On March 3 WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol of Russia will face the official contender for his title Sullivan Barrera of Cuba. Bivol shared his expectations of the upcoming fight.
Former super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis should have his next fight on April 21 in the evening of boxing on Showtime. Davis's opponent has yet to be determined, but his team negotiated an eliminator fight against former featherweight champion Billy Dib of Australia.
Former world champion Daniel Jacobs and undefeated Polish boxer Maciej Sulecki met at the opening press conference in New York, where on April 28 at the Barklays Center arena they will have their 12-round bout, which will be broadcast at the HBO channel. The organizer of the evening will be the British promotion company - Matchroom Boxing.
Former world champion 33-year-old Irishman Andy Lee (35-3-1, 24 KOs) announced the ending of his professional career. Lee did not go out into the ring since last March, when he scored an incomprehensible decision victory in the 8-round fight over KeAndrae Leatherwood on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin's fight against Daniel Jacobs.
Rivals of the second World Boxing Super Series semifinal in the super middleweight division Callum Smith and Nieky Holzken met face to face at an open training session, which was held today in Nuremberg, Germany. Initially Smith was to meet Jurgen Brahmer, but the German boxer refused to fight in less than a week, citing prolong illness.
Russian boxer Dmitry Kudryashov believes that WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will defeat Cuban Sullivan Barrera.
According to organizers of the World Boxing Super Series, on February 24 in Nuremberg, Germany, unbeaten British Callum Smith (23-0, 17 KOs) will enter in the ring against also undefeated Nieky Holzken (13-0, 10 KOs) from Holland. Jurgen Brahmer, who was supposed to meet Smith, refused to fight citing illness.
February 18 in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) in a fight of two former world champions Danny Garcia knocked Brandon Rios out in the 9th round. After the fight, Garcia said that he was ready to take rematch with Keith Turman. Garcia lost to Turman last year.
British Callum Smith praised George Groves, who went to the finals of the World Boxing Super Series, defeating Chris Eubank Jr. Smith can meet Groves in WBSS final if he can defeat Jurgen Brahmer on February 24 in Germany.
According to CompuBox, the fight between George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr. proved to be very close and even. In each of the 12 rounds, the difference in the number of landed punches did not exceed 6 blows. At the same time, Groves was slightly more accurate in power punches, reaching 37.7% of the thrown blows against 21.2% of Eubank.
