Abraham Tolentino, head of the Philippine Olympic Committee, said that the organization has sent an official request to the IOC regarding the possibility of participation Manny Pacquiao in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Jonathan Banks, ex-trainer of the former heavyweight division leader Vladimir Klitschko, spoke about the recently announced fight for the title of absolute champion in this weight between Alexander Usik And Tyson Fury.
Former two-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) announced his desire to fight with the WBO title holder in the second featherweight division Emanuel Navarrete (38-1, 31 KOs).
Information about the November 25 tournament at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas and two interesting confrontations within it appeared about a week ago. Now new details have emerged. In the main event of the evening they will meet David Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) and Demetrius Andrade (32-0, 19 KOs). The boxing evening itself in the USA will be broadcast on pay-per-view on Showtime, although its final price is still unknown.
British heavyweight David Allen shared his expectations from the planned fight for all championship belts in the division between his compatriot Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Alexander Usik.
World champion in two weight categories Shakur Stevenson In an interview with Cigar Talk, he discussed whether he would remain with Top Rank and whether he would consider a new promoter when his contract with Bob Arum expires next year.
The situation on the WBC heavyweight throne is confusing, but things should soon become clearer and boxing fans will have both a new champion and his mandatory challenger. Previously Badu Jack, who previously occupied this throne, received the status of “retired champion” and left the full title vacant. Jack decided to take this step because in the future he can claim the WBC belt in the bridger weight and meet with its owner Lukas Ruzanski.
December 2 former interim world featherweight champion Michael Conlan (18-2, 9 KOs) will hold his next professional fight at a boxing evening in Belfast. The 31-year-old fighter's opponent will be the former European champion Jordan Gill (27-2-1, 8 KOs).
Ex-coach Vladimir Klitschko Jonathon Banks believes that Anthony Joshua can win Deontay Wilder, if he uses the right strategy.
Well-known British promoter Eddie Hearn spoke out about the recently announced fight for the title of absolute heavyweight champion between his compatriot Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Alexander Usik.