Live coverage of the August 14 boxing night at the Ford Center Arena in Frisco, with the main event bout featuring Virgil Ortiz Jr. (17-0, 17 KOs) vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas (22-1, 18 KOs). The 12-round bout will feature the WBO international welterweight title at stake.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford shared his opinion on the upcoming fight between WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua and Alexander Usyk.
Starting Monday, Robert McCracken will return to daily training with Anthony Joshua (24-1, 21 KOs) as he prepares to fight Alexander Usik (18-0, 13 KOs). The Briton has had to make do without a coach for the last two weeks, who has been performing his duties with the national team at the Olympics.
The WBA announced that Gabriel Maestre (4-0, 3 KOs) has been stripped of the interim world welterweight title he won on Saturday. The Venezuelan defeated Mykal Fox (22-3, 5 KOs) by a very controversial decision in Minneapolis.
Malik Scott praises the form of Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs), who will face Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) two months later for the WBC heavyweight title.
Eddie Hearn said he has already begun negotiations to sign professional contracts with British Olympic medalists in boxing at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. In Japan, athletes from the British Isles have won six medals.
Kevin Barry, the former coach of the former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker of New Zealand, is confident that mandatory WBO contender Alexander Usyk has all the skills to impose a very tough fight on WBA, WBO and IBF champion Anthony Joshua.
Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) returns to the ring on October 23 or 30 in the UK. Former world heavyweight champion Charles Martin (28-2-1, 25 KOs) is the most serious candidate for a fight with the Briton, but Chris Arreola (38-7-1, 33 KOs) also remains one of the possible opponents.
Manuel Charr (32-4, 18 KOs) has filed lawsuits against Don King Productions and Epic Sports, which promoted the Syrian boxer with a German passport. Mahmoud, 36, blames both organizations for, inter alia, bad faith, unfair competition and violations of two signed contracts.
Eddie Hearn announced that former super lightweight champion Amir Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) may face Conor Benn (18-0, 12 KOs) in December. At the same time, the head of the Matchroom Boxing denied rumors of a possible duel between Khan and Kell Brook.
