IBF Super Middleweight champion James DeGale went through a variety of strength and conditioning exercises as he continues to prepare for his belt defence against Caleb Truax on December 9th at the Copper Box Arena live on BoxNation.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is obliged to begin negotiations with mandatory challenger Sullivan Barrera. This was reported by WBA President Gilberto Mendoza: "I inform you that Barrera is a mandatory challenger for Bivol, and starting from November 27, athletes should begin negotiations on holding a duel," wrote Mendoza via his twitter.
The head of the Russian promotional company "World of Boxing" Andrei Ryabinsky says that he will try to organize a second battle between Russian Sergey Kuzmin and American Amir Mansur. The fight between Kuzmin and Mansur for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title on November 27 in Moscow, ended in a technical draw due to the cuts sustained by both boxers due to an accidental headbutt.
WBO super featherweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) shared his expectations from the upcoming fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs), which will be held on December 9 in New York.
The general director of K2 Promotions Ukraine Alexander Krassyuk says that they are doing their best to organize a fight between Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) against Mairis Briedis (24-0, 18 KOs) in Ukraine, but the economic realities of our country say contrary.
WBO super featherweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) says that he is determined to defeat Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) by a judges’ decision. "I do not think I can knock Rigondeaux out. I'm set on a full distance and judges’ decision. Rigondeaux is a good boxer, he has a diverse style of boxing. He tries to move the whole fight in the ring, he tries to show interesting boxing.
Super middleweight world titlist George Groves (27-3, 20 KOs) and British countryman Chris Eubank Jr. (26-1, 20 KOs) met head-to-head on Tuesday at the kickoff news conference for their highly anticipated title fight in the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series.
Sergey Vatamanyuk the coach of the Ukrainian lightweight Denys Berinchyk (7-0, 4 KOs) believes that the future rival of the Ukrainian - Allan Vallespin (11-1, 8 KOs) is a very worthy opponent, capable of making an upset.
Olympic silver medalist Denys Berinchyk (7-0, 4 KOs) will have his first title fight on December 16 in Brovary, Ukraine. Berinchyk will face the representative of the Philippines Allan Vallespin (11-1, 8 KOs). The vacant WBO Orinetal belt will be at stake.
Bob Arum the promoter of Ukrainian Alexander Gvozdik (14-0, 12 KOs) congratulated Sergey Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs) on regaining the WBO light heavyweight title, and also hinted on the organization of a duel between the Ukrainian and the Russian.
