Russian cruiserweight Alexei Papin (9-0, 8 KOs) will come to Kiev on December 24 as a sparring partner of WBO cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk.
Kell Brook will make his debut at super-welterweight against Sergey Rabchenko at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield on March 3.
Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin will pass the doping tests after a fight with Romanian boxer Christian Hammer. Since December 5th Povetkin can take part in official fights due to the expiration of disqualification for violation of anti-doping rules. In December last year before the fight against Bermein Stivern the ...
Unbeaten Ukrainian light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk (14-0, 12 KOs) confirmed information that his next fight should be held on February 16, and the list of possible opponents includes the name of Colombian boxer Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KO).
Bob Arum the promoter of WBO super featherweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) noted that the Ukrainian can return to the ring in March or April next year. The promoter said this in an interview to Boxing Talk.
Vasily Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) was winning convincingly on points in his fight against Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1, 11 KOs), when the Cuban refused to continue the fight after the sixth round. Yet two judges scored the first round to Rigondeaux.
In an extremely spectacular battle between two Mexican veterans Miguel Roman (58-12, 45 KOs) scored a stoppage victory in the ninth round over Orlando Salido (44-14-4, 31 KOs). In the fourth and eighth rounds, Salido was knocked down, and in the ninth round, after another fall the referee Robert Bird ...
Vasily Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) scored a TKO victory over Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1, 11 KOs) after the Cuban refused to continue the fight after the 6th round, citing the left hand injury.
American Caleb Truax (23-2-1, 14 KOs) quite unexpectedly won a majority decision over James DeGale (29-3-2, 18 KOs) and took away his IBF super middleweight title in the main event of the vening at the Copper Box Arena in London. The scores were: 114-114, 115-112, 116-112.
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (26-1, 9 KOs) successfully defended his title by winning a one-sided unanimous decision over previously undefeated Mexican Eduardo Ramirez (20-1-3, 7 KOs) in one of the main events of the boxing card at the Copper Box Arena in London. The scores were: 118-110, 119-109, 116-112.