The battle for the vacant WBC world title in bridgeweight (up to 101.6 kg) between Croatian Alen Babic (11-0, 10 KOs) and Pole Lukasz Rozanski (14-0, 13 KOs) will take place in Poland. Promoter Andrzej Wasilewski (KnockOut Promotions) outbid Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing) — 425 thousand USD against 350 thousand USD. The prize pool will be split 45/45, with the remaining 10% going to the winner.
All three fights of the PPV-card of the David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant show, which will take place on March 25 in Las Vegas (USA), have been announced:
– American Abel Ramos (27-5-2, 21 KOs) and Cody Crowley (21-0, 9 KOs) from Canada will fight in the WBC eliminator in the weight up to 66.7 kg;
– Americans Jesús Ramos (19-0, 15 KOs) and Joseph Spencer (16-0, 10 KOs) will face each other in the 69.9 kg Prospect Clash;
– in the weight category up to 61.2 kg there will be a fight between slightly damaged US prospects Chris Colbert (16-1, 6 KOs) and Jose Valenzuela (12-1, 8 KOs).
WBC mandatory contender British light heavyweight (up to 79.4 kg) Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KOs) before meeting with the unified world champion Artur Beterbiev from Canada will hold a moderate intermediate fight on March 11 in Liverpool (England). According to rumors, his opponent is Pavel Stepin (18-0-1, 12 KOs) from Poland.
American heavyweight bag fighter (over 90.7 kg) Christopher Lovejoy (20-1, 20 KOs) announced via social networks that he will hold his next fight on February 25 at O2 Arena in London (England) as an opening act for the star American Floyd Mayweather. The name of Lovejoy’s opponent has not been released.
FEB 25 AT THE 02 UK ASSASSIN HITS THE UK pic.twitter.com/8omvHYuuwJ
— Christopher Lovejoy (@LovejoyBoxing) January 31, 2023
Last week, Floyd Mayweather announced the name of a new opponent.
American super lightweight puncher (up to 63.5 kg) Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) threatens to remain silent on social networks until his fight with compatriot Gervonta Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) is officially announced.
It is expected that the fight will take place on April 15 in Las Vegas (USA). The promoter is optimistic and expects a huge PPV.
Ex-fighter Top Rank American of Puerto Rican blood super middleweight (up to 76.2 kg) Edgar Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs) received an offer of cooperation not only from Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing), but also from Oscar De La Hoya (Golden Boy Promotions).
The prospect has already met with the “Golden Boy”:
Meeting today in New York between@OscarDeLaHoyaand free agent super middleweight@EdgarBerlangaJr. pic.twitter.com/NunQg9Llhb
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) January 31, 2023
It seems that on March 18 in Dubai (UAE) the American slugger heavyweight (over 90.7 kg) Jarrell Miller (25-0-1, 21 KOs) will still fight with the age Australian Lucas Brown (31-3, 27 KOs).
At the warm-up, a fight is expected in the cruiserweight limit (up to 90.7 kg) between the American slugger Brandon Glanton (17-1, 14 KOs) and the Russian
Soslan Asbarov (3-0, 1 KO). There is even a poster for the event:
As part of the same show, Lomachenko’s victim will fight with a bearded man.