Super featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko shared his impressions of the stoppage victory over Colombian Miguel Marriaga on August 5 in the USA, and also shared his plans for his future career.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather opened up the Mayweather Boxing Club on Thursday for a media workout ahead of his highly anticipated matchup against UFC champion Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug. 26 in the headlining attraction of a Showtime PPV event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Ukrainian middleweight Yevgen Khytrov (14-1, 12 KOs) received the date and the name of an opponent of his next fight. Khytrov will return after first career defeat by TKO from Immanuvel Alim and after eight months and will go into the ring against the 33-year-old American Derrick Findley (27-1-21, 18 KOs). The battle is scheduled for September 15 and will be held in the US.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission will at least entertain the possibility of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor wearing lighter boxing gloves in their highly anticipated fight later this month in Las Vegas.
Two world championship fights are part of the Mayweather vs. McGregor PPV undercard on Saturday, Aug. 26 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and presented by Mayweather Promotions. In the co-featured bout, undefeated rising star Gervonta “Tank” Davis will make the second defense of his IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship against undefeated challenger Francisco Fonseca as the 22-year-old looks to continue his reign as the youngest current champion from the U.S.
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) thanked Timothy Bradley, Wladimir Klitschko and Juan Manuel Marquez for what they did for boxing before they decided to retire. Lomachenko wrote this on Twitter:
WBO cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) said that in a fight against the unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs) UFC fighter Conor McGregor has no chance.
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor's requests to wear 8oz gloves will be heard by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Here’s how Oleksandr Gvozdyk earned the nickname The Nail. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Oleksandr Gvozdyk (13-0) will face Craig Baker (17-1) on August 19th on ESPN. Gvozdyk, who is ranked in the top six of all four major sanctioning bodies, last fought in April when he stopped Yuniesky Gonzalez in three rounds. Baker last fought in June, 2016 when he stopped Steve Lovett in 8 rounds. His lone loss came at the hands of Edwin Rodriguez in 2015.
A well-known Ukrainian public figure and volunteer Alexei Mochanov met a former boxer Wladimir Klitschko on one of Kiev's beaches. After the ending his boxing career Klitschko now switched to volleyball.
