WBC heavyweight champion Deontey Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) believes that Luis Ortiz will not be able to pick up a sparring partner similar to him. Wilder vs Ortiz can happen on March 3 in Brooklyn, USA.
Former absolute heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield blames Floyd Mayweather for that he never united several belts.
According to London tabloids, the unification bout of two world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker will take place on March 31 in Cardiff at the Principality Stadium, where Joshua had his last fight in October against Carlos Takam. The meeting ended with 10th-round stoppage and gathered record bracking 78,000 spectators.
American heavyweight Amir Mansour believes that the Russian Alexander Povetkin is able to defeat any of the current world champions in the heavyweight division.
IBF Cruiserweight Champion Murat Gassiyev says that he feels great responsibility with the forthcoming WBSS semi-final fight against WBA champion Yunier Dorticos in Russia. The meeting of these boxers is scheduled for February 3 in Sochi.
According to German promoter Nisse Sauerland, former challenger for the world heavyweight title Kubrat Pulev still hopes for a new chance to challenge the belt. Last year Pulev could meet world champion Anthony Joshua, but a couple of weeks before the fight he was forced to withdraw from the battle because of a shoulder injury.
According to The Mirror, the boxing fan was fined £85,000 after his Ipad was used as a device to broadcast Sky Sports last April, featuring Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko for 4,250 people on Facebook.
Russian cruiserweight Alexei Papin spoke positively about his sparring with WBO champion Alexander Usyk in Kiev, which he spent as part of the preparation for the semi-final fight of the World Boxing Series (WBSS) with the WBC champion Mairis Briedis of Latvia.
IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua believes that former world champion Tyson Fury is far from the fighting conditions and the fight against him at the moment is no more than a "fantasy". Fury continues preparations for his return scheduled for April or May and asks Joshua to meet him in his first fight after a long layoff.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontey Wilder (39-0, 38 KO) is confident that he is able to bring his record of up to 50 victories without defeats, beating thus the so-called "Mayweather record" - 50-0, which is formally considered the best in the pro boxing. Prior to this, the most "unblemished" record was the record of Rocky Marciano - 49-0.
