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The news of undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk’s ring return targeted in late spring alongside with a hint of a ‘most likely’ move to the heavyweight division made headlines this week and it became a hot topic among the followers of the sweet science.
As it was reported Wednesday on BoxingScene.com by Jake Donovan, K2 Promotions Ukraine and Matchroom Boxing had a successful negotiation process last week in New York regarding the ring return of undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Super featherweight contender Jeremiah Nakathila wasted no time to make sure he is the more talented boxer in his bout against Prince Dlomo Friday evening in Cape Town, South Africa. The two fighters stepped into the ring in a scheduled 12-rounder as a co-feature in a card promoted by Kalakoda Promotions. The Namibian Nakathila (17-1, 13 KOs) took the control in the early rounds and was systematically beating down his game South African opponent until the referee had no other choice but to stop the carnage in round nine. Dlomo (10-8-1, 4 KOs) hit the canvas twice in the sixth and two more times in the ninth prior to the stoppage.
Super featherweight contender Jeremiah Nakathila is planning to finish the year with a bang. The Namibian boxer will step into the squared circle as a chief supporter of a local card promoted by Kalakoda Promotions in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday.
In the main event, two unbeaten junior middleweights, Khuseyn Baysangurov and Aram AmirKhanyan will square off in a unique title bout that is about to culminate a total of three regional belts of as many major sanctioning bodies. Armenian-born, Russian-citizen AmirKhanyan (11-0-1, 3 KOs) is having the WBO International 154-pound title, while his Russian-born, Ukrainian-native foe, Baysangurov (14-0, 12 KOs) puts his IBF International and WBA Continental belts up for grabs.
Welterweight prospect Luther Clay has had a decent year in 2018, going 4-0 with one on the inside. The South African-born, English-based boxer, however, has already settled his goals for the new year that includes improvement in quality of opposition as well as a potential title bout.
Middleweight contender Walter Kautondokwa does not regret any moment of his journey in taking on fellow unbeaten Demetrius Andrade in a WBO world title fight that the former lost by a one-sided 12-round decision back in October in Boston, Massachusetts. The hard-hitting Namibian accepted the challenge as a late replacement opponent thanks to the fell-out of former belt holder Billy Joe Saunders who failed a drug test leading up to his own mandatory defense against Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs).
Two unbeaten fighters kept their records intact and thus went one step closer to a desired world championship fight this past Saturday in a card put together by German Titov’s RCC Boxing Promotions in Lyubertsy, Russia.
Former WBA regular champion Paulus Moses steps into the squared circle for the first time since his close defeat against then WBO titlist Raymundo Beltran this past February in Reno, Nevada. Moses (40-4-0-1, 25 KOs) and his team were verbally protesting the scorecards after the fight as they, alongside the greater part of the fans and scribes inside the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino and in front of television sets, thought the get-go was much closer than the judges’ 116-112, 117-111, 117-111 scores for the defending champion Beltran.
Only days are left before Demetrius Andrade and Walter Kautondokwa will square off for the vacant WBO middleweight world championship in the headliner of a card promoted by Matchroom Boxing USA this Saturday in Boston, Massachusetts and live on DAZN.