In a heart-to-heart male conversation, Mykola Kovalchuk told why Usyk surprised him, why Teofimo Lopez and his father are very grateful to Honduras and why he celebrated US Independence Day at Terence Crawford's house.
The former world champion in three weight categories Vasyl Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) can hold his next pro fight in July. For the Ukrainian, this will be a return to the ring after last year's defeat at the hands of Teofimo Lopez and the loss of his lightweight championship belts.
The first Matchroom Boxing event in Spain will take place on March 26 in Badalona. The main event of the evening will be the fight for the European super lightweight title between Sandor Martin (37-2, 13 KOs) and Kay Prospere (14-1-1, 7 KOs).
The head of the World of Boxing LLC promotion company Andrey Ryabinsky admitted that he would ask Alexander Povetkin to hang up his gloves after the upcoming fight with Dillian Whyte.
An interesting heavyweight bout between Otto Wallin (21-1, 14 KO) and Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KO) is scheduled for February 20 on Showtime at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Wallin, who rose to fame after being able to give several difficult rounds in a stubborn duel with Tyson Fury, announces that he will strive for an early victory in this meeting.
Saul Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) said that if he avoids injury, he intends to have four fights this year. The reigning WBA and WBC World Champion hasn't been so active since 2011.
Dillian Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) began the final preparation stage before the rematch with Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs). The fight for the interim WBC heavyweight title is scheduled for March 6.
On April 17, at the event in London, Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) and Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) may fight for the interim WBO heavyweight belt. Recently, the World Boxing Organization officially obliged fighters to start negotiations for this fight.
Russian promoters can take part in organizing an exhibition boxing fight between legendary Americans Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. This was stated by the owner of AMC Fight Nights Amir Muradov.
Shaquille O'Neal is interested in investing in the development of America's largest Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).
