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While Anthony Joshua is backing Oleksandr Usyk to come away victorious next month, he admits that a showdown with Tyson Fury is more preferable. Usyk and Fury will collide in an undisputed showdown on February 17 in Saudi Arabia, with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC titles at stake.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Oscar De La Hoya, is shooting down the claim by UFC CEO Dana White, who disputes the notion that MMA fighters are crossing over to boxing to make more money.
Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada - Jason “Mayhem” Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) made the first defense of his title and retained his WBO bantamweight world title with a twelve round majority decision over Saul Sanchez (20-3, 12 KOs) in a back-and-forth tussle in which the Australian’s versatility made the difference.
Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada - Super middleweight destroyer Christian Mbilli (26-0, 22 KOs) defended his regional titles tonight with a sixth-round TKO against Australian contender Rohan Murdock (27-3, 19 KOs).
Quebec, Canada - For the WBC, WBO, IBF light heavyweight titles, Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) continued the knockout train with a stoppage of Callum Smith (29-2, 21 KOs) in seven rounds.
Unified light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) defended his WBC/IBF/WBO world titles with a seventh-round TKO win against former world champion Callum Smith (29-2, 16 KOs) Saturday evening at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
MMA veteran Francis Ngannou believes that he has more than enough skill and punching power to knock Anthony Joshua out. Ngannou, in only his second fight in professional boxing, will face the former two-time world champion on March 8 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Beterbiev, Callum Smith Scorecard BoxingScene Live - From Videotron Centre in Quebec, Canada - In the main event, WBC/WBO/IBF light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev will defend his crown against former world champion Callum Smith.
Robert Garcia, former trainer of heavyweight Anthony Joshua, believes the British star is fully capable of shocking WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world champion Oleksandr Usyk in a trilogy fight.
The World Boxing Council has issued their position with respect to the ongoing controversy surrounding the anti-doping tests performed on unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev - in connection with Saturday's mandatory defense against Callum Smith in Quebec, Canada.