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Former heavyweight titlists Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko have no plans on ducking from possibly the largest military conflict on European soil since the end of World War II.
Josh Taylor remains optimistic that a fight with Terence Crawford can be made in the near future, in spite of the fact that Crawford is suing his former – and Taylor’s current – promoter.
Eddie Hearn believes another tantalizing British crossroads match-up could be on the horizon, provided one Kell Brook decides to take part in it. Hearn, the head of Matchroom Boxing, has made it plainly obvious that he would love to see nothing more than for his former client Brook, a former world champion, take on his current charge Conor Benn, the up-and-coming welterweight.
Amir Khan’s trainer Brian McIntyre was close to throwing in the towel during Khan’s highly anticipated welterweight showdown with Kell Brook.
Gennadiy Golovkin can still taste the acridness in his mouth from the tendentious verdicts of his past two duels with Canelo Alvarez. The IBF middleweight titleholder from Kazakhstan has long expressed his dismay with the results of his two bouts with Mexican superstar Alvarez, the current undisputed champion in the 168-pound division.
David Benavidez is rooting for divisional peer Edgar Berlanga to regain the momentum he once had in his career, if only to ensure that their super middleweight bout, someday down the road, will have maximum intrigue.
Don’t expect Tyson Fury to pop up in an Instagram Story for the next eight weeks. The WBC titleholder from Manchester, England announced Tuesday that he will refrain from making posts on his social media until he defends his WBC heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte, scheduled for April 23 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Sergey Kovalev wants to end his career with one last piece of hardware. The former longtime light heavyweight titleholder from Russia is hoping to become a two-division titlist by winning a belt in the cruiserweight ranks, according to his manager Egis Klimas. Kovalev, a force in the light heavyweight class for the first half of the 2010s, has seen his career plunge dramatically ever since his 11th-round knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez in November of 2019, which was the last time Kovalev fought.
Terence Crawford has an attractive, if no less difficult to realize, Plan B in mind if he fails to land a legacy-defining showdown against long-sworn welterweight rival Errol Spence Jr.
Former 168-pound titlist George Groves has seen far better versions of Chris Eubank Jr. than the one that recently showed up in the ring against Liam Williams.