A live broadcast of the boxing evening from New York, in the main event of which world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will defend his title against Luis Ortiz. In the undercard Andre Dirrell and Jose Uzcategui will meet in the rematch of their scandalous first meeting in the second middleweight division.
A live broadcast of the boxing evening from Sheffield, UK, in the main event of which former world champion Kell Brook will hold his first fight in the new weight category, light middleweight division. The opponent of Brook will be a boxer from Belarus Sergey Rabchenko. At the stake of the meeting will be silver WBC title.
A live broadcast of the boxing evening from Goteng, South Africa, in the main event of which IBO cruiserweight champion Kevin Lerena (19-1, 9 KOs) will defend his title in battle against Dmytro Kucher (24-2, 18 KOs). For Kucher it will be the first fight since the defeat on points in November 2016 to Marco Huck.
World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz passed the official weigh-in procedure. The weight of Ortiz was 241.25 pounds (109.42 kg). Wilder showed a mark of 214.75 pounds (97.4 kg), which is his lowest since his second pro fight in 2009.
An official weighing procedure took place on the eve of the boxing evening in New York, in the main event of which world light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev will defend his title in a fight against Igor Mikhalkin. In the same evening, the world light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will meet Sullivan Barrera. Here are weigh-in results:
Participants of the boxing main event in Sheffield on March 3, former world champion Kell Brook and Sergey Rabchenko went through the official weigh-in procedure. Both fighters met the weight limit at the first attempt without problems. The weight of Brook was 153.4 pounds (69.58 kg), Rabchenko - 153.7 pounds (69.71 kg). At the stake of the meeting will be the title of silver WBC champion.
In his last interview Oleksandr Usyk spoke about the transition to heavyweights, the Ukrainian boxing school, his attitude to patriotism and trips to ATO zone. Read the first part here.
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.
