Derrick James wants to help Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) to regain the world heavyweight title, which could mean fighting the best in that weight, and not necessarily on his terms. Now the ward of the American coach is eager to fight with Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) and Deontay Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs), when AJ was the champion, there was no talk of these confrontations.
The Czech national boxing team followed the example of the Americans and the Irish by deciding to boycott the amateur world championships, both among men and women, under the auspices of the International Boxing Association (IBA). Earlier, the IBA allowed Russians and Belarusians to take part in competitions and perform under their own flags and anthems.
Fight for WBA regular welterweight belt between Virgil Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) and Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs) will officially take place on April 29 in Arlington.
The tender date has been set for February 28, at which the organizer of the fight for the IBF interim heavyweight belt between Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) and Filip Hrgovic (15-0, 12 KOs).
American super middleweight boxer David Benavidez declares that he intends to move up to the light heavyweight division soon. David has no doubts that he will be able to win the championship belt in this weight category, and considers the Russian WBA Super title holder to be the most likely opponent Dmitry Bivol.
WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) is due to return to the ring on June 3 in Abu Dhabi, and his opponent in the UAE capital is likely to be Joshua Buatsy (16-0, 13 KOs).
Former world featherweight champion, legendary Irishman Barry McGuigan shared his opinion about the fight Anthony Joshua against Jermain Franklinwhich is scheduled for April 1st in London.
Previously Edgar Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs) parted ways with Top Rank demanding the biggest fights and names. In two days, his new team promises to talk about his next steps. The boxer from New York with Puerto Rican roots won his first 16 fights in the first rounds. Then it turned out that when someone lives up to the first break, the fight drags on until the final gong.
Ukrainian heavyweight Viktor Vykhrist (11-1, 7 KOs) commented on his first loss to Cuban in his professional career Lennier Perot (9-0, 6 KOs), to whom he lost ahead of schedule in the eighth round of their fight last Saturday in San Antonio in the USA.
In the last two fights Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) lost on points Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), losing the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts to the Ukrainian. After that, AJ changed coaches again, hired Derrick James, and it will be possible to evaluate their cooperation on April 1, when the former two-time world champion will meet with Jermain Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs).