Professional boxing is officially returning to Cuba after 60 years thanks to an agreement reached by the Cuban Boxing Federation with Golden Ring Promotions.
After Jarrell Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) appeared as a sparring partner in the camp Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs), The Gypsy King was criticized by some fans who accused the WBC heavyweight champion of promoting a doping recidivist. Former world heavyweight champion and current boxing analyst Johnny Nelson stood up for Fury.
Promoter Alexander Krasyuk in an interview with Sky Sports announced that the date of the rematch Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) will be determined within two weeks.
Former Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko shared his expectations from the rematch between Aljamain Sterling And Petr Yan, which will be held on the night of April 10 at UFC 273 in Jacksonville.
Former World Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Klichko commented on the killing of civilians by Russian soldiers in Bucha.
“We have interesting fighting styles, thanks to which the fans will get an interesting spectacle,” said Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) ahead of Saturday's unification of the IBF and WBA middleweight belts with Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs).
Jared Anderson (11-0, 11 KOs) was injured and will not be able to perform at the boxing evening on April 23 at Wembley Stadium. There, the American had to cross gloves with an experienced Christian Hammer (26-9, 16 KOs).
Bob Arum has no doubt that Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 22 KOs), contrary to statements, will not end his career after the fight with Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs), provided, however, that he will have interesting sports challenges.
For Sergei Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) fight May 14 with Tervel Pulev (16-0, 13 KOs) will be his debut in the first heavyweight division. So far, no one knows how the former three-time light heavyweight champion will look like in a 11.5 kilogram heavier weight category after such a long break. Neither does his promoter Kathy Duva.
Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) in an interview with IFL TV commented on the behind the scenes of unsuccessful negotiations for his fight for four heavyweight belts with Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs). The king of the gypsies blames the failure of the venture Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) and Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs), who would have to be given compensation to be able to organize the fight.
