“Helenius is a big guy and can hit hard. He will be a good replacement,” says Eddie Hearn, promoter Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) and organizer of the Saturday night of boxing in London.
On December 16, at the Matchroom Boxing evening in Arizona, a flyweight unification fight between the WBO world champion will take place Jesse Rodriguez (18-0, 11 KOs) and IBF champion Sunny Edwards (20-0, 4 KOs).
Promotional organization Matchroom Boxing won a tender to organize a fight between the WBC world featherweight champion O'Shaky Foster (20-2, 11 KOs) and Eduardo Hernandez (34-1, 31 KOs). The winning bid was $466,000.
More than $3 million was raised from the sale of 19,000 tickets to the Saturday event in Dallas, which culminated in a duel between Jake Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) and former UFC star Nate Diaz (0-1). This is the second highest result in the history of martial arts competitions organized at the American Airlines Arena.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has announced that Jake Paul and Nate Diaz have been suspended for medical reasons. The suspension period is 31 days. The fighters fought a 10-round boxing match, so there is nothing surprising in a medical suspension for such a period.
Eddie Hearn explained the choice Robert Helenius (32-4, 21 KOs) against Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs). According to the British promoter, Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) allegedly volunteered, but only on social networks. In the background, there were negotiations with Agit Kabayel (23-0, 15 KOs). Negotiations with him were conducted even before Dillian Whyte's positive doping test, and it was he who was to become the successor.
Famous lightweight Shakur Stevenson pounced on again Vasily Lomachenko. This time, Shakur turned to the manager of the Ukrainian Egis Klimas, hurting Vasily in his message. It is worth noting that this is not the first time Shakur challenges Vasily.
Former World Champion Carl Froch (33-2, 24 KOs) shared his thoughts on the fight between the former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs and Robert Helenius (32-4, 21 KOs), which will be held on August 12 in London.
Popular influencer and athlete Logan Paul returns to boxing against Dillon Danis on the undercard of KSI vs. Tommy Furyscheduled for October 14 in Manchester, England.
WBA, WBO and IBF world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk admitted that some of his acquaintances did not believe in him on the eve of the first fight against Anthony Joshua.
