The Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk, who had previously announced his intention to move to the heavyweights, will hold his first fight in the new category against the Cameroonian Carlos Takam. This was announced by Eddie Hearn, the promoter of the Ukrainian.
On Saturday night in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena, the Ukrainian fighter Oleksander Gvozdik will hold the first defense of his WBC light heavyweight title. The champion will face the 37-year-old Frenchman Doudou Ngumbu, who has never claimed such a prestigious title.
The WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko shared his impressions of the recent bout between Mikey Garcia and Errol Spence, in which the first one lost by unanimous decision. The Ukrainian criticized Garcia, however, noting that he was still interested in meeting him.
Promoter Andrey Ryabinsky, who works with the Russian boxer Denis Lebedev, commented on the decision of the Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk to vacate the WBA title. WBA appointed promotional bids for Usyk vs Lebedev fight. The auction was supposed to be held on Thursday, but Usyk made a statement that this ...
Oleksander Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) officially announced that he would not defend his WBA cruiserweight title against Denis Lebedev (32-2, 23 KOs) of Russia, because he plans to fight in the heavyweights. Most likely, Usyk will soon vacate the remaining three belts.
Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin does not think about the end of his career and plans to begin preparing for the next bout in the near future. Last year, Povetkin had surgery on his elbows. Earlier it was reported that he could fight next on May 18 in Chicago. The ...
WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko spoke about the preparation for the fight with the challenger for his titles, Anthony Crolla, as well as the result of the fight.
On April 20 K2 Promotions Ukraine will stage its next boxing tournament in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the arena of the Sports Palace. In the main event the silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games Denys Berinchyk (10-0, 7 KOs) will face the 7th number of the WBO ...
Egis Klimas, the manager of the WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksander Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) is confident that winning the world title has changed the Ukrainian boxer for the better and he will be very motivated in a fight against Doudou Ngumbu (38-8, 14 KO), despite the underdog status of ...
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is ready to fight in the unification bout with the WBO belt holder Sergey Kovalev in August. This was stated by Bivol’s manager Vadim Kornilov.
