Rematch between Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) and Errol Spence Jr. (28-1, 22 KOs), scheduled for February, will take place at least a few weeks later. The reason for the date change is the termination of Premier Boxing Champions' partnership with Showtime.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder assured that his fight with the former holder of the WBA, WBO and IBF titles Andy Ruiz will definitely happen.
Zhang Zhilei, interim world heavyweight champion according to the WBO version, spoke about a possible fight with Alexander Usik, current world champion according to WBA, WBO, IBF.
Frank Warren, promoter of the WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, called the talk that the British boxer deliberately performed poorly in the fight against Francis Ngannouto postpone the fight against Alexandra Usika.
Eddie Hearn, promoter of the former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, told the latest details of negotiations regarding the fight with Deontay Wilder. According to the functionary, at this stage they are considering all options regarding the location of such a fight, hoping to get the maximum benefit.
Deontay Wilder, former world heavyweight champion according to the WBC, stated that his team tried three times to organize a fight for him with the world champion according to WBA, WBO, IBF Alexander Usik, but these negotiations broke down three times. According to Deontay, Usyk himself does not want this fight.
Terence Crawford is no longer the undisputed welterweight world champion. Today it was announced that the IBF has stripped Terence of his belt due to his failure to mount a defense against mandatory challenger Jaron Ennis. The organization reports that on August 25 it sent Crawford a notice that he was obligated to begin negotiations for a fight with Ennis. Terence had until September 24 to respond. However, already on September 22, the representative of the American boxer sent a letter to the IBF, which stated that Errol Spence had activated the rematch clause, so Terence would fight him and not Ennis.
WBO interim belt holder Zhang Zhilei spoke about his desire to share the ring with the unified division champion Alexander Usik in their homeland, China.
Boxing veteran, former world champion Shannon Briggs revealed who he considers to be the best heavyweight boxer in history.
The head coach of the Ukrainian boxing team, Dmitry Sosnovsky, told the details of the conflict with the father of the ex-world champion in three divisions Vasily Lomachenko Anatoly after the Olympic Games in 2012.
