), with whom Santa Cruz met in the amateurs and lost.
As WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder claimed in one of the social networks, he agreed to the conditions offered him by British promoter Eddie Hearn, and he is ready to fight against the owner of three titles Anthony Joshua in the UK. At the same time, Wilder noted that the proposal of his team for Joshua for the $50 million remains in force, and if Anthony is brave enough to hold this duel in the US, Deontay will be happy.
Former world champion Tyson Fury made it clear that he does not see for himself any worthy rivals in the heavyweight division: "I do not care who they choose next - they are all punks in comparison with me. Wilder, Joshua, Parker - they are all the same pieces of shit as this Manuel Sefer... or whatever he is.”
Glenn Rushton, coach of the former world champion Jeff Horn believes that Terence Crawford will defeat IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence in their potential duel. Crawford defeated Horn on 9 June via technical knockout in the ninth round.
