Karen Choukhajian (24-2, 13 KOs) has been named the official challenger for the IBF welterweight title held by Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs).
Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) has announced that his fight with William Cepeda (31-0, 17 KOs) won't take place until next February as part of another Riyadh Season boxing night organized in the United States.
Nearly $8.5 million in revenue was generated from the sale of 17,779 tickets at the Riyadh Season boxing night, which took place Aug. 3 in Los Angeles.
Former middleweight title challenger Ukrainian veteran Serhiy Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) made comments on his upcoming fight with Frenchman Christian Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs), which will take place on the night of August 18 in Quebec, Canada.
Swedish super featherweight Otto Wallin shared his expectations for the IBF champion Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua fight in his division.
Turki Alalshih said that another boxing night "Riyadh Season" may be organized in early December in China. The final decision on this matter has not been made yet.
Former WBO interim heavyweight champion Zhang Zhilei praised the boxing skills of UFC light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira, with whom he once trained together.
Renowned American boxer Ryan Garcia said that interim WBC interim featherweight champion Virgil Ortiz actually lost his fight against Sergey Bogachuk.
After two Olympic gold medals (2021, 2024) and two World Championships gold medals (2019, 2023), Bakhodir Jalolov (14-0, 14 KOs) has officially confirmed that he is done with Olympic boxing and will focus solely on conquering the heavyweight division in the pros going forward.
American super featherweight Michael Hunter believes that his compatriot and division rival Jared Anderson lost to Martin Bakola due to a faulty fight plan.
