Jerry Capobianco, coach of the American WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith, shared his expectations from the upcoming unification match with the Russian Artur Beterbiev.
Devin Haney, apparently, is not going to sit idly by as the newly crowned undisputed lightweight champion. The 23-year-old native of Oakland, California, defeated George Kambosos on points earlier this month and unified all four belts in the 61kg division. For this fight, Haney went to Australia, the homeland of Kambosos, and won a landslide victory at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.
Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) confirmed in an interview with Frank Warren on YouTube that he has not yet retired from boxing and will return to the ring soon. The British promoter had previously suggested that Fury would have another fight at a boxing night hosted in the UK.
Julius Francis was the British heavyweight champion in the 90s and fought in the professional ring, among others, with Mike Tyson, losing by knockout. However, yesterday, a knockout performed by 57-year-old Francis could be observed not in the ring, but on the street. While working as a security guard at London's Boxpark, the former champion knocked out an aggressive client.
One of the greatest boxers of all time, 45 years old Floyd Mayweather Jr will hold another exhibition match in Japan in September.
IBF, WBC and WBA world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) pleaded guilty to drunk driving, which he was charged with in 2019 after a car accident.
Daniel Dubois won an early victory in the fourth round over Trevor Bryan last Saturday in Miami. At stake was the title of "regular" WBA heavyweight champion. This belt is not considered a real world title, but represents a "golden ticket" for Dubois, who is now the mandatory contender for the winner of the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua this summer.
August 13 or 20 in Saudi Arabia Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) will cross their gloves for the second time. For this fight, the Brit will be trained by a duo of coaches: Angel Fernandez, with whom Joshua has already worked, and Robert Garcia, a new character in AJ's team. In one of the latest interviews, the aforementioned duo made the following statements.
Revenge between Joseph Parker and Dillian Whyte may be in development again after Parker's surprise decision to sign with BOXXER and Sky Sports. The former WBO heavyweight champion was expected to face Joe Joyce. But the fight, which was first agreed for the next month, and then postponed to September, allegedly due to the fact that the wife of Andy Lee, Parker's trainer, was due to give birth.
Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) ceases cooperation with the British television channel Sky Sports after almost a decade. The next fights with the participation of the 32-year-old boxer will take place in the UK on the DAZN streaming service.