Kathy Duva, promoter of WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev stressed that her fighter is ready for a meeting with Dmitry Bivol, unlike Bivol himself.
On March 3 in New York WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will defend his title in a fight against Sullivan Barrera of Cuba. Barrera paid tribute to the skills of Bivol, but at the same time noted that he still did not had a worthy opposition before.
Unified cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev will begin his preparations for the final of World Boxing Super Series against Oleksandr Usyk on March 5.
Unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in an interview to Evgeni Truhanov told about how he spent his vacation in Mexico after the semifinal fight of the World Boxing Super Series against Mairis Briedis and what he thinks about the upcoming final against Russian Murat Gassiev.
Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev told about the preparation for the title fight with compatriot Igor Mikhalkin, compared the work of his coach Abror Tursunpulatov to John David Jackson, and also shared his opinion on the World Boxing Super Series favorite.
WBA super middleweight champion George Groves says he would be forced to get operation on his left shoulder, which he injured in the final 12th round in a duel against Chris Eubank Jr. on February 17 in Manchester. Thus, the final of World Boxing Super Series at the super middleweight will be postponed until July. Initially, Groves and Callum Smith, the second finalist, were due to meet on June 2 in London.
On last Saturday K2 Promotions Ukraine fighter Mishiko Beselia (18-0, 12 KOs) in a tense battle got a victory on points over Vladislav Melnik (5-1, 3 KOs) and became the owner of the vacant title of the super lightweight champion of Ukraine. The scores were 96:94 on all cards.
Russian cruiserweight contender Alexei Papin shared his expectations from the final fight in World Boxing Super Series between Oleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev.
On February 24 Mishiko Beselia (18-0, 12 KOs) got a unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Vladislav Melnik (5-1, 3 KOs) at the Freedom Concert Hall in Kiev and became the owner of the vacant Ukrainian Super Lightweight title. The scores were 96-94 on all cards.
In the main event of the evening of "Superfly 2" in Inglewood, California, WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (44-4-1, 39 KOs) scored a difficult majority decision victory over former world champion and official challenger Juan Francisco Estrada (36-3, 25 KOs), thus defended his title for the second time. The scores were: 114-114, 117-111, 115-113.
