On April 17 it is planned to organize a fight of the WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (29-0, 18 KOs) and Liam Williams (23-2-1, 18 KOs). The Briton is the official contender for the World Boxing Organization belt.
Former undisputed boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. may be promoted to the Russian Boxing Federation. The Secretary General of the organization, Kirill Schekutyev, said this in a statement.
The WBO management has officially appointed Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) and Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) to fight for the interim world heavyweight title. The boxing teams have 15 days to agree on the organization of this meeting.
Talks of organizing a fight between Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) are gaining momentum. As one of the advisers of the American Guadeloupe Valencia said, the fight could take place on April 24 or May 1. Earlier it was about organizing this event in September.
Manuel Charr's (31-4, 17 KOs) team is of the opinion that the fight for the "regular" WBA heavyweight title with Trevor Bryan (20-0, 14 KOs), scheduled for Friday in Florida, will not take place due to the fault of the American promoter Don King.
As columnist Steve Kim tweeted, the scheduled fro this year bout of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) will be an exhibition fight.
WBC and WBA super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) in an interview to TV Azteca talked about his unwillingness to fight with compatriots and rising to the light heavyweights again. Canelo also named the opponent whom he intends to fight in the future.
On April 17 Jake Paul (2-0, 2 KOs) will have his next professional fight. This time the American blogger will cross gloves with Ben Askren, the former UFC and One Championship fighter.
Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) and Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) will battle for the interim WBO heavyweight belt in the second half of May. The fight will take place in the UK.
This Saturday night in Los Angeles, IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant (20-0, 12 KOs) will have his first fight since the coronavirus pandemic. The 28-year-old boxer's opponent will be Caleb Truex (31-4-2, 19 KOs) who in the past owned a super middleweight championship belt.
