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During his ongoing tour of Eastern Europe, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs) sat down with reporters in Moscow to discuss his potential fight with UFC superstar Conor McGregor.
Former three division world champion Shane Mosley (49-10-1, 41 KOs) is not looking to stop his career any time soon. Mosley is the latest future Hall of Famer to fight on Russian soil in the late stage of his career. On May 5 in Yekaterinburg, Mosley will face fast rising Russian junior middleweight prospect Magomed Kurbanov (10-0, 8 KOs) in a twelve round bout for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental junior middleweight championship.
Former three division world champion Shane Mosley (49-10-1, 41 KOs) would not rule out the possibility of securing Russian citizenship. Two years ago, another American fight veteran - former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. - became a Russian citizenship and then pursued a very profitable fight run in Eastern Europe, and also took part in several business ventures in the county.
According to Egis Klimas, the manager of Sergey Kovalev, the negotiations are finally underway for a rematch with World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight world champion Andre Ward.
As previously reported, a United States jury ruled that heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin of Russia had been consuming meldonium after the performance enhancing drug was put on the prohibited list. Andrei Ryabinsky, who promotes Povetkin, plans to appeal.
The legal battle between heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin is heading to a jury, according to attorney Alexei Karpenko, who is representing the interests of Povetkin and his promoter Andrei Ryabinsky of World of Boxing.
The doping scandal surrounding Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin was "a provocation," said Mikhail Degtyaryov, a lawmaker who heads the Russian lower chamber’s sports committee. "The provocation against Povetkin exposed the fragility and weakness of the anti-doping system," he said late Tuesday, adding that Russian athletes have been subject to "double standards, frame-ups and attacks."
Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26 KOs) is very eager to get in the ring for a rematch with Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs). Kovalev wants to start training again, with both eyes set on revenge. Last November at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Kovalev lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Ward. In the process Ward captured the light heavyweight titles of the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF).
The team behind Polish heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk are questioning the validity of the boxer's failed drug test. It was revealed on Tuesday that Wawrzyk tested positive for a banned steroid. As part of the World Boxing Council's Clean Boxing program, he was randomly tested by drug testing agency VADA.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is focused on finalizing a unification between World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine and title holder of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Zezreel Corrales of Panama.