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News broke on Monday that the world cruiserweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the World Boxing Council (WBC), Olkesandr Usyk of Ukraine, was forced to withdraw from a scheduled fight with IBF, WBA world champion Murat Gassiev.
As previously reported, the world cruiserweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the World Boxing Council (WBC), Olkesandr Usyk of Ukraine, withdrew from a scheduled fight with IBF, WBA world champion Murat Gassiev. Usyk, who suffered a minor elbow injury, was scheduled to fight Gassiev next month in Saudi Arabia.
As BoxingScene.com reported on Wednesday, and now it's been made official, former IBF middleweight world champion David Lemieux () is going to stay busy by returning to the ring on May 26th in Quebec.
According to numerous sources in Canada, former IBF middleweight world champion David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) is going to stay busy by returning to the ring on May 26th in Quebec. The fight is going to be announced at a press conference on Thursday, by Eye of the Tiger Management.
Promoter Andrei Ryabinsky of World of Boxing, who handle Russian heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin, will do everything possible to force a mandatory fight with WBA, IBO, WBA, IBF world champion Anthony Joshua. Povetkin is the mandatory challenger under the WBA and WBO - and the World Boxing Association has ordered Joshua to fight him.
Alexander Povetkin is pleased with his most recent performance and believes that he made a big impression on the UK fans. This past Saturday night, Povetkin knocked out Olympic bronze medal winner David Price in brutal fashion in the fifth round. The contest took place before a crowd of nearly 80,000 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
While it's not officially confirmed yet, but the second fight between Gennady Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has a very good chance of being canceled in the coming days. That decision that will have repercussions for former middleweight world champion David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs).
On April 21 in Czestochowa, Poland - former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (52-5, 30 KOs) will headline a packed card in Poland. The popular Polish fighter is going to create some possible fireworks when he faces the very dangerous Joey Abell (34-9, 32 KOs) in a heavyweight clash.
It seems that former IBF middleweight David Lemieux can avoid surgery on his left shoulder. So much so that his team expects him to return on the Cinoc De Mayo date of May 5th, as part of the undercard to the Canelo vs. Gennady Golovkin rematch at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Lemieux has been bothered by the shoulder injury for a while, but he's going through rehab sessions instead of surgery - which would shelf him for at least 9to 12 months.
Big wind of change is coming for the career of Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs), who holds the IBF world light heavyweight championship. TVA Sports has revealed that the boxer has signed a promotional agreement with Top Rank. His decision to go with Top Rank is no surprise. Top Rank took part, and won, the purse bid for Beterbiev's last bout, which took place on November 11 against Enrico Koelling. Top Rank showcased that fight on ESPN and staged it at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California.