American heavyweight (over 90.7 kg) Michael Hunter (20-1-2, 14 KOs) via social networks announced the signing of a contract with manager Egis Klimas, known for his collaboration with Vasily Lomachenko, Alexander Usik, Sergey Kovalev, Shavkat Rakhimov and Zhanibek Alimkhanuly .
In 2017, Hunter unsuccessfully tried to take away the WBO belt from the Ukrainian cruiser Usik – he started the fight great, but could not keep up with the set pace and reached the final gong with some problems.
Since then, he has been boxing in heavyweight wrestling, scored several impressive victories (Iago Kiladze, Bakole Ilunga, Alexander Ustinov, Sergey Kuzmin), drew the fight with Alexander Povetkin, but then something went wrong – a draw with Jerry Forrest and a solid layup ( hasn’t been in the ring since December 2021).
Takes 1st line in the WBA rankings.
Promoter Eddie HearnMatchroom Boxing) announced plans to organize this year a rematch for the IBF title in the first flyweight (up to 49 kg) between Sivenati Nontshingoy (11-0, 9 KOs) from South Africa and the Mexican Hector Flores (20-1-4, 10 KOs) .
This is great news, since their last year’s mahach – one of the best fights of the year, ended with the away victory of the African by a separate decision of the judges.
On January 7 in Washington (USA) in the early undercard of the PPV event Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia, American super lightweight prospect (up to 63.5 kg) Brandan Lee (26-0, 22 KOs) will perform.
But with the opponent he did not work out –
Patrick Okine (20-4-2, 17 KOs) from Ghana spent most of his career at 59 kg, did not appear in the ring for almost 3 years.
Last week, undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney poked fun at the Davis-Garcia fight: “I drove him away with pissing rags!” A little later, Gervonta reacted to a video in which Haney allegedly beats up Garcia.
