WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) returns to the ring on November 4, 2017, live on Showtime from Barclays Center to defend his title against the man he first took it from: Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs).
WBC #3 heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte says he’s going to make life hell for Robert Helenius when they clash for the WBC silver title at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday night. Whyte wants to secure a showdown with WBC king Deontay Wilder in 2018 and knows that an impressive win over Helenius will take him a giant step towards that goal.
Former world light heavyweight champion Sergei Kovalev will prepare under the guidance of coaches Alexander Sedov and Abror Tursunpulatov for his upcoming fight on November 25 in the United States against the Ukrainian Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. Kovalev reported about this on his Instagram page.
Leon Margules promoter of IBF world champion Murat Gassiev and WBA belt holder Yunier Dorticos think that there’s no favorite in their fight. Margules consider Gassiev and Dorticos as the two best representatives in the cruiserweights of the world.
Silver Olympic medalist of the Games in London Denys Berinchyk (7-0-0, 4 KOs) will hold his next fight against the Spanish boxer of Colombian origin Ignacio Mendoza (42-12-3, 26 KOs). This bout will be held on December 16 in Kiev, and WBO International lightweight title will be at stake.
American television channel Showtime which will broadcast fights of the two best heavyweight champions on the planet nowadays within a week released a promotional video dedicated to the separate battles of Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder on October 28 and November 4 respectively. It is possible that next year we will see a unification battle between the two "scariest people in boxing".
The world leader in the boxing broadcasting American HBO TV channel presented to its spectators a half-minute promo of former world middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) and undefeated Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KO) on November 11 in Uniondale, New York.
Sergei Lapin the coach of Polish cruiserweight Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-4-1, 37 KOs) believes that the peak form of his boxer had already passed and did not rule out that the Pole would soon finish his career. Wlodarczyk lost to IBF champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) in the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Super Series this weekend.
Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) continues preparations for his second fight this year. On the boxing event on October 28 in the Millennium stadium in Cardiff the WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion will fight with Carlos Takam (35-3-1, 27 KOs). Takam replaced the mandatory IBF challenger Kubrat Pulyov (25-1, 13 KOs), who was injured.
Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs) says he still has a motivation in boxing, but noted that he intends to devote his time to other interests outside the sport.
