We present the results of the Bellator 292 tournament, which took place on the night of March 11 in San Jose, California, USA. Headed the show with a lightweight title fight between champion Usman Nurmagomedov and Benson Henderson.
According to American journalist Michael Coppinger, teams Tyson Fury And Oleksandr Usyk informed the WBA that they have agreed on the terms of the fight for the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles, which will take place on April 29 at Wembley Stadium in London. The WBA will not demand a fight with Daniel Dubois from Usyk.
Oscar De La Hoya believes that the number of paid broadcasts of the fight sold Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) vs. Gervonts Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) can surpass the record of his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.. The 2007 duel generated 2.4 million PPV in the US.
Tyson Fury spoke about the fight with Oleksandr Usyk and declared that he deserved a 70/30 division of the total fee in his favor. In the latter, there were many statements from the promoter of the Ukrainian, while Fury himself was silent. Finally, the WBC heavyweight champion spoke up and openly explained his position.
Tony Yoka (11-1, 9 KOs) turned out to be easier Carlos Takama (39-7-1, 28 KOs) at the official weigh-in ceremony before the boxing evening in Paris. Yoka weighed in at 113.9 kg and Takam at 117.6 kg.
The chances of a heavyweight unification bout between Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) and Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) are getting smaller every day. In this situation, the Ukrainian, who has the IBF, WBA and WBO championship belts, is likely to have one of the mandatory title defenses.
Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) left the WBA middleweight title vacant. A boxer from Kazakhstan refused to fight with Erislandy Laroy, the owner of the regular belt of the World Boxing Association in the same weight category.
Alexander Krasyuk in an interview with iDBoxing said that at the moment the fight of his ward Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) with Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) April 29 looks unlikely.
Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) and Gervonta Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) got a second chance to look each other in the eye. On Thursday, their second press conference was held in Los Angeles. This time, the boxers had something to say to each other, and their duel of looks was full of emotions. This fight will be the main event of the boxing evening organized on April 22 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Jai Opetaya (22-0, 17 KOs) may lose his IBF cruiserweight title if he does not settle a dispute with his promoter Dean Lonergan, who on Wednesday began legal proceedings against him in the Brisbane High Court.
