Those who follow boxing know what a tremendous matchup the rematch between unified light heavyweight titlist Andre Ward and former titleholder Sergey Kovalev is.
Andre Ward, regarded by many as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport today, believes the pressure will be on Floyd Mayweather to defeat Conor McGregor in easy fashion and that there is "zero room for error" if he is to live up to his heavy favorite status.
Watch LIVE! Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev 2 final press conference. Ward vs. Kovalev 2 happens Saturday, June 17 live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was arrested and charged with second-degree misdemeanor marijuana possession on Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was later released on $1,000 bond.
While unified light heavyweight titleholder Andre Ward and former titlist Sergey Kovalev, two of boxing's pound-for-pound best, are set to renew hostilities in a rematch Saturday night, viewers may very well get a look at the future of the division on the undercard.
Sydney "Ginger the Ninja" LeBlanc is stepping in on three days' notice to face two-time Olympich champion Claressa "T-Rex" Shields of Flint, Michigan in the eight-round main event in Detroit's Masonic Temple in Detroit this Friday. The 33-year-old LeBlanc (4-1-1) is from Louisiana, and replaces the original opponent, Mery Rancier, who was unable to participate due to visa issues. A six-year pro who was already in training for a fight on June 10th, LeBlanc says she's eager for the chance to upset the budding women's superstar.
The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor megafight, which many think could approach the $600 million-plus revenue record set by Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao in 2015, actually was not that difficult to make once the talks turned serious.
The WBO Intercontinental belt will be on the line on July 1 when former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin returns against Ukrainian Andrey Rudenko at the “Russia” (Luzhniki) Concert Hall in Moscow. The 33-year-old Rudenko is rated WBO #9, WBC #13 and IBF #13. Povetkin is currently under indefinite suspension by the WBC for failing a doping test.
UFC president Dana White thinks the August 26 clash between Floyd Mayweather and MMA fighter Conor McGregor will smash all PPV records. “I think this breaks the record in US, the UK, Australia and Canada, too,” White told FOX Sports. “Floyd vs. Pacquiao did four million and rising because with a pay-per-view, the buys keep rolling in for years.”
“I only trained Andre to knock out an opponent twice, when he fought Chad Dawson and now is a second time,” says Virgil Hunter, trainer of Andre Ward, when discussing what he expects to happen on Saturday at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas.
