Former absolute world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis predicts that Tyson Fury will defeat Oleksandr Usyk in a fight for all heavyweight titles.
"I believe Tyson Fury has great characteristics: he's tall, can box on both feet, fights as a lefty and righty, can go forward. At this point, in my opinion, it's hard to beat a bigger fighter. That's why I always say the bigger guy has the advantage.
I think Tyson Fury will win on points. But I don't discount Oleksandr Usyk," Lewis said in an interview with YouTube channel talkSPORT Boxing.
Recall that the fight Usik vs. Fury will be held on May 18 in Saudi Arabia.
Former bantamweight champion Jan Blachowicz has once again talked about wanting a rematch with current titleholder Alex Pereira, to whom he lost by a controversial split judges' decision last July.
"He's not a better fighter than me and I think I deserve a rematch. When he fights against me, I will still think I will win that fight.
The judges give different scores, but I believe I won the first fight against him and I believe I deserve a rematch. He knocked everyone out - not me. When I come back, I believe I can fight him again," Fanatics View quoted Blachowicz as saying.
No. 2 in the UFC lightweight division rankings, Corey Sandhagen, has spoken out about a fight with tenth-ranked Umar Nurmagomedov.
It was previously announced that these fighters would meet on August 3 at a tournament in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
"At this stage of my career, I no longer want fights with my participation to last the whole distance. During my downtime, I've done some serious work to add power to my hands. I've also worked on a couple of techniques to tear people apart.
I'm usually confident before a fight, but now I'm not just confident - I know I'm capable of hurting him. It will be great to show my skills to the world," the American said on The MMA Hour show.
Former world boxing champion, now commentator and expert Paul Malignaggi believes that George Kambososos will lose without a chance to Vasyl Lomachenko in the upcoming fight for the vacant IBF lightweight title.
"I believe that Kambososos will probably win a round by a stretch or not win a round at all in this fight. As far as I'm concerned, Kambososos should end his career after this fight. He was able to support himself financially. Respect to him for being able to squeeze out a win against Lopez," Malignaggi told ProBoxTV.
Recall that Lomachenko and Cambosos will fight on May 12 in Perth, Australia.
UFC lightweight title challenger Merab Dvalishvili has revealed how he plans to proceed in his fight with division champion Sean O'Malley.
According to the latest information, the fight between the American and the Georgian could take place on September 14 at UFC 306.
"Yes, I'm one of the best fighters. But don't be surprised if Sean O'Malley takes me down. This is MMA, guys. I'm a humble guy, and anything is possible here.
I'm going to wrestle Sean a little bit first, and then I'm going to use my striking and knock him out in the standup," Dvalishvili told Sportskeeda.
Recall that the 33-year-old Dvalishvili is riding a streak of ten straight wins in the UFC.
UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley has no doubt that he will knock out the next title challenger Merab Dvalishvili.
According to the latest information, the fight between the American and the Georgian could take place on September 14 at UFC 306.
"I'm going to knock Merab out. It can be even easier to do that with wrestlers. Vera was not going to wrestle, so I beat him in the standup for 25 minutes. Sterling went for the wrestling and went for the knockdown. I know I can knock Merab out with one punch or I can torture him for five rounds. I personally prefer to win by knockout, but a master class in beating Merab is fine," Bloody Elbow quoted O'Malley as saying.
Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington isn't giving up trying to get a bout with Hamzat Chimaev.
UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley said he's willing to move up two divisions just for a fight with the promotion's top star Conor McGregor.
"I know what my body is capable of. I'm competing at flyweight, that's where I belong. I could theoretically move up to welterweight to fight Topuria, Volkanovski or Holloway. But going further up, I'm going to have trouble.
I'm willing to move up to lightweight just to fight Conor. That asshole is huge right now. The lightweight is a great fight. It's good money, the fight would be legendary. I'm not likely to agree to fight anyone else that far out of my category," O'Malley told Bradley Martin.
O'Malley's next fight is expected to be against Merab Dvalishvili.
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Porier shared his prediction for the upcoming bout between former two-division titleholder Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler.
"If Conor is going to be who he was before the injury and stuff, two rounds will be enough for him. I think this fight will be over before the end of the second round," Puryear said on the air of the show The MMA Hour.
Recall that the fight between McGregor and Chandler will be the main event of the UFC 303 tournament, which will take place on June 29 in Las Vegas.
As for Puryear, he will try to take the belt from current lightweight division leader Islam Makhachev on June 1 at UFC 302 in Newark.
The rematch between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal has a new date and a new venue.
The second fight between the two former UFC stars was originally scheduled to take place on June 1 at the Kia Forum Arena in Inglewood, California, but has now been rescheduled due to other events taking place on that date. The boxing bout will now take place on July 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, multiple sources said.
It is reported that the main reason for the postponement of the fight was the reluctance of the organizers to hold the event on the same day as the UFC 302 tournament, in the main event of which Islam Makhachev will defend the belt in the lightweight division against Dustin Puryear.
Recall that in the first fight Masvidal defeated Diaz by technical knockout. The meeting took place in November 2019 at UFC 244.
