Naoya Inoue (22-0, 19 KOs) and Nonito Donaire (42-6, 28 KOs) met the bantamweight limit before tomorrow's rematch in Japanese Saitama, which will have three WBC, WBA and IBF championship belts at stake. The Japanese "Monster", WBA and IBF champion, showed 53.5 kilograms on the scales. WBC Philippine Flash champion - 53.4 kg.
The European Boxing Union (EBU) held its general assembly in Riga, Latvia this weekend and elected a new President, Peter Stucka from Switzerland. He was the only candidate after incumbent Bob Logist withdrew his candidacy.
South African boxer Simiso Buthelezi's bout was stopped by the referee after he began throwing air strikes moments after knocking his opponent out of the ring through the ropes. The incident occurred during the 10th and final round of his fight for the World Boxing Federation African Lightweight Championship against Sifesikhle Mntungwa in Durban on Sunday. Buthelezi received immediate medical attention and is now in one of the local hospitals.
In social networks Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) usually does not bypass significant events in lightweight. The American hastened to declare that he was not delighted with yesterday's victory of his compatriot over George Kambosos (20-1, 10 KOs).
“I was comfortable in the ring,” said Devin Haney after becoming the undisputed lightweight champion by defeating the reigning champion George Kambosos. — I just stuck to the plan for the fight. The plan was to get in the ring and hit, not get hit, and I did that for most of the fight. I slowed down in the last round just because I knew I had a solid lead, but I had a good, smart fight."
Former Undisputed Lightweight Champion George Kambosos commented on his defeat from the new champion Devina Haney.
In the fight for the absolute lightweight title Devin "Dream" Haney (28-0, 15 KOs) won by unanimous decision over George "Fierce" Kambosos Jr. (20-1, 10 KOs) in front of over 40,000 fans at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
Bob Arum believes that promoted by him Vasily Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) will follow in the footsteps of his no less great compatriot Oleksandr Usyk and will also return to the ring to glorify his country in the ring.
The date of July 23 is no longer relevant, although the team set it on Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs). His revenge with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) will probably take place no earlier than August 20.
According to the British tabloid Mirror, the 41-year-old David Haye (28-4, 26 KOs), a former world cruiserweight and heavyweight champion (2009-11), was arrested by police yesterday for allegedly beating another man last year.
