British WBC World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) spoke about the opponent Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) American Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs).
26 year old Briton Conor Benn may return to the WBC rankings after being suspended due to two positive doping tests, on July 25 and September 1, for clomiphene before the fight with Chris Eubank Jr., but may still be disqualified as the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) investigation continues.
The Polish promotional organization KnockOut Promotions won a tender to organize a fight between Alen Babich (11-0, 10 KOs) and Lukash Ruzhansky (14-0, 13 KOs) for the vacant WBC world bridge title. The winning bid was $425,000.
Eddie Hearn took part in a boxing show on the DAZN platform and spoke about his return Anthony Joshua into service, promising that his ward will definitely again loudly declare himself in the heavyweight division with the upcoming fight.
On April 29, at a boxing evening organized in Johannesburg, South Africa, a qualifying match for the WBC welterweight title between Riad Merhi (31-1, 26 KOs) and Kevin Lerena (28-2, 14 KOs). Previously, this fight was scheduled for mid-March.
Brandon Figueroa (23-1-1, 18 KOs) and Mark Magsio (24-1, 16 KOs) will fight for the interim WBC featherweight title on March 4 in Ontario, California.
Amanda Serrano (43-2-1, 30 KOs) and Erica Cruz (15-1, 3 KOs) will have a featherweight unification bout on Saturday at Matchroom Boxing in New York. WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF titles will be at stake in the fight. The event will be broadcast on the DAZN streaming service.
It is quite possible that the American television channel Showtime will follow the path of HBO and refuse to show professional boxing matches live. The merger between Paramount+ and Showtime was recently officially announced, and Paramount+'s long-term plans for Showtime do not yet include investments in sports broadcasting.
Bob Arum says the only issue that is delaying the official announcement of a four-belt heavyweight bout between his protagonist is Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) is the choice of a venue for a future event.
Former UFC middleweight contender Darren Till spoke about the upcoming fight for the vacant promotion belt in the heavyweight division between John Jones and Cyril Gan.
