Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Update on Adrian Granate:

Adrian Granat, 13-1, 12 KOs, is finalizing his preparations this week as he takes on Irakli Gvenetadze on Friday in Hamburg at the Xmas Boxing event. Granat has had a long training camp with cancelled fights both in September and then in November. Now, however, it is finally time for his comeback. Granat has mainly trained in Ystad at Armand Krajnc's gym and in Malmö with Granat's new strength and conditioning coach Danny Cranmer. Granat also spent last week in Hamburg with great sparring and now confirms as follows regarding his shape;

Granat:
"I'm in good shape. Armand Krajnc and I have worked a lot during summer and autumn and I feel really good. The training with Danny Cranmer has also gone really well. Danny has a background in the Sweet Science of Boxing so he has been good at finding the perfect exercises and training program. I'm more than ready and hungry to fight."

Granat, Krajnc and Cranmer will fly to Hamburg on Wednesday and spend two days in the city before the fight. Armand Krajnc is looking forward to go back to Hamburg where everything started for himself back in 1996.

Krajnc:
"It is always great pleasure to come back to Hamburg. I lived there during my first years as a professional. I lined up 21 victories before I got a shot at the WBO title against Jason Matthews. I know what it takes to be at the top."

If Granat wins his fight on Friday, the details will be finalized for his upcoming fight against compatriot Otto Wallin for the EU belt, a fight that will most likely take place at the end of February,

Granat:
"There is a lot of talk about the Wallin fight now but first thing first. All I think about now is Friday's fight against Irakli Gvenetadze. He must be dealt with before moving on and thinking about the next fight."

Source: box-scene

 

Eddie Hearn, promoter of the world champion WBA and IBF heavyweight Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KO), claims that the organization of the duel of his protégé with Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KO) is a matter of a dozen or so months.

- There is a chance to fight Fury at the end of this year. AJ wants to be a participant in the biggest duels, and this is the biggest duel in British boxing. It will be great - said the head of Machroom Boxing quoted by "The Daily Star".

- According to the ideal scenario, AJ will be killing three times next year - with Parker, Wilder and Fury. Perhaps we will have to wait for Fury until spring 2019, but we do not have any problems with that - added Eddie Hearn.

Anthony Josh from the rope will probably return on March 31 against Josef Parker, WBO champion (24-0, 18 KO). The next performance of Tyson Fury's pause for two years is not yet clear. The Wilmslow giant is currently seeking regaining a boxing license.

 

Former challenger for heavyweight champion title Bryant Jennings (21-2, 12 KO) will fight his next professional fight on February 3 during a gala organized in Corpus Christi. The name of the rival 33-year-old American is not known yet.

Jennings returned to the ring in August after over one and a half year break, and last time he boxed a week ago. The American has been cooperating with the Top Rank group for several months.

During the same gala, unseen long time between the ropes Andy Ruiz Jr. will return to the ring. The main event of the event in Texas will be the WBO world champion fight with the weight of super-middle Gilberto Ramirez with Habib Ahm

 

Info about boxers contracts:

Andy Ruiz Jr's contract with TOP Rank ends in 2018. Extension is a possibility.

Kownacky's contract with Haymon ends in 2018 as well.

 

In February, haha.

 

Tough to say but in the November WBA ranks he is still listed as WBA Super Champion.

 

WBA heavyweight ranks for November:


NOVEMBER - 2017
Published: Nov-30-2017

HEAVYWEIGHTOver 200 Lbs / Over 90.71 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION ANTHONY JOSHUA GBR

IBF CHAMPION


WBA WORLD CHAMPION MANUEL CHARR SYR
Won Title 11-25-17

WBC DEONTAY WILDER
WBO JOSEPH PARKER
1 FRES OQUENDO
PUR
2 ALEXANDER POVETKIN I/C RUS
3 CHRISTIAN HAMMER
ROU
4 JARRELL MILLER
USA
5 KUBRAT PULEV
BUL
6 TREVOR BRYAN
USA
7 DILLIAN WHYTE
JAM
8 ALEXANDER USTINOV
RUS
9 BJ FLORES NABA USA
10 GUILLERMO JONES LAC PAN
11 OTTO WALLIN
SWE
12 BRYANT JENNINGS
USA
13 CHARLES MARTIN
USA
14 JOHANN DUHAUPAS
FRA
15 KYOTARO FUJIMOT

 

WBA cruiserweight ranks for November:

CRUISERWEIGHT200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION DENIS LEBEDEV RUS

WBA WORLD CHAMPION YUNIER DORTICOS CUB
Won Title 09-23-17

WBC MAIRIS BRIEDIS
IBF MURAT GASSIEV WBO OLEKSANDR USYK
1 ARSEN GOULAMIRIAN
ARM
2 RYAD MERHY I/C CIV
3 MAKSIM VLASOV INT RUS
4 MATEUSZ MASTERNAK
POL
5 NOEL GEVOR
GER
6 RUSLAN FAYFER
RUS
7 DENTON DALEY
CAN
8 KEVIN LERENA PANAF RSA
9 YURY KASHINSKY
RUS
10 ISSA AKBERBAYEV ASIA KAZ
11 ALEXEY ZUBOV
RUS
12 FIRAT ARSLAN
GER
13 DMITRY KUDRYASHOV
RUS
14 YOURI KALENGA
COD
15 ANDREW TABITI