Former World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) spoke about his main motivation after two defeats in a row against the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
Promoter Ben Shalom said that the number of sold broadcasts of the evening, which took place on January 21 in Manchester, exceeded 200,000 people. The main event of the tournament was the duel between Chris Eubank Jr. (32-3, 23 KOs) and Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs).
It is officially confirmed that on April 1 at the Matchroom Boxing evening in London there will be a fight between the European middleweight champion Matteo Signani (32-6-3, 12 KOs) and Felix Cash (16-0, 10 KOs).
Deontay Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) came up with the idea to organize two fights with the former UFC champion Francis Ngannou. One such meeting could be held according to the rules of boxing, and the second - according to the rules of MMA.
WBA mandated teams Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) and Erislandi Lara (29-3-3, 17 KOs) start negotiations for a middleweight title fight.
Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs), who on April 1 will face Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) in London casts doubt on the opponent's sporting achievements.
April 1 Former World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) will return to the ring in a duel with Jermain Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs) at the Matchroom Boxing evening at the O2 Arena in London. Today the boxers met at the debut press conference.
The President of the Boxing Federation of the city of Kiev, Oleksandr Negoda, shared his thoughts about turning to the ring for the biggest world champion of the WBC Oleksandra Carnation (17-1, 14 KOs).
The authoritative American coach and boxing expert Teddy Atlas believes that the absolute world champion in the super middleweight Saul Alvarez should not have a rematch with the WBA light heavyweight title holder Dmitry Bivol in your weight class.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) is preparing for a possible return to the ring this spring. According to promoter Eddie Hearn, one possible candidate for a meeting with the Russian is an unbeaten Briton Joshua Buatsy (16-0, 13 KOs).