By Allan Fox: Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) believes that he could be facing WBO 175-pound champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev in a unification before the end of the year. WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol and Kovalev will be sharing the same card this Saturday night on August 4 on HBO World Championship Boxing at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.
Karl Dargan’s first loss as a professional boxer in 2015 hit him hard. He ended up at a crossroads in life, considering his future in boxing. Meanwhile, he found success and love outside the ring in the music industry and on reality TV, eventually marrying “Love & Hip Hop” and “R&B Divas” star and recording artist Lil’ Mo.
ELEIDER ‘STORM’ ALVAREZ, WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Champion and WBO Light Heavyweight World Title Challenger
“I am well prepared for the biggest challenge of my career. I suffered in training and I am at my peak right now.”
Just four years after making his professional debut,WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) of Russia finds himself with a problem unique to formidable champions: finding worthy opponents willing to go up against him.
By Allan Fox: WBA World light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) says a unification fight between him and WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) will happen in the future as long as the two win their fights on August 4 against Isaac Chilemba (25-5-2, 10 KOs) and Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) on HBO at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
By Allan Fox: After weeks of speculation, it’s now a done deal what WBO World light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) will be defending on August 4 against #4 WBO Eleider “Storm” Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
By Allan Fox: Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) will be defending his WBO light heavyweight title on August 4 against Eleider ‘Storm’ Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) on HBO at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The news of the date and venue for the fight was released today. The Kovalev-Alvarez fight will be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing.
By Trevor McIntyre: WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev and WBA World 175lb. champion Dmitry Bivol will reportedly be fighting on the same card in separate fights on August 4 on HBO at a still to be determined location.
By Allan Fox: In a surprise move, WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) will be facing unbeaten #1 WBC contender Eleider ‘Storm’ Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) next rather than #1 WBO Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 KOs) in the summer on HBO Boxing at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, in New York, according to Dan Rafael.
By Gav Duthie: Promoter Yvon Michel has declared the intention of Eleider Alvarez 23-0 (11) not to participate in purse bids for a final, final, final, final eliminator against Oleksandr Gvozdyk 14-0 (12). I apologize that the word final was written 4 times, but it was intentional because this would-be Alvarez’s 4th final eliminator to get a shot at the WBC title held by Adonis Stevenson.