WBA International middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov said that he began preparations for the July battle in the US under the leadership of the well-known coach Abel Sanchez. On February 3 in Sochi Chudinov defeated the Finn Timo Laine. To the previous matches the Russian trained with the coach of the Russian national boxing team Eduard Kravtsov.
WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev did not rule out the possibility of a fight against Dmitry Bivol in the future. Kovalev said this during a press conference on the upcoming fight with Eleider Alvarez.
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury admitted that he does not want to fight the WBC cruiserweight emeritus champion Tony Bellew.
President of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Mauricio Sulaiman said that the Mexican Saul Alvarez was expelled from the WBC rankings. The reason for the exception was the refusal of the athlete to pass the tests for banned drugs, which are conducted by doping officers of the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA).
Light heavyweight contender Eleider Alvarez shared his expectations from a fight with the WBO world champion Sergey Kovalev on August 4 in Atlantic City.
The IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will sign a new agreement with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. The contract will prolong for three years and will cost more than $135 million.
WBO super featherweight champion and WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) answered journalists' questions at a press conference after a victorious fight against Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KOs).
Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko commented on the victorious battle with Jorge Linares.
In the main event of the evening at the legendary Madison Square Garden arena in New York, two-time Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) knocked Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) out in the 10th round, took his lightweight title and became the champion in his third weight category in just his 12th fight in the pro ranks, thereby setting a record of the number of fights needed for this.
