Travis Kauffman-Otto Wallin On For August 15
Slowly but surely the heavyweight division is seeing life again. The still ongoing coronavirus problem has caused mass disruption to the boxing schedule but a couple of fights have taken place and a few more have been scheduled.
Janibek Alimkhanuly will bring his brand of “Qazaq Style” north of the border. Alimkhanuly, the latest middleweight sensation from Kazakhstan, will defend his WBO Global and WBC Continental Americas belts in a 10-rounder against fellow unbeaten Issah Samir on Saturday, March 28 at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
Heavyweight contender Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas, the Colombian-born, Canadian-based puncher on the precipice of a world title shot, has inked a multi-fight promotional agreement with Top Rank.
The last time we saw reigning and defending WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder in the ring he wasn’t in there for too long at all.
Tonight at The O2 in London, Dillian Whyte overcame a tough and dangerous Oscar Rivas to pound out a 12-round unanimous decision victory that saw the Brixton man claim both the interim WBC heavyweight title and the mandatory position with the WBC.
Dillian Whyte (26-1, 18 KOs) survived a knockdown scare in the ninth to cruise to a 12 round unanimous decision victory against Oscar Rivas (26-1, 18 KOs) in a fight for the interim World Boxing Council heavyweight title n Saturday night on DAZN and Sky Box Office at The O2 Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hammer-fisted Colombian Oscar Rivas is determined to be the “last man standing” at The O2 in London on Saturday July 20 following his huge Heavyweight clash with Dillian Whyte, shown live in the UK on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN in the US.
Fans of the heavyweights should be in store for quite a night of action on July 20th at The O2 in the heart of London.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that a heavyweight clash between former world title challengers Dereck Chisora (30-9, 21 KOs) and Artur Szpilka (22-3, 15 KOs) is being negotiated for the undercard of Dillian Whyte vs.
If British heavyweight Dillian Whyte overcomes his latest test, this one in the form of the unbeaten Oscar Rivas who he will face in July, Whyte will surely have the single most impressive resume of all heavyweight contenders.