Evander Holyfield and Kevin McBride announced that they were ready to perform in the main event of the evening on Saturday at the Triller Fight Club in Miami. This duel may take place of the rescheduled fight of Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr., which was postponed to August 14.
Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, who retired this week, spoke about the main condition for his returning to boxing.
Marco Antonio Barrera and Jesus Soto Karass entered the ring again, this time in an exhibition bout without helmets in a formula six rounds of two minutes at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. It has been ten years since Barrera retired and almost three years since Soto Karass ended his career. At the end of the fight, former champion Eric Morales entered the ring to announce his exhibition fight with Marco Antonio Barrera this summer.
In the second half of August, Claressa Shields may have her second professional fight under the rules of MMA. The details of the her performance have not yet been officially confirmed. The 26-year-old made her MMA debut last week by winning by TKO in the third round over Brittney Elkin.
Billy Joe Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) does not exclude that the May fight against Saul Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) may be his last performance as a pro. The Briton lost by technical knockout in the eighth round, suffering a fracture of the orbital bone.
Dillian White commented on Alexander Povetkin ending his sports career in social networks: “Happy retirement to one of the best modern day heavyweight and a great champion god bless you enjoy your next chapter and thank your for two great fights,” wrote the Body Snatcher with the hashtag #truewarrior.
In a rather boring fight, Shakur Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs) scored a one-sided unanimous decision over Jeremia Nakathila (21-2, 17 KOs) in the main event of the evening in Las Vegas. Thus, the American got the interim WBO featherweight title.
Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) has signed a new deal with Top Rank and raised his minimum purses for championship fights. On October 2, the American is supposed to return to the ESPN platform and have a duel with a famous rival, and it is quite possible that Bob Arum will insist that Vasyl Lomachenko become this “famous” rival.
Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 24 KOs) carefully evaluates the chances of Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) against Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs). The fight between the British and the Ukrainian for the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight championship belts will take place on September 25 at one of the football stadiums in London.
Bob Arum announced that Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) will not return to the ring until October. This means that the WBO welterweight champion of the world, who last fought in November, will receive an almost one-year break from battling in the ring.
