Month: March 2022

6:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are going to run it back this summer. Usyk will cross the border from Ukraine to Poland and begin training camp for the heavyweight title rematch this summer, sources told ESPN. The unified champion joined a territorial defense battalion in Kiev last month after Russia
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Another ordered fight, another set of stalled talks for Janibek Alimkhanuly. A purse bid hearing has been called to determine promotional rights for the WBO-ordered interim middleweight title fight between Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum. The ten-day negotiation period failed to produce a deal between the unbeaten contenders, prompting the WBO to schedule a purse bid
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Posted on 03/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode The boxing world has always debated loudly over certain hypothetical matchups. From fans banging their heads against the wall that Floyd Mayweather would box circles around “Sugar” Ray Leonard to pundits around the globe claiming that Muhammad Ali would defeat Tyson Fury, despite the height and weight disparity. Over
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6:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are going to run it back this summer. Usyk received permission to leave Ukraine from the country’s sports minister and will begin training camp for the heavyweight title rematch this summer after crossing the border to Poland, sources told ESPN. The unified champion joined a
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After a 3.5-year reign plagued by inactivity, Nicaraguan bruiser Felix Alvarado has officially vacated his IBF light flyweight title to campaign at 112 pounds. Per Jake Donovan, Alvarado had intended to compete in “one unification bout” ahead of this move, but couldn’t secure an opponent. In fairness, many of the issues that held Alvarado (37-2,
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Hamzah Sheeraz was delighted with his first showing at middleweight in a dominant win against Jez Smith. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSpo… Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on upcoming fights on
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6:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos won’t be fighting Vasiliy Lomachenko after all. Lomachenko had agreed to a deal last month for a fight with Kambosos on June 5 in Melbourne, Australia, but the two-time Olympic gold medalist has elected to remain in Ukraine with his family rather than leave the country for training
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Vasiliy Lomachenko’s courageous commitment to his country has forced him to withdraw from his shot at George Kambosos Jr.’s lightweight titles. Lou DiBella, Kambosos’ promoter, informed BoxingScene.com on Monday afternoon that Egis Klimas, Lomachenko’s manager, informed him earlier Monday that Lomachenko will not leave war-torn Ukraine to train for
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