Serhii Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) had too much power, skills, and talent for replacement opponent Ishmael Davis (13-2, 6 KOs), scoring a sixth-round TKO victory in their WBC Junior middleweight title eliminator on Saturday night on the Tyson Fury vs.
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk weighed in at a trim 226 lbs, while former WBC champ Tyson Fury came in at 281 lb at Friday’s weigh-in for their DAZN PPV rematch this Saturday, December 21st, in Riyadh.
Serhii Bohachuk says former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov will defeat Vergil Ortiz Jr. in their fight in 68 days on February 22nd in Riyadh.
DAZN has revealed their broadcast team for Saturday’s PPV event headlined by the Fury vs. Usyk 2 rematch at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Serhii Bohachuk’s coach, Manny Robles, says this week’s illness-related pullout by Israil Madrimov was a “slap in the face” for his fight.
Eddie Hearn confirms that Israil Madrimov’s medical problem, which caused him to pull out of his December 21st scheduled fight against Serhii Bohachuk, is genuine for the Riyadh Season card.
Israil Madrimov has pulled out of his December 21st co-feature fight against Serhii Bohachuk due to a case of acute bronchitis, and has been replaced by Ishmael Davis for the card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In a massive upset victory, IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) destroyed former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) by a fifth-round knockout on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London.