The 175 pound division boasts Artur Beterbiev, the 16-0 WBC and IBF king who has won every fight by stoppage. Artur Beterbiev; GGG vs. Undefeated in over eight years, Canelo goes into this fight having successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring titles against Billy Joe Saunders, and won the WBO strap to top it off. The big-punching 24-year-old has scored impressive stoppages over Anthony Dirrell, J’Leon Love and Ronald Gavril while compiling a 24-0 record. While Lomachenko wants to fight undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez next, any delay of Lopez’s return from his COVID-19 positive - into, say, October - could move Lomachenko to take a stay-busy type of bout by year’s end. Shortly after the fight, Yildirim tested positive for two performance-enhancing drugs. Guys at the Yildirim (21-3, 12 KO) level get high rankings all the time. That’s about as high as he can hope. They just want to be like, ‘I’m the face of the show’ but that’s not how boxing works. He has already started training at Las Vegas' City Boxing Club with hopes of getting a contract done soon and accomplishing his longtime goal of becoming the first undisputed super middleweight champion in boxing history.
Although the Parker fight was Junior Fa’s first chance at a real breakout as a pro, he’s 31 years old and it’s a big setback for any hopes he had of being a top contender. The first round of their super middleweight title unification fight November 6 will be especially tricky, according to Alvarez. The fight will take place during the early hours of Sunday 6th November 2021 in the UK due to the bout taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, USA. Despite the fight taking place across the pond, plenty of UK fight fans are taking a solid interest in this bout with the Mexican’s reputation on the line once more. This is susceptible to change depending on how long the fights on the undercard last - which could mean that the fight could take place much earlier. He’s tough and has some skills; he’s someone where I think if he’d gotten the prospect treatment going pro, he might have been in a world title fight by now.
If you have a Fire TV Stick or any Fire TV device, then you are almost equipped to stream Canelo Alvarez vs. Listen, I don’t think Joseph Parker lit anyone’s world on fire with his win in Auckland over Junior Fa. I don’t know. Maybe a rematch with Anthony Dirrell, who struggled to a draw with Kyrone Davis on Saturday? Their first 2017 match resulted in a split draw before Canelo won the 2018 rematch. And considering Alvarez got paid about $40 million for this bout, he’ll likely want something that’s going to draw box office as well. Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol holds the WBA championship, as well as high-quality wins over Jean Pascal and Joe Smith Jr. The latter fighter is now the WBO titleholder, and is perhaps the most winnable fight should ‘Canelo’ move up. A record of 17-2-1 might not be anything to get terribly excited about, but Richards acquitted himself well in a unanimous decision loss to Bivol at Manchester Arena last year. That said, he put on a beating on Truax to end up on the winning vertical via a unanimous decision. And that year we saw him struggle with Carlos Takam, whose tactical choices may have cost him that fight more than anything, and edge a majority decision over Andy Ruiz Jr to win the vacant WBO belt, a fight that probably would have gone Ruiz’s way had the fight been in the United States.
McWilliams Arroyo will have the obvious target of Julio Cesar Martinez, who pulled out of their fight Thursday. Instead there will be more conquests, more historic battles and undoubtedly more world titles to come. A lot more people noticed this than normal. I got a lot of love for Caleb. Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant: Welcome! Canelo v Plant: What has been said? He is a second- or third-tier super middleweight who had no actual business in the ring with Canelo Alvarez. Jake Paul took to social media to reveal who he's planning to be his next opponent on the ring while teasing both Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Tommy Fury. Would be great to see a “Super Six” style round-robin with these guys while the top guys are tied up. While he could retire tomorrow, comfortable in the knowledge he would be considered an all-time great, at 31 this is unlikely.