Duel Gilberto Ramirez against Gabriel Rosado, which was scheduled for this weekend, March 18, will not take place. The reason for the cancellation of the fight was the significant overweight of the Mexican. With a light heavyweight limit of 79.3 kg, Ramirez had to lose another 3.5 kg in a matter of hours before the official weigh-in. The main event of the DAZN evening in Long Beach, California, will now be Joseph Diaz vs. Mercito Gesta.
Saul Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) does not intend to make it easy for himself, and assures that he will not force Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) to go down to his super middleweight division, and - as for the first time - will meet him in the light heavyweight category.
Jarrell Miller (25-0-1, 21 KOs) and Lucas Brown (31-3, 27 KOs) went through the official weigh-in procedure on the eve of their fight on the upcoming Saturday in Dubai. Both boxers recorded rather big weights in their careers. Miller weighed in at 151 kg, and Brown, a former WBA regular belt holder, showed his record 125.6 kg. Miller weighed more just before his return in 2022 after a four-year doping ban, when he pulled 155 kg.
Oleksandr Usyk continues to prepare for his next fight, which is supposed to be a meeting on April 29 in London with Tyson Fury. In one of the social networks, the Ukrainian posted his photos from general physical training under the guidance of his coach Yuriy Tkachenko.
"I'm going to beat him more efficiently and faster than Canelo," promises David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs), who on March 25 in Las Vegas will meet with Caleb Plant (22-1, 13 KOs).
WBC appointed Yordenis Ugas (27-5, 12 KOs) and Mario Barriosa (27-2, 18 KOs) by the participants in the fight for the interim welterweight world title. This fight should take place in the summer in the USA.
Famous Ukrainian boxer, former world heavyweight champion Vladimir Klichko appealed to the Americans, urging them to continue supporting Ukraine.
Jai Opetaya (22-0, 17 KOs) won a lawsuit against former D&L Events promoters and became a "free agent".
Michael Eifert (12-1, 4 KOs) won Jean Pascal (36-7-1, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision in the main event of the evening in Laval, Canada. After twelve rounds, the judges gave the victory to the German with a score of 118-110, 115-113 and 117-111.
Frank Warren recently announced that nothing should stand in the way of a four heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), but negotiations for this fight are reportedly not going smoothly.
