Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

The Mean Machine, Egidijus Kavaliauskas, is looking to cement his name as a welterweight to watch when he defends the NABF title against Juan Carlos Abreu, July 7 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno as the ESPN-televised co-feature to Jose Ramirez’s WBC super lightweight title defense against Danny O’Connor.

The undercard will also feature heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz Jr. against veteran Kevin Johnson in a 10-round bout, 18-year-old wunderkind Gabe Flores Jr. versus James De Herrera in a six-round lightweight bout, and Andy Vences defending the WBC Continental Americas super featherweight title against Frank De Alba.

Ramirez vs. O’Connor and Kavaliauskas vs. Abreu will be televised live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET.

The entire undercard, including Vences-DeAlba, Ruiz-Johnson and Flores-De Herrera will be streamed on ESPN+ starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.

 

Jordan Thompson back on 25th August. He might be the next best cruiserweight from England following Lawrence Okolie.

 

Jordan Thompson is 6′ 6″ feet tall.

 

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Yeah, that was on Chagaev's undercard. Ante almost knocked him out in that fight.

 

Joshua-Povetkin Likely for 9/22, To Be Streamed By DAZN in U.S.

 

Hearn told Sky Sports on Tuesday that he hasn’t heard back from Wilder’s handlers regarding the contract he sent them June 17. Even if a Joshua-Povetkin fight comes next, Hearn told Sky Sports on Tuesday that he still would hope to have a contract finalized for Joshua-Wilder before Joshua would oppose Povetkin (34-1, 24 KOs).

“The Wilder fight may even be signed before we get in the ring with Alexander Povetkin,” Hearn told Sky Sports. “So for Joshua there is massive pressure and like I said, Povetkin has just one defeat – a points loss to Wladimir Klitschko. A very, very tough, experienced man. The important thing for us is to maintain the belts and not be disrupted by people playing games or people who want to mess us about, because we’re not going to allow that to happen to Anthony Joshua’s career.

“If it is Alexander Povetkin, it will be in September, that’s for sure. And then we fight Wilder straight after, if he signs a contract. But the way they are going at the moment, I can’t tell you whether this contract gets signed in 10 days or 10 years.”

Whenever a Joshua-Povetkin deal materializes, their fight would be broadcast as a pay-per-view main event by Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom and by DAZN in the United States. Each of Joshua’s past six fights have been televised live in the U.S. by Showtime.

 

LaRon Mitchell/Rodney Hernandez on 30th June

 

Because of poor ticket sales, the contest between Pascal/Boose has been postponed until July 20.

 

Cassius Chaney will fight Elder Hernandez in his 2 fight for John Deguardia's Star Boxing on June 30th

 

Joshua confirms that Wilder will be his next opponent:https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/b...boxing-new-Deontay-Wilder-son-press-ups-video

 

Jennings-Dimitrenko and Hart-Gavronski will be televised LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10 p.m. ET, and all undercard bouts will be streamed on ESPN+ beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

“Dimitrenko is a big, competitive fighter,” Jennings said. “I worked very hard to gain my position in the heavyweight division. Every fight for me is a risk. While I’m confident in myself, I don’t take any opponent lightly. Boxing fans can expect me to bring my best.”

“I am looking forward to this fight, as this is an opportunity to advance in the heavyweight division,” Dimitrenko said. “I love to train and push myself to the limit. I want to be great. I've never had so much fun in boxing. The fight against Jennings comes at just the right time, and I will take advantage of this opportunity.”