Hearn revealed last month that Las Vegas was the preferred option, despite interest in Dubai, Nigeria and Cardiff, and it now looks all but certain that the second fight will go stateside.
Former interim WBA champion, a resident of Donetsk and boxer of the Ukrainian promotion company Union Boxing Promotion Stanislav Kashtanov (36-2, 21 KOs) officially received Russian citizenship. Since 2015, Kashtanov lived in Serpukhov near Moscow and held six fights in Russia, all within local promotions.
The 2019 World Boxing Championship will take place in Sochi, Russia. This decision was made at a meeting of the executive committee of AIBA in Moscow.
The first domestic showdown of the World Boxing Super Series is scheduled for October 14th when top seeded super middleweight George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs) puts his WBA World title on the line against his undefeated countryman Jamie Cox (23-0, 13 KOs) in a ‘Battle of Britain’ at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London, United Kingdom.
Lightweight world champion Jorge Linares and mandatory challenger Luke Campbell, whose camps have already been in talks, likely will meet next after they were ordered to face each other.
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko combines training in a gym with general physical exercises on the Pacific coast in Los Angeles. August 5 on the Microsoft Arena Lomachenko will held his next defense of the title in a fight against Colombian Miguel Marriaga.
WBC cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis in an interview to video blogger Elie Seckbach told about how he started boxing, what he thinks about Gennady Golovkin's fight against Saul Alvarez, about the hypothetical meeting between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, and about his sparring with both Klitschko brothers.
Boxing Superstar WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko is preparing for return in the ring, which is scheduled for August 5. Between trainings Ukrainian is relaxing away from the ring with his father and trainer Anatoly in a very funny way.
Ukrainian heavyweight Andriy Rudenko (31-3, 19 KOs) resumed his training after his loss to Russian Alexander Povetkin (32-1-0, 23 KOs) in the fight for vacantWBO International and WBA Continental titles in Moscow.
Former multi-division world champion Jhonny González (64-10, 54 KOs) demolished previously unbeaten Filipino Jessie “Jimdomar” Rosales (21-1-1, 9 KOs) in the second round on Saturday night in a clash for a WBC regional belt at the Lienzo Charro in Hidalgo Del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico.
