Lee Wood (25-2, 15 KOs) and Michael Conlan (16-0, 8 KOs) met the featherweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony in Nottingham, showing the same mark of 56.9 kg on the scales. The bet in their fight will be the WBA world title, owned by Wood.
Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko addressed the Russians in one of the social networks.
Well-known Canadian cutman, trainer and boxing equipment manufacturer Russ Anber spoke about the situation in Ukraine related to the occupation of Russian troops. Anber said that he keeps in touch with the teams Oleksandr Usyk And Vasily Lomachenkowith whom I worked more than once in the ring, and shared their mood and possible plans for returning to the ring.
Sugar Hill Steward arrived in the UK and resumed training with Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KO), who on April 23 will meet with Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs).
Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) believes that his opponent Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) behaves incorrectly, refusing to participate in the promotion of the fight for the WBC heavyweight belt. The "King of the Gypsies" considers his opponent ungrateful.
Bob Arum, co-promoter of the WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs), named possible options for his ward in case of victory in the upcoming fight against Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs).
Former World Heavyweight Champion Joseph Parker (30-2, 21 KOs) in an interview with DAZN said he was ready to rematch with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs).
Head of promotion company Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya suggested what could have been the reason for breaking off business relations with the Mexican superstar Saul Alvarez.
Joe Joyce (13-0, 12 KOs) enthusiastically accepted the news about his possible fight with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs). The former world heavyweight champion recently recalled on social networks that he had the opportunity to fight Joyce in an amateur ring, and he is sure that he will defeat him ahead of schedule.
Unbeaten Ukrainian left-hander Taras Shelestyuk, who lives and trains in Los Angeles, and is also an undefeated welterweight Gabriel Maestre weighed exactly 147 pounds on the eve of their 12-round bout in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fight was sanctioned by the WBA as a semi-final eliminator.
