Interim WBC heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin remembered his fights with Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua.
Two heavyweight legends Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield will not be fighting yet. According to Holyfield's team, talk of a meeting scheduled for May 29 at Miami Stadium has ended in fiasco. Iron Mike allegedly turned down a guaranteed $25 million in royalties offered to him.
Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs), one of the most talented of the younger generation of fighters, faces serious problems with the law following his car accident.
On March 27, the long-awaited rematch of Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) with Dillian Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) will take place. The stake in this fight will be the interim WBC heavyweight belt. In the first fight, Povetkin twice visited the floor, but knocked out Whyte. Michael Hunter (19-1-1, 13 KO), who spent all twelve rounds with the Russian in 2019, is betting that Sasha will again defeat the Body Snatcher on Saturday.
Eddie Hearn has confirmed that he plans to host another summer series of boxing evenings called Fight Camp. Last year, Britain's biggest promoter decided to host four boxing evenings in the garden of Matchroom Boxing's headquarters on the outskirts of London due to coronavirus restrictions. The events were held without spectators.
Laurence Okolie (16-0, 13 KOs) immediately after an impressive win over Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant WBO cruiserweight belt, said he would like to face IBF champion Mairis Briedis (27-1, 19 KOs) in a unification bout. The Briton also did not rule out a confrontation with the WBC champion Ilunga Makabu (28-2, 25 KOs). Former world champion Tony Bellew commented on the compatriot's plans in an interview with Sky Sports.
The WBC and IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev after defeating the German Adam Deines, spoke about his further rivals.
Eddie Hearn strongly believes that Lawrence Okolie (15-0, 12 KOs) will defeat Krzysztof Głowacki (31-2, 19 KOs) to win the vacant WBO cruiserweight belt. The British promoter said that he has even begun to negotiate a unification fight of his boxer and Ilunga Makabu (28-2, 25 KOs), who owns the WBC championship belt.
Interim WBC heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin admitted that he was greatly annoyed by former cruiserweight champion Marco Huck. In 2012, a Russian defeated a German of Bosnian descent by a majority decision.
Former world champion in three weight categories Vasyl Lomachenko shared his predictions for the unification heavyweight bout of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.
