The original plan was to feature WBO cruiseweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk on the Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs HBO pay-per-view undercard on March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York. But now it looks like his next bout will come in the following month.Usyk lost his position on the card when Roman Gonzalez and Carlos Cuadras were matched in separate fights instead of facing each other in a rematch.
Roc Nation Sports today received notification from James Kirkland’s team that Kirkland has suffered an injury which will force him to withdraw from his match against Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto on Saturday, February 25, 2017. The reported injury is a fractured nose. Unfortunately, the entire HBO Pay-Per-View show at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas is cancelled.
In the main event on Thursday from the Horseshoe in Tunica, Mississippi, southpaw Sammy Vasquez (21-2, 15 KOs) looked to bounce back from his first defeat by facing Luis Collazo, (37-7, 20 KOs), himself coming off a layoff after his loss to Keith Thurman.
A purse bid was held in the IBF Office today for the light heavyweight eliminator for #1 between Artur Beterbiev vs. Sullivan Barrera. There were two bidders: Groupe Yvon Michel and Main Events. Groupe Yvon Michel bid $251,000 and Main Events bid $181,000. The fight must take place within 90 days.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum has claimed any pro boxer who faced Conor McGregor in the squared circle would be able to knock the two-weight UFC champion out. Arum was responding to questions regarding star fighter Manny Pacquiao’s recent admission that the Filipino Senator would love to share a ring with McGregor.
Danny Green 182.5 vs Anthony Mundine 174.8
Nader Hamdan 173.0 vs Trent Broadhurst 176.2
Quade Cooper 200.1 vs Jack McInnes 212.5
Andrew Moloney 117.9 vs Renoel Pael 117.5
Tim Tszyu 157.6 vs Mark Dalby 158.2
Jason Moloney 121.9 vs Marco Demecillio 123.2
Antonio Caruso 166.4 vs Friday Nwaiwu 161.8
David Aloua 205.0 vs Filipo Masoe 207.2
Shane Tuck 193.3 vs Ivan Kolar 193.1
Vasyl Lomachenko is at it again as the Ukrainian star attempts to pick up yet another world title. Not content with claiming two world titles in the last six of his eight fights, ‘Loma’ is aiming to unify a division for the first time on April 8. The 28 year-old will compete in an eighth world title fight in a row when Lomachenko battles the tough puncher Jason Sosa in a bid to claim a second championship at the 130 pound limit.
Former WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin faces future sanctions following the ratification of the Russian's positive test for ostarine. Povetkin initially failed a test in December prior to his stipulated World Boxing Council eliminator with Bermane Stiverne, which was subsequently called off.
UFC trainer Mark Henry believes Conor McGregor holds a weight advantage over Floyd Mayweather that could see the Irishman score an early knockout in their super-fight. McGregor, 27, is lining up a massive cross-codes battle against Mayweather in late 2017 or early 2018, a fight that could earn both a nine-figure sum should terms be agreed soon.
Aftershocks are still rippling through the Montreal boxing world from the melee that followed the Steven Butler versus Brandon Cook matchup Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
