Despite the seismic revelation this week that Dubai police arrested Daniel Kinahan, a boxing kingpin for years, on April 15, and the subsequent fallout as the secret details were made public, and investigative journalists like Boxing Social editor Alan Dawson looked back at sources alleging Kinahan and those in his network bullied their way to the top of boxing, there remain other significant headlines.
Like what Boxing Social sources are saying about Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury, Dana White’s comments on one-fight boxing novice Conor McGregor’s return to combat sport, and the latest news on Agit Kabayel.
Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury Could be Announced Soon
The maneuvering for this scrap preceded news of Kinahan’s arrest. The alleged leader of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group (KOCG) was a prior advisor to Fury, whom Tyson praised in a 2020 video, saying the fight could not be made without him. The fight back then, of course, never materialized.
However, this time may well be different.
Ringside for Fury’s lopsided decision win over Arslanbek Makhmudov atop a Netflix card in London, the British heavyweight appeared unfazed at Tyson’s insistence that he answer his call-out, if not face-off with him in the ring.
Well, Joshua may feel differently about the fight considering a possibly substantial offer heading his way. One source said the fight could be announced imminently.
Even Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, said they were likely signing a two-fight deal put to them by the sport’s financier Turki Alalshikh, with a November bout — the second of the two fights — to be against Fury.
The only question that remains is whether Deontay Wilder is the first.
Conor McGregor’s Comeback ‘Looking Good’
Also this week, we covered how Conor McGregor was preparing for “this summer’s showdown”.
UFC boss White appears to have confirmed it Saturday, following a Fight Night-branded event April 18 in Canada.
“It’s looking good,” he said.
Agit Kabayel Latest News
And finally, one of the world’s best heavyweights on form, activity, and resume today, rather than yesteryear, is Agit Kabayel, and the fighter will not make any decision on who he is fighting next until he watches Oleksandr Usyk’s defense of his unified crown against the kickboxing icon Rico Verhoeven.
“The plan is now to wait for Usyk-Verhoeven,” he told Ring Magazine. “I’m just waiting for the situation to sort itself out — Usyk will fight me or vacate the title.”
He said he has a “small plan” to fight in September or October, regardless, but his greatest ambition right now is to compete in a “major fight night” like the Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov show he traveled to in support of his friend, Tyson.
