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As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin underwent surgery in November to correct injuries to both of his elbows. The Russian boxer has already started working out, a little earlier than planned.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol of Russia is not surprised with the level of talent to come out of Ukraine in the last few years. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Artem Dalakian, Oleksandr Usyk and Oleksandr Gvozdyk are fierce world champions who are widely regarded as some of the best fighters in the world. There are several others from Ukraine who are rising up in the ranks.
Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin had an operation on the elbows of both hands after the September fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, and in January he will be able to start training, according to the boxer's manager Dmitry Ivanov.
For several years, WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez was seeking activity and recognition. Several months ago, he arrived on the scene with a vicious knockout of heavily favored Sergey Kovalev. The two will collide in a rematch on February 2 against Sergey Kovalev in Fresno, Texas.
The third man on the ring in Quebec, when Adonis Stevenson was knocked out by Oleksandr Gvozdyk, is very troubled by the aftermath of the contest. According to referee Michael Griffin, he's has lost fifteen pounds since the night of the December 1. Griffin was back to working last Saturday night in New York City, as the referee for the welterweight bout between Sadam Ali and Mauricio Herrera at Madison Square Garden.
According to Camille Estephan from Eye of The Tiger Management, former IBF middleweight world champion David Lemieux will be moving up to the super middleweight division.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol was very impressed with the recent performance of Oleksandr Gvozdyk, who traveled to Canada and captured the WBC world title with an eleventh round knockout of longtime champion Adonis Stevenson.
Russian boxer Denis Lebedev said he intends to end his professional career after a potential fight with Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. As Lededev’s manager Vadim Kornilov said earlier, the World Boxing Association (WBA) has ruled that Usyk, the undisputed world champion in the cruiserweight division, and Lebedev, must fight by March 10, 2019.
According to Le Equipe, Nordine Oubaali will finally go for the vacant WBC bantamweight championship on January 19th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He will face Rau'shee Warren as part of the Showtime Pay-Per-View card which features Manny Pacquiao defending his WBA "regular" welterweight title against former four division champion Adrien Broner in the main event.
Kathy Duva, promoter for former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, believes her boxer's issues with stamina is now a thing of the past. Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs) was at one-time regarded as one of the most feared fighters in the sport. But in recent years, Kovalev has lost three of his last five fights - and two of those defeats have been by knockout.