Negotiations are underway with representatives of countries that can host the fight of Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) and Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs). The fight for the title of the undisputed heavyweight champion is scheduled for May-June.
Callum Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) is looking to pursue his career in the light heavyweight division. The former super middleweight champion plans to rest in the coming months following his recent defeat at the hands of Saul Alvarez.
A few months ago for the first time in history The Ring magazine compiled women's ratings in every weight category in which fights are regularly held. This year for the first time Ring's journalists presented their annual awards. The title of the best female boxer of 2020 went to Katie Taylor, who over the past twelve months in rematch defeated Delfine Persoon and beat Miriam Gutierrez on points.
The name of Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) dropped almost entirely from the media after Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) defeated Luke Campbell last Saturday. The undisputed lightweight champion recalled his existence with a short tweet.
Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) does not want to comment on the words of Dillian Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs), who said that the Russian did not actually have a coronavirus and postponed the rematch planned for November 21 for other reasons.
Luke Campbell (20-4, 16 KOs) in his professional career met with such stars as Vasyl Lomachenko and Jorge Linares, but only Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) managed to defeat the talented Briton by stoppage. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist praised his 22-year-old winner after the fight.
Due to the increase in the number of cases of coronavirus infection, the British Boxing Commission (BBBofC) decided to cancel all boxing events scheduled for January, with the possibility of extending this date.
In the main event of a boxing night in Dallas, Texas, the undefeated Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) scored KO seven round win over 2012 Olympic champion Luke Campbell (20-4, 16 KOs) to become the interim WBC lightweight champion. The outcome of the fight was decided by the left hook to the body, from which the British boxer could not recover. The time was 1:58.
After knocking out Luke Campbell on Saturday, Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) entered the leadership group of the extremely strong lightweight division. King Ry won the right to fight for the WBC belt against Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) thanks to the victory over the Englishman, but chose to challenge the holder of the "regular" WBA title Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs). These words of Garcia were promptly commented on in social networks.
According to the bookmakers, Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) is the favorite against Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs). The fight for the interim WBC lightweight title will be the main event of the evening in Dallas today, on January 2.
