Ukrainian boxer Denis Berinchik defeated Mexican Emanuel Navarrete in a fight for the vacant WBO lightweight world title (up to 61.235 kg).
Berinchik won the fight on points by a split decision, which took place in San Diego (USA).
At the same time, the IBF world title in this weight category is currently held by Vasyl Lomachenko, who defeated Australian boxer George Kambosos a week ago.
In May 2023, Lomachenko lost on points to Devin Gainey in a close fight for all four key titles in professional boxing (WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO). After that fight, the American decided to move up to a higher weight category, and the titles in this weight became vacant.
Berinchyk was a member of the Ukrainian boxing team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a silver medal in the 64 kg weight class, Lomachenko won gold in the 60 kg weight class, and Oleksandr Usyk won gold in the 91 kg weight class.
The fight for the title of absolute world champion between British Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, which took place on Sunday night in Riyadh, ended in victory for the Ukrainian boxer.
Usyk defeated Fury by split decision (115-112, 114-113 and 113-114).
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko congratulated Usyk on his victory.
This is the first-ever fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion in the era of four belts. Usyk defended the WBA, WBO, and IBF championship belts and tried to take away the WBC title that belonged to Fury.
Usyk started the fight more actively. Fury allowed the Ukrainian to strike at him, although he missed a left to the temple in the end.
During the first half of the fight, the boxers did not change their roles: Usyk threw more punches and pinned Fury near the corner. The Briton tried to counterattack, in particular with uppercuts. It was only in the sixth round that Fury looked more noticeable than Usyk and landed several strong blows on the Ukrainian.
The seventh round was the most active in the Usyk-Fury fight. First, there was another uppercut from Fury. And closer to the end, Usyk landed a series of powerful punches on the Briton.
In the eighth round, Usyk was able to punch Fury right in the nose, after which the Briton began to bleed. In the ninth, the Briton was knocked down.
Usyk continued to dominate Fury in the next two rounds. Only in the 11th round did the Briton manage to partially regain control of the fight.
The winner of the Usyk-Fury fight was to be determined by the judges’ notes: both boxers lasted all 12 rounds. The Ukrainian won by a split decision of the judges.
Tyson Fury reportedly demanded a rematch from the Ukrainian boxer in October. Oleksandr Usyk accepted the rematch.
Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko held a championship fight for the IBF lightweight world championship belt, during which he defeated Australian boxer George Kambosos, reports Suspilne. Sport” on Sunday, May 12.
The fight took place in the Australian city of Perth. It is emphasized that in the 11th round, Lomachenko defeated Cambosos ahead of schedule: first he knocked him down, and then another, after which the fight was over.
Lomachenko is a former lightweight world champion, as noted, the 36-year-old boxer had a second opportunity to regain the world title, which he lost in October 2020 when he lost to Teofimo Lopez (lost the WBA, WBC and WBO belts).
Lomachenko lost his first chance to win the championship belts in his last fight against Devin Gainey. The fight for the title of absolute world champion ended in defeat for the Ukrainian by a unanimous decision of the judges.
The general meeting of Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) participants supported the proposal to end the 2021/22 football championship, fixing the standings as of February 24, 2022.
According to a statement on the UPL website, this decision was made due to the fact that the championship cannot be completed as a result of the extension of martial law in Ukraine due to Russian military aggression.
As of February 24, 2022, after 18 rounds, Shakhtar ranked first with 47 points, Dynamo – second with 45 points, Dnipro-1 – third with 40 points, Zorya – fourth with 36 points, Vorskla is fifth with 33 points.
There will be no awards for winners. The corresponding decision was submitted for approval by the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association.
Also, the general meeting of the UPL participants created a working group that will work on the issues of the current activities of the league and the start of the next season.
World heavyweight boxing champion according to IBF, WBA Super, WBO, and IBO Oleksandr Usyk would like to become the owner of five belts and is not going to wait two or three years for this.
“And I don’t want to wait two or three years. It’s a lot to wait two or three years. I currently have four belts … the main belt is currently at Tyson Fury,” Usyk said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
The athlete noted that “I would very much like to have a unification fight”, but this is possible only after he has a rematch with Briton Anthony Joshua, and Fury will meet in the ring with Deontay Wilder, where the winner will be determined.
Usyk emphasized that there were no unification fights in the heavyweight category “for … about 30 years.”
According to Usyk, he does not follow his progress in the ratings and he does not care about this. “I’ve got it calmly. You know what makes me happy when my son goes to school and doesn’t cry. He doesn’t like going to school … and I say to him: “It is necessary, it’s cool to go to school.” It’s kind of cheating because I didn’t want to go to school either.”
Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk became the owner of the IBF, WBO, WBA Super, and IBO heavyweight championship belts (over 90,718 kg), having taken them away from Briton Anthony Joshua.
The Ukrainian won the fight, which took place at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, by unanimous decisions of all referees (117-112, 116-112, 115-113).
Dynamo defeated Ingulets with a score of 5: 0 at the NSC Olimpiysky stadium in Kyiv on Sunday, April 25, having received the championship title three rounds before the end of the season.
Zabarny and Besedin scored the first two goals against Ingulets. After the break, Tsyhankov scored two goals into the opponent’s goal. Popov scored the last fifth ball after a corner kick.
For the first time since 2016, Dynamo has won gold medals in the Ukrainian championship. Lucescu’s team has become unattainable for competitors in the table of the 23rd round of the Ukrainian Premier League.
