Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Adam Kownacki finally had a rival after the July nokaucie on Artura Szpilka. On January 20 in New York he will face anonymous in the USA, but he may be able to give him a lot of blood Iago Kiladze. Pole would like to fight for World WBC heavyweight championship with Deontay Wilder.

- I want to be active. After Szpilka, I have not fought for five months, so I'm happy that I can box at all. If I fight only twice a year, it will slow down my career development. I want to fight often, to check with demanding rivals, such as Kiladze - Adam says, "Sport Review", currently living on Long Island near New York.

- I saw a fragment of one fight, he fought a small guy who looked like he had just left the taxi. Kiladze moves well, has fast hands. This will definitely not be a guest for one shot. If I blow, it will not tip over. I train hard and want to show off my best side. I always want to win ahead of time - declares Adam.

 

So, Mastenrak was supposed to fight Durodola on Briedis/Usyk undercard but the fight fell trough. But good news are that they found a replacement, no word yet on who it is.

 

Update on Oscar Rivas's future plans. This interview was conducted before his fight against Enguema.

Visa problems as well as injuries to the right eye and left shoulder punctuated his journey that can be described as a true path of the cross. And it's still his damn eye that forces him to take another direction that he approaches nevertheless with the same carelessness.


That's because the Athletic Commission of California recently decided - for the third time - that Rivas (21-0, 16 KOs) is not fit to box because of a retinal detachment undergone in training in 2013. It was this same injury that deprived him of a major shock expected against Gerald Washington in March 2016 in Anaheim and that was to be presented on Showtime.


And since he is also persona non grata in New York State - where the commission has been under heavy surveillance since the sad fate of Magomed Abdusalamov - "Kaboom" had no choice but to go elsewhere if we wanted him. The promised land has been found on the other side of the Atlantic, where the noble art has proliferated at great speed for some time.


Thus, the heavyweight will have the opportunity to demonstrate the full extent of his talent against the Spaniard Gabriel Enguema (8-3, 5 K.-O.) in a sub-card of a gala held Thursday north- west of Paris, which will set the table for a possible fight against the French Johann Duhaupass in Marseille in March.


"I want to be seen. I want people to know that I am still able to fight with anyone, Rivas said in an interview with RDS.ca a few weeks ago. It's a big opportunity. I'm getting ready to go there hoping people will notice me. "


"The California Commission has agreed to another application, but it takes a while, and I wanted Oscar to stay active during that time," said promoter Yvon Michel. I initiated contact with [the French organization] and [she] took it with a lot of interest. There may be a very interesting career development waiting for him there. "


Because of his association with influential advisor Al Haymon, it was expected that the Colombian eventually meets WBC champion Deontay Wilder. But as he is banned from boxing in New York and California right now, this option has been ruled out for the moment.


But that does not mean that he finds himself beaked in the water. Several boxing star boxers are based in Europe, including WBA and IBF belt holder Anthony Joshua, who has attracted around 170,000 spectators in his last two outings.


"For me, it's the best champion and it's him I want to face, said Rivas. If I have a fight with him, I'm going to need to get ready because he's a very experienced fighter. It's a fight that would be important for the rest of my career. It became my goal. "


"We saw what [Carlos] Takam did against Joshua, and since Oscar is much better than Takam, that gives us a lot of hope," said Michel. I also had discussions with Dillian Whyte's promoter, Eddie Hearn, and we would take it anytime.


"Eventually, he could face [Rio's super-heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka. There are plenty of good opponents in England and France. If we bring Oscar into a major fight, we could fill the Bell Center or the Videotron Center. Toronto would be interested too. Oscar is the most beautiful hidden map of the division.


Except that before dreaming of the biggest duels on the biggest stages, Rivas will have to implore that the wounds do not come to thwart the efforts that he deploys for all these years.

 

My bad, Glowacky will face Gevor. Tapia was supposed to fight Masternak but that fell trough. After that they negotiated with Durodola but that fell trough. As of now Masternak will face soon to be announced opponent.

 

They can meet only in final but if they meet, I would favor Masternak in a close fight. I think Masternak is more consistent with his work and have good chin as well and is more experienced as well.

 

Looks like it. Sauerland approached Glowacky about it some time ago but there is no confirmation or further developments yet.

 

They needed to change ring size and change format to recognize these fights as a real boxing fights but they didn't want to do that, so that is the reason for these fights missing from boxrec. The organizers of Bigger's Better's thought that if they change format to real boxing matches format no one will watch but the truth is that they closed the whole project because there was a small return in ticket sales and small viewership numbers, so they clearly made a mistake here. Eurosport doesn't intend to return to broadcasting and promoting boxing in foreseeable future.....

 

From my understanding Keith Tapia have some visa issues.