The International Olympic Committee has officially expelled the International Boxing Association (IBA), formerly known as AIBA, from its membership. But boxing at the Olympics, at least in the short term, remains. The IOC has withdrawn its license from the IBA, but has announced that boxing will definitely be included in the Olympic tournaments in Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028).
The head of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaiman, said in an interview with Sky Sports that he had an informal meeting with the promoter of the heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) by Frank Warren, and for the time being, his Council will not appoint a mandatory challenger to the "King of the Gypsies".
Information has been officially confirmed that on August 19 at the Boxxer evening organized in Brighton, a fight will take place between Joshua Buatsy (17-0, 13 KOs) and European light heavyweight champion Dan Aziz (19-0, 13 KOs). The fight will be the final eliminator for the WBA light heavyweight title, which belongs to Dmitry Bivol.
British super middleweight boxer John Ryder (32-6, 18 KOs) said that he did not mind meeting in the ring with Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KO) in his home country.
Tyson Fury, the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, said he would not fight under the rules of mixed martial arts.
Alexander Gvozdyk, a former WBC light heavyweight world champion, turned to Russian Dmitry Bivol, who is currently the WBA world champion in this weight. The Kharkiv resident asked if Bivol wanted a rematch.
As Eddie Hearn stated in an interview with MMAFighting, as far as he knows, the Skill Challenge promotion organization is interested in organizing a fight between Derek Chisora (33-13, 23 KOs) and former UFC champion Francis Ngannou.
José Benavidez Sr., father and coach of the interim WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez (27-0, 23 KO), spoke about his future plans.
The European Games 2023 have started in Krakow, Poland, within which, starting from Friday, an amateur boxing tournament will be held, where men and women will compete for Olympic licenses. Women will compete in six categories, men in seven. During the competition, which will be held in Nowy Targ, 22 boxers and 22 female boxers will receive a ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
Famous American coach Robert Garcia explained why the undisputed world champion in super middleweight Saul Alvarez will never become the best Mexican boxer.
