Middleweight Dmitri Mitrofanov will hold its debut fight in the professional ring on October 27 in the suburbs of Chicago, in the town of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA. The opponent of the Ukrainian for the 6-round fight is unbeaten American Brandon Maddox (7-0, 5 KOs).
Former world heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev talks about his return to the ring and wants to fight in winter. Maskaev’s last fight happed in 2013, after which he took a break in his career due to injury. As the sportsman himself reported earlier, he healed the back injury and is ready to return to the ring.
Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) says that he will give his best in the most important fight in his career against the Ukrainian WBO super featherweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs).
The promoter of WBO cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KO's) Alexander Krassyuk says that the fight of his boxer with WBC champion Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) in the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series can take place in Ukraine.
The fight between Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin and Christian Hammer of Germany can have the status of eliminator for the WBO title and which now holds New Zealander Joseph Parker. This informed the CEO of RCC Boxing Promotions, the organizer of the fight, Alexei Titov.
WBO super featherweight Vasily Lomachenko continues preparations in Oxnard, California, for the fight on December 9 in New York against the champion in two weight classes below Guillermo Rigondeaux. According to Vasily, he passed two weeks of adaptation and started sparring on Monday.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said that the winner of the Deontey Wilder vs Dillian White fight could box next summer with the WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs).
IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev and former world champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk held open trainings on the eve of their fight on October 21 in Newark, New Jersey. Gassiev's fight against Wlodarczyk will also be a quarterfinal of the World boxing super series, and the winner will meet WBA champion Yunier Dortikos early next year.
A day after their middleweight world title fight was signed Billy Joe Saunders and David Lemieux began what will surely be a war of words before they step between the ropes.
The faces change but the target remains the same. Anthony Joshua, less than 24 hours after learning of his change of opponent, remains tunnel-visioned in his pursuit of a "legacy" that extends far beyond his well-earned reputation as a knockout artist, writes James Dielhenn.
