200,000 pay-per-view broadcasts of the August 21 night in Las Vegas were sold out in the United States. This was reported by the show's promoter Bob Arum. The main event was a Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) fight with Yordenis Ugas (27-4, 12 KOs).
Oscar Valdez (29-0, 23 KOs) bout with Robson Conceicao (16-0, 8 KOs), scheduled for September 10 in Tucson, Arizona, will take place despite the Mexican testing positive for doping by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA). On Aug. 13, Valdez' sample was found to contain phentermine, a stimulant psychoactive ...
WBC bantamweight champion Oscar Valdes (29-0, 23 KOs) was caught using a banned drug called phentermine, which is used to suppress appetite.
Justin Fortune, the trainer of former world champion in eight weight categories Manny Pacquiao, believes that former world heavyweight champion Alexander Usik can defeat WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua.
Two days ago Chris Eubank Jr. (30-2, 22 KOs) announced his far-reaching plans. The Briton, who is now a mandatory WBA middleweight contender, is targeting two world champions - Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) and Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs).
The date of bids to determine the organizer of the WBO world welterweight title bout of Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KO) and Sean Porter (31-3-1, 17 KO) has been pushed back to September 14. The tender was originally scheduled for Sept. 2, but the boxers' teams asked for ...
Oscar Rivas (27-1, 19 KOs) bout against Bryant Jennings (24-4, 14 KOs) for the WBC World Bridger title has once again been postponed. The fight was scheduled for September 18 in Canada.
Josh Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) fight against Jack Catterall (26-0, 13 KOs) in Glasgow on December 18 has been officially confirmed. Taylor defeated Jose Ramirez in May to unify the IBF, WBA, WBO and WBC super lightweight belts.
On October 16 in Newcastle, former British heavyweight title challenger Hughie Fury (25-3, 14 KOs) will рфму his next bout. He will be opposed by a Romanian with a German passport Cristian Hammer (26-7, 16 KOs).
Matchroom Boxing has officially announced that Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) will hold his next fight on October 30 in London. The list of possible opponents for "The Body Snatcher" includes three names: Chris Arreola, Jermaine Franklin and Charles Martin.
