In a few days a deadline comes, when the team of Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) must agree on the organization of fights with Oleksandr Usyk and Kubrat Pulev. The Ukrainian is the official challenger for the WBO heavyweight title, while the Bulgarian is the official challenger for IBF.
WBA and WBO officially supported professional boxers seeking to perform at the Olympic Games, while WBC and its president Mauricio Sulaiman threatens professionals who will go out in the ring in Tokyo in 2020 with two-year exception of its ratings.
Frank Warren announced on twitter that talks about the organization of the fight of Daniel Dubois (14-0, 13 KOs) and Joe Joyce (10-0, 9 KOs) are underway. The bout of two undefeated British heavyweights could be held in London in April.
Filip Hrgovic (10-0, 8 KOs) is one of the most promising heavyweight prospects in the world right now, and he shared in the interview to boxingscene.com his thoughts on the WBC champion Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs), whom a few years he had an opportunity to spar with.
At the moment, negotiations are under way between the camp of Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) and representatives of the WBO and IBF. Eddie Hearn, the promoter of the Englishman, has a new plan that is associated with the championship belts in the heavyweights.
In the American boxing market Dmitry Bivol (17-0, 11 KOs) is considered relatively unknown figure, but an extremely dangerous one. But his high sports value coupled with his low media cost make it difficult to find a suitable opponent.
Denis Lebedev (32-3, 23 KOs) said that he finally ended his professional career, during which he won WBA and IBF cruiserweight belts.
Famous boxing commentator Teddy Atlas in the program The Fight shared his opinion about the upcoming rematch of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, which is scheduled for February 22 in Las Vegas.
After the official withdrawal of charges of doping by UKAD, Dillian White (27-1, 18 KOs) could again get the fight for the WBC heavyweight title. However, as the British did not get his chance at a championship belt before the beginning of 2021, he returns to the ring in ...
New tycoons in the world market of boxing with its vast financial resources, the representatives of Saudi Arabia submitted the proposal to organize a unification fight in the lightweight division between WBA, WBO and WBC champion Vasyl Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and the new IBF champion Teofimo Lopez ...