Don King Promotions and Titov Promotions have agreed to terms for the mandatory title defense of WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu and silver champion/mandatory contender Thabiso Mchunu. This all-Africa battle will be staged in a site and date to be announced shortly
WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire will fight interim champion Reymart Gaballo to determine the sole WBC bantamweight champion as an agreement has been reached.
Gary Russell Jr. will make one of his mandatory defenses due against Mark Magsayo.
Makabu has already fought and beat that guy.
They named Rey Vargas Russell’s mandatory a while ago, I wonder if he declined the fight. That’s a good fight, Russell runs right over Magsayo.
Rey has been out of the ring over 2 years now. Think he got hurt a few times and maybe caught COVID. He probably shouldn’t go right into a title fight with Russell after this much time away
Yeah, maybe he asked for an interim fight. That’s possible. I look him up and all of his pictures are of him in the gym training. Russell himself is actually coming up on 2 years out.
“Don King Promotions….”
– Still quasi-active after 50+ years.
Makabu and Mchunu fought before in a very exciting fight, and ending. Don’t recon they still have the same energy as they had back in 2015 though. Well matched fight.
Boy, Gary Russell may actually break a record and be the longest reigning champion of all time. How? When a person only fights once a year or two, you are holding onto your title(s) forever… Cherry-picking the rules and regulations to take your old-sweet time!
Dude Is straight up holding the belt hostage. Like Not so Superman Stevenson did.