WBO super featherweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) on the eve of the fight against Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) showed his fans another acrobatic skill. Manager Egis Klimas published video where the Ukrainian passes through the whole ring diagonally on his hands.
WBO cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) on Saturday, November 18, together with his coach Sergey Vatamanyuk set off to Bukovel, Ukraine, for the second stage of preparation for the fight against Latvian Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) for the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series.
With the warm support of the tribunes in the main event of the boxing evening in Belfast, Great Britain, former three-time world champion Carl Frampton (24-1, 14 KOs) scored a difficult victory by unanimous decision over Horatio Garcia (33-4-1, 24 KOs), successfully returning in the ring after the defeat this January from the hands of Leo Santa Cruz. The score of the English judges' were: 98-93, 97-93 and 96-93.
IBF junior bantamweight champion Jerwin Ancajas (28-1-1, 19 KOs), protégé of the legendary Manny Pacquiao, stopped in the sixth round previously undefeated Jamie Conlan (19-1, 11 KOs), and defended his title.
WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) made a record quick knockout over Siboniso Gonya (11-2, 5 KOs), stopping him in 11 seconds of the first round. Tete was able to knock out Gonya with his first thrown out blow, a whooping right hook, which fell exactly in the Gonya’s jaw, and from which he fell in a deep knockout. Gonya remained unconscious on the floor for a few minutes, but, fortunately, came to his senses.
A live broadcast of the boxing evening from Belfast, UK, within which ex-world champion Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) will return and fight a 10-round bout against Horatio Garcia (33-3-1, 24 KOs).
Former world super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell (31-1-1, 24 KOs) returned to the ring after a 10-month layoff and beat via technical decision in the sixth round Denis Douglin (20-6, 13 KOs) in the main event of the boxing evening in his native Flint, Michigan.
"Tyson, I'm the only Brit who beat you. I know that in your heart you still want revenge. If you do not mind, I'm ready for battle," heavyweight David Price wrote on his Twitter page. Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury did not ignore this statement: "Yes, you're the only one I lost at the amateur level. If there's an opportunity, I'll fix it."
HBO Boxing's unofficial scorer Harold Lederman previews next weekend's light heavyweight brawl between former unified champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) and Vyacheslav Shabranskyy on November 25th at the Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden. The winner of the fight will be the owner of the vacant WBO light heavyweight title. HBO will televise the contest.
Take a look back at the hard-hitting highlights from a monumental year of boxing on SHOWTIME featuring multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons performing their new single, “Whatever It Takes.”
