Former world champion in four weight classes Adrien Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs) announced on Instagram that he was going to fight Omar Figueroa Jr. (28-2-1, 19 KOs) this Saturday. The duel was supposed to be the main event of the evening in Hollywood, Florida.
October 15 at a boxing evening organized in New York, Frank Sanchez (20-0, 13 KOs) will have his next professional fight. The name of his opponent is not yet known.
Officially confirmed information that DAZN will show revenge between Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs). The bout will be the main event of the Saturday night of boxing organized in Saudi Arabia. The fight of the evening should start around 23.00 Kyiv time.
The Ring magazine's world heavyweight title, which has been vacant for hours, will be an additional bet in the fight Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs).
Former Undisputed Lightweight Champion Teofimo Lopez (17-1, 13 KOs) made a successful debut in the super lightweight division with an early TKO victory in the seventh round over Pedro Campoy (34-2-1, 23 KOs) in the main event of the evening at Resorts World in Las Vegas. Lopez gradually broke and broke Campas, until he finally sent him to the floor in the seventh round and, shortly after, got referee Tony Weeks stopped at 2:14.
Undefeated Heavyweight Igor Shevadzutsky (10-0, 8 KOs) won an eight-round unanimous decision over former world title contender Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson
In less than 24 hours, all tickets for the boxing evening on October 8 in London were sold out. The main event of this tournament will be a battle between Conor Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) and Chris Eubank Jr. (32-2, 23 KOs).
Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 23 KOs), who once again announced his retirement yesterday, left The Ring heavyweight championship belt vacant.
Former World Champion Amir Khan impressed by training Oleksandr Usyk in Dubai before the upcoming rematch with Anthony Joshua. Usyk will defend the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles against Joshua on August 20 in Saudi Arabia. In September last year, Usyk outboxed Joshua and took the unified heavyweight crown from him.
Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs) and Pedro Campa (34-1-1, 23 KOs) met the super lightweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony in Las Vegas. For Lopez, it will be a return to the ring after losing to George Cambosos last year. Lopez weighed 63 kg, Campa - 63.1 kg.