Super middleweight contenders Christian Mbilli and Diego Pacheco are in negotiations for a battle that will put the winner in a stronger position to force a fight against unified champion Canelo Alvarez.
Coach Stephen Edwards says Vergil Ortiz Jr. inflicted more punishment on former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov last Saturday night than Terence Crawford did in his close victory over him last August.
Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) needs a win in the worst way in his fight against Joey Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs) on April 6th to set up a bigger one against Keith Thurman in the summer.
Artur Beterbiev’s coach, Marc Ramsay, says he had Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) up 5-1 in the first six rounds before he tailed off in his 12-round majority decision defeat to Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) in their rematch at The Venue in Riyadh.
Joseph Parker’s manager, Spencer Brown, says he’s been told by Billy Nelson that heavyweight Martin Bakole has been training for the last eight weeks before being selected as the replacement for the ill IBF champion Daniel Dubois for Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya predicts the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov junior middleweight clash will be “The Fight of the Year” on Saturday night in Riyadh.
Dmitry Bivol says the punching power of unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev wasn’t as good as he’d imagined it to be before they fought on October 12th last year in Riyadh.
Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs) captured the WBO interim light welterweight title on Saturday night, beating Jack Catterall (30-2, 13 KOs) in a defensive battle in front of a mostly quiet crowd at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England.
Denys Berinchyk says he doesn’t like challenger Keyshawn Davis’ “disrespectful” attitude today, and he can’t wait until Friday, February 14th, to see the fear in his eyes when they meet in the headliner on Top Rank’s show at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City.
There will be a trilogy if Dmitry Bivol defeats Artur Beterbiev in their rematch on February 22nd. Undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) is defending against Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) live on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.