Russian Alexander Povetkin paid $250 thousand to World Boxing Council (WBC) as a fine. These funds will go to development of the anti-doping program "Clean Boxing". This was reported by WBC President Mauricio Suleiman.
Jay Deas, manager and coach of WBC heavyweight champion Deonthey Wilder, has outlined his boxer's plans for the new year. According to Deas, on March 3 Wilder will meet Cuban Luis Ortiz, and in summer will unite with the winner of the pair Anthony Joshua - Joseph Parker.
World Boxing Council (WBC) has appointed a period of free negotiations between the teams of Regis Prograis and former world champion Viktor Postol, who will meet in the battle for the vacant interim super lightweight title. If the parties fail to reach an agreement before January 12 at the headquarters of the Council in Mexico City there will be a promotional bids, and each of the opponents will receive 50% of the proposed purse.
The dialogue between the social pages of Floyd Mayweather and Vasily Lomachenko continues. Today on Twitter Lomachenko published a post in which Mayweather was asked not to hide his boxer Gervonta "The Tank" Davis and Floyd gave his answer.
Nielsen Media Research has published a list of the 20 most rated boxing events that took place on cable channels. This list did not include battles that took place as part of paid broadcasts )PPV) or nationwide channels.
Swedish super middleweight Erik Skoglund was woken from his medically-induced coma by doctors and is now conscious. Skoglund continues to remain in the intensive care unit, but the threat to his life is no longer there. The former boxer breathes on his own and responds to instructions. The next few days he will have a series of tests that will determine what health consequences will be of his injury, which he received on one of the sparring in December.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is aiming for a fight with Luis Ortiz, whom he promises to knock out in four rounds.
Mikey Garcia voiced the idea that Bob Arum, the promoter of Vasily Lomachenko, will not allow his boxer to fight him. Garcia himself sees no reason to avoid meeting with the Ukrainian. At the same time, Bob Arum repeatedly stated that if problems arise in the organization of this fight, they will be only of financial origin, since at the moment the purses of both boxers have exceeded one million, and the overall prize of the fight will be rather large.
Former world champion Evgeny Gradovic of Russia, who fought in the pros under the nickname "The Russian Mexican", was forced to end his career because of vision problems.
IBF Cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev speaks about his training process for the WBSS semifinal match with the regular WBA champion Yunier Dortikos, scheduled for February 3 in Sochi.
