Authoritative American trainer Teddy Atlas reacted to the appointment of a fight between former unified heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz and Jarrell Miller.
It was announced the day before that the Mexican and the American will fight on August 3 in Los Angeles, USA.
"The problem is that Ruiz has no incentive to improve his life because he's already been through this process during which he messed up. You can never get through to a boxer if he doesn't want to.
Miller lost early in his last fight against Dubois. I think Jarrell will have a chance if only Ruiz is a shadow of himself. I don't see how Miller can get back to a winning streak if he's been put together with such a high level fighter," Boxing Scene quoted Atlas as saying.
Arman Tsarukyan, the number one ranked lightweight in the UFC, reacted to the words of Islam Makhachev, the champion in the same division, regarding the disruption of their rematch.
Earlier, the Dagestani said that it's not the first time the Armenian fighter refuses to fight him.
"This is not true. The truth is that you want to fight me on short notice to get an advantage. But that's not going to happen again. When was the last time you fought twice in six weeks?" - wrote Tsarukyan on social network X.
Recall that on April 13 at UFC 300, Tsarukyan defeated Charles Oliveira by split decision of the judges before turning down an offer to fight Makhachev in June.
Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has spoken respectfully about Alex Pereira, the holder of the belt in the category above, and recalled his last fight with him, which took place last April.
"Alex is a special fighter and person. I will always respect him for what he has done in our game, in fights and also in his life. I'm grateful for those moments because they taught me a lot. It's the same with the fight against Kelvin Gastellum. He made me realize what can be achieved. That time I was ready to die, but this time I just knew, "No way in hell, this guy's not going to win, I swear to God, then I'm going to die."
Our fourth fight with Alex was a beauty. Then I had the realization, "Israel, there are levels here. You can go further," - quotes Adesanya MMA Fighting.
Recall that Adesanya and Pereira had four fights. Yes fights in kickboxing remained for the Brazilian, and in MMA they have an equal score - 1-1.
Belal Muhammad, a top welterweight fighter, has spoken out about his upcoming bout with the organization's featherweight champion Leon Edwards.
"I envision coming out and tearing him apart with boxing in the first round. In the second round I start kicking him with leg kicks and body punches, then in the third round I start pinning him against the cage and hitting him with elbows. In the fourth round I do a teikdown and start doing sub-missions, he'll start lunging and then I let him go. I hear his trainer shouting magic words from the corner. Then I lick my lips and point to the center of the cage like Max Holloway and Leon looks at me in fear. I then deliver a takedown and win by a score of 50-42 on all three judges' scorecards."
As a reminder, Muhammad's fight with Edwards will take place on July 27 at UFC 304 in Manchester.
UFC lightweight Dan Hooker revealed when he plans to return to the octagon and who he wants to fight. Hooker named Beneil Dariush as his number one contender.
"If Beneil Dariush wants to fight me in June, I would love to face him. June-July, I'll blow his head off his shoulders, there's no doubt about that. Fighting Dariusz is a priority option for me, but he remains silent. If Beneil doesn't want it, I could fight Renato Moicano," Hooker told MMANews.
It's worth noting that Hooker is based at number eleven in the UFC's lightweight division. In his last fight, he won by split decision on judges over Jalin Turner.
On August 4, Los Angeles will host an evening of boxing headlined by a fight between one of the best boxers of our time, Terence Crawford, and Uzbek boxer Israil Madrimov, who holds the WBA bantamweight title. At stake in this fight will be the title of interim world champion in the first middleweight WBO version, as well as the championship belt of Madrimov. To your attention fights of the main card of the upcoming tournament:
Terence Crawford - Israil Madrimov
Tim Tszyu - Virgil Ortiz.
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller.
Isaac Cruz for Jose Valenzuela.
David Morrell - Radivoje Kalajdzic
Andy Cruz - Antonio Moran
Recall, not so long ago Crawford became an absolute world champion already in the second division. Now he will have a chance to become world champion in the fourth weight class.
Former UFC lightweight title challenger Marlon Vera said he plans to fight former division champion Peter Yan in November.
Famous American boxer Ryan Garcia revealed how much he earned for a fight with WBC bantamweight champion Devin Haney. According to Garcia, he doesn't know the exact figure at this point, but he expects to make at least $30 million dollars.
"I'm not sure if my antics before the fight helped, but I'm assuming they brought the fight to the attention of the average person. I don't know what the pay-per-view or ticketing situation is, but we'll find out very soon. I'm projected to make thirty to fifty million on this fight," Garcia said on the PBD Podcast.
Recall, Garcia defeated Haney by majority decision of the judges.
Sergey Lapin, sports director of the team of the world heavyweight champion WBA, WBO, IBF Oleksandr Usyk, spoke out about the "cross-section" of Tyson Fury, the WBC world champion, because of which their fight with Usyk was postponed from February 17 to May 18.
"There were really many versions. One of them is that the 'section' could have been made surgically. But again there is no proof of this. Anyway, I hope Fury realizes that these games are definitely not good for him. And Oleksandr Usyk is the end of his career!" - quotes the functionary "Champion".
Recall that the fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will be held on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Irish UFC welterweight division prospect Ian Harry has once again reached out to former title challenger Colby Covington, urging him to sign a contract.
"Everybody understands what fight should be next for me. It's not a secret to anybody. All we need is for Colby to sign the damn contract and say yes. Come on, Colby. When you talk so much shit, you need to be held accountable for your words," Sportskeeda quoted Garry as saying.
Earlier, Harry has already talked about the fact that he signed the contract for the fight, but Colby did not do it.
Recall, in his last fight Covington lost by unanimous decision of judges to Leon Edwards.
