Former undisputed boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. may be promoted to the Russian Boxing Federation. The Secretary General of the organization, Kirill Schekutyev, said this in a statement.
The WBO management has officially appointed Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) and Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) to fight for the interim world heavyweight title. The boxing teams have 15 days to agree on the organization of this meeting.
Talks of organizing a fight between Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) are gaining momentum. As one of the advisers of the American Guadeloupe Valencia said, the fight could take place on April 24 or May 1. Earlier it was about organizing this ...
Manuel Charr's (31-4, 17 KOs) team is of the opinion that the fight for the "regular" WBA heavyweight title with Trevor Bryan (20-0, 14 KOs), scheduled for Friday in Florida, will not take place due to the fault of the American promoter Don King.
As columnist Steve Kim tweeted, the scheduled fro this year bout of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) will be an exhibition fight.
Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) and Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) will battle for the interim WBO heavyweight belt in the second half of May. The fight will take place in the UK.
This Saturday night in Los Angeles, IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant (20-0, 12 KOs) will have his first fight since the coronavirus pandemic. The 28-year-old boxer's opponent will be Caleb Truex (31-4-2, 19 KOs) who in the past owned a super middleweight championship belt.
On Saturday, The Athletic's Mike Coppinger tweeted about negotiations to arrange a fight of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs). On Sunday, García himself raised this topic by posting a poster on his Instagram "announcing" his meeting with the legendary Filipino.
In early May at the Top Rank event in the US a unification super lightweight bout between WBC and WBO champion Jose Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs) and WBA and IBF champion Josh Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) may take place. This was stated by Bob Arum in an interview ...
Don King petitioned the World Boxing Association to authorize the battle of his boxers Trevor Bryan (20-0, 14 KOs) and Bermane Stiverne (25-4-1, 21 KOs) in a duel for the "regular" heavyweight title.
