Four hours away from Canelo-GGG 2. Super empty in here but it’ll be a rowdy jungle in a few short hours. Besides, when boxing’s P4P king and biggest attraction fights four times in 11 months, most would agree he’s entitled to a soft touch in there. Boxing’s Pound for Pound king Canelo Alvarez already has two title bouts lined up for 2021 following an exceptional victory at the weekend in Texas. He won the IBF title with a unanimous decision victory over Jose Uzcategui. Working with Canelo Promotions on the victory over Callum Smith, Hearn firmly believes the 30-year-old will continue this partnership despite rumors to the contrary. Jaime Munguia: This is probably unlikely because Golden Boy Promotions badly need stars with Canelo off the roster, and while they have two obvious young guns in Ryan Garcia and Vergil Ortiz Jr, don’t discount the value Munguia (36-0, 29 KO) brings, either. I have never seen such a thing as a “primetime press conference,” but time zones!
“I delivered the message I had to at our press conference. “I’ve never been involved in anything like what happened at the first press conference between me and Caleb. For him, it’s going to be a challenge being in there for a fight of this magnitude for the first time. IBF middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin coming up in weight to challenge Canelo for a third time. Instead, Plant will be facing fellow former super middleweight titlist Anthony Dirrell on a date yet to be determined. Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant were close to a deal for Sept. When HBO got out of the boxing business shortly after, Canelo signed a record deal with DAZN, which didn’t really come close to its original plan, which was for 11 fights. Though their original plans fell apart at the last minute, the fight was back on the table - at least in theory - once Alvarez scrapped all plans to fight on Sept.
The fight was reported back in August, but now is officially on the books for November 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In their May 7 match, the bigger Bivol (20-0) dominated Alvarez and scored an unanimous decision win, 115-113 on all three scorecards at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to retain his World Boxing Association light-heavyweight 175-pounds belt. GGG may be slowing down, but Munguia seems tailor-made for us to maybe actually see something close to “the GGG of old.” Munguia is defensively leaky to say the least, a flawed fighter, and GGG probably wouldn’t play with his food, because Jaime can throw some real fire back, unlike Szeremeta. Don’t make your travel plans just yet, of course, because we’ve heard before that their deal was close, nearly finalized, imminent, etc. And these things can fall apart seemingly in the blink of an eye. In short, Canelo gave Plant a cut to his face when things turned sour and a brawl emerged. I can do various things in the ring.
Billy Joe Saunders: Saunders (30-0, 14 KO) has the WBO belt at 168, so he could fight GGG at that weight, or there’s still the belief that he can make 160 again if a fight is worth it, and Golovkin would be worth it. He most recently beat Billy Joe Saunders in May when the latter retired after eight rounds. Alvarez, who holds the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring titles, last fought in May when he defeated Billy Joe Saunders by referee technical decision to win the WBO belt. His 2017 bout with Golovkin ended in a draw and Canelo later beat him in a majority decision. Barthelemy (29-1-1, 14 KOs) hasn't boxed in a notable bout since a lackluster draw with Robert Easter Jr. in April 2019, a Showtime main event. It is not too early to discuss how you can reserve the opportunity to watch the event right from your convenient place.