On May 12 in New York Vasyl Lomachenko will face WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares and try to become the world champion in his third weight class. At the moment, Lomachenko continues to own the WBO title in the super featherweight division, and the organization's leadership obliged the Ukrainian to take a decision on this title within 10 days after the battle with Linares, no matter what its outcome would be.
World lightweight champion Jorge Linares, who will meet the two-time Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko on May 12 in New York, is confident that he is a "non-ordinary" boxer, and the Ukrainian should understand that it will be no easy walk for him in the upcoming fight.
Briton Callum Johnson (17-0, 12 KOs) may be the next opponent of the IBF light heavyweight champion Arthur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs). IBF obliged the parties to begin negotiations. At the moment, neither the place nor the date of this fight is known.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the fight between Gennady Golovkin and Vanes Martirosyan on May 5 in Carson, California, which was broadcast by HBO, gathered 1.3 million viewers, even though its beginning for the East coast was after midnight and that it lasted less than two rounds.
Floyd Mayweather, who is currently on tour in Asia, visited the Philippines, the home of his former opponent Manny Pacquiao, a duel with which was the most box office event in the history of professional boxing. On arrival, Mayweather talked with local journalists and explained his attitude towards the upcoming Pacquiao fight against Lucas Matthysse on July 14 in Malaysia.
Former world champion Amir Khan from the UK said that he would like to have an interim fight in September, and then meet his compatriot Kell Brook to "shut his mouth." In September, Khan would like to fight at the same card with Brook and would like to see Adrien Brouner as his opponent. Last month, Khan scored a quick victory over Phil Lo Greco in the first round after two and a half years of layoff.
Last weekend middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin got a KO victory over Vanes Martirosyan, thereby defending his belt for the 20th time, and equaled this figure with the legendary Bernard Hopkins. After the battle, Golovkin and his coach Abel Sanchez respectfully commented on Hopkins, but when asked about how their fight could develop, Sanchez said he would give preference to his ward.
Anthony Joshua said that the fight against Deontay Wilder "95%" would take place this year. Earlier, the promoter of the British Eddie Hearn also voiced a positive outlook in the negotiations with the American side.
According to CompuBox statistics, IBF, IBO, WBA and WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in the second round of the match against Vanes Martirosyan was able to deliver 11 of the 15 power shots - 73%. In the first round, Golovkin-Martirosyan accounted for 6-5 strikes in favor of the puncher from Kazakhstan.
Tony Bellew in the main event of the boxing evening at the O2 Arena in London managed to get a second victory over the former world champion in two weight divisions David Haye.
