Kathy Duva, promoter of former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, said that her fighter is not going to retire and will return to the ring before the end of the year. "Sergey will fight until the end of the year, in the coming weeks we will announce our plans," Duva said.
Gennady Golovkin broke out his favorite pen and ripped out hundreds of signatures on boxing gloves during a marathon autograph session this week and it's all for his richest fans. The gloves are a perk for fans who pony up for the special ringside "platinum package" seats for the September 16 fight with Canelo Alvarez.
Russian Fedor Chudinov will hold the next fight against Italian Giovanni de Carolis on November 3 in Nizhny Novgorod. This was reported by the press service of the promotional company Patriot. "Fedor Chudinov will fight de Carolis in Nizhny Novgorod on November 3," the press service said.
Watch the next creation of the Ukrainian director Sergey Dolbilov as the continuation of the two-part documentary film "LOMUS. The history of one record»-«LOMUS. Conquest." The film is dedicated to two Olympic champions, two current world champions, two best friends and just good guys - Vasily Lomachenko and Alexander Usyk.
The main battle of the upcoming weekend — the fight of the WBO cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk against former world champion Marco Huck — can be seen in Ukraine on the Inter TV channel. The broadcast of the battle from Berlin starts on September 9 at 22:30 via local time. Though as a rule the main fights of events in Germany begin after midnight.
Alexander Khyzhniak became the only medal winner in the national team of Ukraine at the World Championships in 2017 in Hamburg. Gold in the 75 kg weight class, which was handed to him by ex-world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, brought Khyzhniak also the title of the best boxer of the tournament. The city of Poltava native is training under the guidance of his father Alexander Khyzhniak, Sr..
Unbeaten 168-pound prospect Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant (15-0, 10 KOs) returns to the ring Sept. 8 on Showtime Boxing, when he takes on Mexico’s Alan Campa (16-3, 11 KOs) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas.
Future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao has not ruled out a rematch with WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn BUT Pacman wants the fight in the Philippines. “It will not push through there in Australia, but we are bringing the fight here in the Philippines,” Pacquiao said on radio station DZBB, adding negotiations were ongoing. “This will be good for our country’s tourism.”
Undefeated UFC star Justin Gaethje is saying sayonara to MMA after another dozen fights, tops telling TMZ Sports the sport's "too brutal" to gun for 50-0 like Floyd Mayweather.
The newly-crowned world champion Alexander Khyzhniak, who was also recognized as the best boxer in Hamburg, after returning with his team from Germany told about his impressions of the competition, the most difficult battle in the tournament, his rivals, and also compared the World Championships with the European Championship, which was held in June in Kharkov.
