Cleverly is most likely. They were negotiating for ages, Cleverly wasn't happy with his purse for a while, but he finally signed it last week. However, in the meantime Bivol vs Cleverly was ordered so they have to negotiate a step-aside fee before it's official.
This deserves a little bit of notice actually, Pablo Sosa KO'ed Anthony Yarde's best opponent so far (Baranyi), decent opponent for Buatsi's 2nd fight. Also he's fairly tough and should be able to last a while at least.
They are in negotiations with Bivol but aren't too interested,according to Bivol's manager Vlad Kornilov.
I have seen two out of three Beterbiev/Kovalev fights and from what I have seen Kovalev won both. I saw one where Kovalev won the decision and one where Beterbiev won a close decision and I can say that Beterbiev was losing because of Kovalev's superior work rate and because of Kovalev's superior speed. I know Beterbiev lost 3 fight, so I can't imagine any different showing from Beterbiev in the third fight.
Interview with Bivol's manager: "We decided to approve the Cleverley-Jack clash on August 26, in which Cleverly will defend his WBA title, as it does not affect our plans for the next fight of Dmitry Bivol, which is scheduled for early November," Kornilov said. - All interested parties agreed to mutually beneficial terms. The WBA issued the necessary resolution, thereby supporting our plans. Already in November, Dmitry Bivol's fight for the regular WBA title at one of the US premium channels is planned. Opponent will be announced within a month "
Meet the boxers who will compete in this year's Amateur World Championships in Hamburg, Germany: \http://d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net/2017/07/Boxers-World-Boxing-Championships-Hamburg-2017-FINAL.pdf.
Too bad Teymur Mamudov is injured and can't participate in this year's World Championships, he would of been one of the favourites for the light-heavyweight division. He missed European Championships as well. Here is Mamudov's partial amateur record:http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=15163.
7-0 Polish prospect Pawel Stepien scored a good win against 9-0 (now 9-1) Finish based Cuban prospect Dayron Lester the other day. I remember seeing Sillakh stop Lester in the amateurs and Stepien was stopped by Julio Cesar La Cruz in the WSB. La Cruz fought more aggressively than usual in that one and looked really impressive. This content is protected
Joshua Buatsi/Baptiste Castegnaro on 1 September. Castegnaro has only one ko loss by the hands of Zach Parker.