UK Boxing
President WBO Gustavo Olivieri presses Ali Act’s behavior
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11 months agoon
Via Lance Pugmire / Boxingscene.com
In a preventive strike addressed to anyone who plans to improve the Muhammad Ali Act, the president of the World Boxing Organization Olivieri separated the statement this week, supporting federal boxers protecting rights.
“It is legislation that remains the cornerstone in the protection of boxers against conflicts of interest, unfair contracts and unstable practices,” Olivieri eager. “It promotes ethical standards, independent rankings and securing the rights of fighters at a time when the renovated calls to weakening or repealing the act must be vigilant.
“WBO strongly supports the behavior and strengthening of this critical law for the integrity of sport and the protection of those who compete in it.”
Do not make a mistake that this attitude is directly reacted to the specific plans of the newly proposed TKO boxing promotion, which will sign warriors and stage fights in conventional weight classes, with the intention of granting their own belts, because TKO Head and the general director of UFC, Dana White, for years in its mixed martial arts organization.
Although the strength of the TKO Association with the Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Alabia boxing association is less sure than before this month after the decision to separate the promotion of the planned superfight from the four masters of four champions Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terenka Crawford, White met with the association Mazzulli. Granting belts.
“The problem is no belt.
“There is no independence. It is an absolute control of the entire structure. This is not good. There should be an equal balance. Therefore, in our republic there is a balance of power – executive, legislative and judicial power. The purpose of separating power is that no one will replace the others and there will be no power.
In the social media post from the Battle Sports lawyer, it is warned that promoters acting as managers and studied are “the main conflict of interests”, reminding that Ali Act protects them from “long -term contracts that you cannot escape” and “hidden financial agreements that rob your just cuts.”
Olivieri said he was “absolutely concerned” that the TKO model would begin to water the Ali Act.
And while the White and former chairman of the UFC, Lorenzo Fertitta, adopted the principle of “running for regulation”, while obtaining the approval of MMA from state committees throughout the country in the years of formative organizations, close to White’s friendship with President Donald Trump probably authorizes him to implement any adaptations that he may have been working since 2000.
White and UFC spokeswoman did not immediately answer questions about the position of TKO about the Ali Act.
“The act serves the purpose. That is why it was adopted – to protect warriors,” said Olivieri. “At the negotiating table, the fighters are in an undesirable situation. They do not have a lever in most situations. Act – although it is not perfect – if it is properly and consistently enforced, the fighters have some protection. You prefer to have operation on site and you do not need it than not need and need it.”
After the takeover of Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel in December, Olivieri will cope with the situation with warriors as part of the creation of his novel program “WBO Conding Back”, which begins an educational conference in June.
“Ali’s Act is part of this. This is crucial and should be defended and supported. Fighters should know their rights, from a rating perspective, in the scope of financial disclosures and all other provisions that lend a hand them to avoid using contracts – all pockets that include the act,” said Olivieri.
“We will also deal with financial knowledge, legal advice, investments, acquisition of the first number of people, knowledge of minimum contractual guidelines-critical financial information, about which the fighter should be aware of. Thanks to our novel WBO program at least will provide warriors with some tips through seminars, publications, educational social media, films and tutiorski.”
WBO also has a selfish interest in this position-until it still exists as one of the four main organizations of separate ratings authorized to grant lanes and charging fees for sanctions.
“There should be an independent assessment system,” said Olivieri. “The current structure is not perfect, but it is proper, and if consistently enforced, we should not have a problem. The assessment structure is not perfect, sanctioning bodies are not perfect, but if we act with transparency and honesty, we should not have a problem.”
Olivieri said that there may be a way to solve it all through restructured Ali laws, if the changes improve the position of fighters.
“I have no objection to sitting and reviewing the rules that can be improved from the perspective of fighters,” said Olivieri. “I know we’re here for fighters.”
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Conah Walker returns to the ring next weekend and will face Sam Eggington.
The winner of the Walker vs. Eggington fight may have a chance to win the welterweight world title.
Since the defeat in 2024, “Wolf” has been in excellent form, boasting an impressive series of four victories in the season, the last three of which ended by knockout.
The last defeat in the career of the Wolverhampton fighter came at the hands of the current IBF world champion Lewis Crocker.
He overcame “The Croc” the distance and, in many people’s eyes, was unlucky not to receive recognition on the judges’ scorecards, which showed a unanimous victory for the Irishman.
He returned just two months after this defeat and in Birmingham he faced Lewis Ritson, whom he defeated over the distance.
Walker was the underdog against Harry Scarff in Nottingham and lost most, if not all, of the rounds until the 11th round before landing a series of punches in the penultimate round that forced the referee to stop the fight.
In his last fight, “The Wolf” was once again the clear underdog, beating Olympic silver medalist Pat McCormack in Monaco.
Walker performed well throughout the fight, but fell on two judges’ scorecards before the final round.

The Wolverhampton player took the ball out of the bag and scored a dramatic goal in the last round.
He will face Sam Eggington, a tough opponent also from the West Midlands.
Eggington’s last defeat was to former world champion Abass Baraou, who defeated him by majority vote.

Since then, he has had wins over Alan Velazquez and Lee Cutler.
“The Savage” was injured in his last fight against Cutler and the injury forced the referee to stop the fight early, so he is hopeful that the fight will not be restarted against Walker.
Walker vs Eggington – date, place, start time and ring walks
- The fight between both fighters will take place on Saturday, May 2, live at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton
- Broadcast will start at 7pm BST/
- The main event will start around 10pm BST

Walker vs. Eggington – how to watch
- The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN
Walker vs. Eggington – last three fights
Conah Walker
- Conah Walker vs. Pat McCormack – KO in the 12th round
- Conah Walker vs. Liam Taylor – KO in the 7th round
- Conah Walker vs. Harry Scarff – 11th KO

Sam Eggington
- Sam Eggington bt Lee Cutler – technical decision, 9th round
- Sam Eggington bt Alan Sebastian Velazquez – unanimous decision
- Sam Eggington lt Abass Baraou – majority decision
Walker vs. Eggington – Undercard
- Conah Walker (17-3-1) vs. Sam Eggington (36-9) – welterweight (12 rounds)
- Bilal Fawaz (11-1-1) vs. Ryan Kelly (20-6-1) – super welterweight (12 rounds)

- Kieron Conway (23-4-1) vs. Mark Jeffers (20-2) – middleweight (10 rounds)
- Shannon Ryan (10-1) vs Nicola Hopewell (8-1) – super flyweight (10 x 2 rounds)
- Tiah Mai Ayton (5-0) vs Stevi Levy (15-4) – (8 x 2 rounds)
- Junaid Bostan (10-1-1) vs. Mohammed Graich (12-4-1) – super welterweight (8 rounds)

- Louie Ward (1-0) vs. Jesus Carrasco (2-3-2) – (4 rounds)
- Harley Burrows (debut) vs. Lewis Howells (3-7) – (4 rounds)
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Tyson Fury’s immediate reaction to the fight with Anthony Joshua after signing the contract
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5 hours agoon
April 27, 2026
Tyson Fury was apparently left speechless when he finally reacted to Anthony Joshua agreeing on the terms of meeting him in the ring. Joshua has signed a multi-fight deal to make his comeback, starting with a fight against little-known Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on July 25.
If Joshua escapes unscathed, he will face Fury in November, most likely at Wembley, and the fight will be streamed on Netflix. After the announcement, Fury took to social media, posting only an eye emoji in response. The 37-year-old is currently recovering from his own fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov two weeks ago, which Fury won on points.
After the fight, the former Olympic champion urged Joshua to join him in the Tottenham ring, but his rival refused. Fury claimed he had already signed a contract to fight Joshua, with whom he had been on a collision course for a decade.
However, Joshua has yet to do the same, and his rival has made it clear that if the fight falls through, he will retire from the sport for good.
“If it’s not Anthony Joshua next time, I’m not interested in boxing,” Fury insisted. “I’ll eat a thousand Easter eggs, get to 35 stone and leave, I’m not interested. It’s either him or I’m gone again. Right now I’m only interested in AJ. It’s the most significant fight for British boxing; either it happens or it doesn’t.
“He was brought to the ring for a reason, to enter the ring, confront and end the fight,” he added. “He was very evasive and didn’t give any definitive answers.
“I know one thing, he didn’t say yes.” In my opinion, he didn’t want to smoke. He didn’t look like he wanted it, he was just shocked and didn’t know what to say.
“He came to the ring to fight. If it were me, I would jump into that ring and face him. Ten years of preparation and yet, after all this time, there is still no certainty that this fight will be next.”
“I don’t want to set any deadlines. Either he wants to do it or he doesn’t. It’s now or never.”
However, Joshua has now put pen to paper, stating: “It’s no secret that I’ve taken some time to consolidate and rebuild to be ready to get back into the ring, and today is the next step in that journey. I’m delighted to have agreed a multi-fight contract starting on July 25 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
“I’m looking forward to competing and picking up where I left off. Like I said, the landlord will collect rent, that’s for sure.”
UK Boxing
Anthony Joshua’s next opponent, Prenga – everything you need to know
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9 hours agoon
April 27, 2026
The long-awaited return of Anthony Joshua to the ring has been announced and he is to face Albanian Kristian Prenga.
Joshua, by some distance, marks Prenga’s biggest fight to date.
The fight will take place on July 25 live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Prenga has a perfect knockout record with his 20 wins, stopping every single one of them.
At 35 years senior, he is a solemn test for Joshua fight for a comeback. The Albanian is 180 cm lofty, so he will be a slightly shorter man in the evening.
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Prenga turned professional in 2016 against Paweł Siska and stated that he would continue to emulate him many times, stopping his fighter in the second round.
He has an incredible 18 stoppages that occurred before the start of the fifth round.
Prenga last saw action just two months ago when he stopped Joe Jones in the first round of their fight in Atlantic City.
The only defeat in the Albanian’s history came in just his fifth professional competition, when he was beaten by Giovanni Auriemma on the scorecards.
Interestingly, Prenga had no amateur boxing experience and instead started out as a kickboxer.
Prenga was a two-time European kickboxing champion before moving on to the sport of boxing.
The Albanian, who lives in Edgewater, Fresh Jersey, will see July 25 as an opportunity that will define his career. He spoke to Ring magazine and sent a stern warning to “AJ.”

“I know they overlook me.
“I’m joyful about it. I will thwart their plans and shock the world in July in Saudi Arabia.”
When Prenga discusses the derailment of plans, it has to do with the breaking news that Anthony Joshua has signed a fight contract Tyson Fury later a year after their fight in the summer.
Fury and Joshua have been on a collision course in terms of fighting each other for over a decade, and now that the fight has been signed, the boxing fraternity can look forward to one of, if not the biggest fights in the sport.
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BREAKING: Anthony Joshua and Kristian Prenga will fight on July 25 in Saudi Arabia. 