The head of the Matchroom Boxing promotion company Eddie Hearn admitted that he did not believe in the current undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez on the eve of his fight against Vasyl Lomachenko, in which the American scored an unexpected victory by unanimous decision.
The rematch of Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) with Dillian White (27-2, 18 KOs), which is slated for March 27, will be for the interim WBC heavyweight title, but the winner of this meeting will not be appointed as an official contender for a full-fledged championship belt belonging to Tyson Fury.
Live broadcast of the boxing event which will take place on March 13, and in the main event of which there will be the rematch of Juan Francisco Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) and Roman Gonzalez (48-2, 40 KOs).
Live stream of the boxing event, which will take place on March 13, and in the main event of which there will be WBC eliminator of David Benavides (23-0, 20 KOs) and Ronald Ellis (16-1-2, 11 KOs).
WBC and IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev said that he is ready to fight according to the rules of mixed martial arts with the UFC champion, if he receives such an offer.
The manager of British heavyweight Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) Sam Jones called the statement of Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) promoter Oleksandr Krasyuk about the distribution of royalties 93 to 7 in favor of the Ukrainian as meaningless.
On April 10 at the next Top Rank boxing night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Efe Ajagba (14-0, 11 KOs) will have his next professional bout. The name of the opponent for the unbeaten heavyweight contender from Nigeria is still unknown.
Alexander Krasyuk, CEO of K2 Promotions Ukraine, in an interview with IFL TV, said that he is currently not in any negotiations with Joe Joyce's (12-0, 11 KOs) team regarding the fight for the interim WBO cruiserweight title for his ward Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs).
Eddie Hearn asked Claressa Shields (11-0, 2 KOs) to face Savannah Marshall (9-0, 7 KOs). The first bout could take place in the US, with a rematch scheduled for the end of the year in the UK.
WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) will receive $3 million for a fight with the former world champion in three weight divisions Jorge Linares (47-5, 29 KOs). The fight is scheduled for May 15th at the Matchroom Boxing event in the USA.
