Duva: Bivol is the future of the light heavyweights
Aug. 8, 2018, 3:16 a.m.

Kathy Duva, the head of the promotion company Main Events, told that a variant of the fight between WBO Light Heavyweight Champion Eleider Alvarez of Colombia and WBA belt holder Dmitry Bivol on December 8 in the United States is being worked out.

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Kovalev wants to take rematch with Alvarez
Aug. 7, 2018, 4:38 p.m.

Former world light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev announced that he does not intend to retire yet and will seek rematch with Eleider Alvarez. Kovalev lost his WBO title on August 4 in Atlantic City. After the battle, Kovalev noted that "it may be time to hang up gloves", and in ...

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Lomachenko took first place in the ranking of the best boxers in the world
Aug. 7, 2018, noon

Two Ukrainians were included in the list of the top 10 boxers in the world according to the Association of Journalists of America, writing about boxing (BWAA).

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WBO President: Kovalev can beat any light heavyweight
Aug. 7, 2018, 10:41 a.m.

WBO president Francisco Varcarcel expressed the opinion that the Russian Sergey Kovalev is able to once again become a world champion. Kovalev lost to the Columbian Eleider Alvarez on Saturday night in the US in the seventh round and lost his WBO light heavyweight title.

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Derevyannchenko continues camp for Jacobs fight
Aug. 7, 2018, 8:06 a.m.

Ukrainian middleweight Sergey Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) continues preparations for the fight for the vacant IBF belt against the American Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs). In his Instagram Derevyanchenko shared a video, where he works on a heavy bag:

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Kovalev’s promoter advises him to hire a new coach
Aug. 7, 2018, 6:18 a.m.

Kathy Duva, promoter of former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs) believes that her fighter should hire a new coach who will train him for further battles.

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Usyk vs Bellew on November 10 in Liverpool?
Aug. 6, 2018, 4:35 p.m.

According to the British promoter Eddie Hearn, the bout between the undisputed cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) and former world champion in the same weight category Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) can land on 10 November in Liverpool. Negotiations about this meeting began immediately after the victory of ...

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Mekhontsev: Kovalev must analyse himself
Aug. 6, 2018, 12:57 p.m.

2012 Olympic champion Yegor Mehontsev shared his impressions of the match between Sergey Kovalev and Eleider Alvarez, in which the Russian lost to his opponent in the 7th and lost the WBO light heavyweight title.

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Alvarez KOs Kovalev
Aug. 5, 2018, 1:51 a.m.

In the main event of the evening in Atlantic City, Eleider Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) scored a rather unexpected TKO victory in the seventh round over Sergey Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs) and took his WBO light heavyweight title. At the time of the stoppage Kovalev was ahead on all three ...

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Bivol beats Cilemba on points
Aug. 5, 2018, 12:55 a.m.

In one of the main events of the boxing evening in Atlantic City, WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (14-0, 11 KOs) scored a convincing but rather boring victory by unanimous decision over Isaac Chilemba (25-6-2, 10 KOs) and defended his title. The scores were 116-112 twice and 120-108.

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