The boxing evening on May 7 in Las Vegas (USA), the main event of which will be the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol, has lost the main event of the undercard.
As became known
boxing sceneCroat Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) withdrew from the fight against Zhang Zhilei (23-0-1, 18 KOs), in which the official contender for the IBF world heavyweight title was to be determined.
At the moment, matchmakers of Matchroom Boxing organizing company are trying to find a new opponent for Zhilei, but even if the search is successful, the upcoming 10-round fight will no longer be a challenger.
Recall that the current IBF world champion is Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs), who next time should enter the ring in the summer against Anthony Joshua.