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WBC super featherweight champion Miguel "Alacrán" Berchelt was not concerned with money when he was presented with the opportunity to fight again. In his first bout since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Berchelt will return to the ring on Saturday night, in a stay-busy fight taking place at the TV Azteca studios, behind closed doors.
Alejandra "Tigre" Jiménez continues as the super middleweight world champion. Meanwhile, the World Boxing Council conducts an investigation procedure in connection with the report of the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA), which informed that agency that an "A-sample" collected on January 10, gave an adverse finding for banned steroid Stanozolol, which is strictly prohibited under the WBC's Clean Boxing Program.
The unpleasant news broke on Saturday night, that WBO super bantamweight world champion Jessie Magdaleno (25-0, 18 KOs) will no longer be featured next month on ESPN. The boxer suffered a hand injury in training camp, and that has forced him to withdraw from a scheduled mandatory title defense against Cesar Juarez (20-5, 15 KOs) of Mexico.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) is planning to return to the ring on a date in October, at super middleweight, and the opponent he's targeting is Martin Murray of the UK.
According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, United States President Donald Trump refused to attend last May's fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Amir Khan - which headlined the first ever boxing event at the newly constructed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
WBO junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) has returned to the gym and using his right hand for the first time since suffering an injury in the September knockout victory over undefeated Liam Smith.
The recovery of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has exceeded the most optimistic estimates, according to the fighter's trainer Eddy Reynoso. Canelo (48-1-1, 34KOs) injured his right hand last month during his ninth round knockout of Liam Smith to capture the WBO junior middleweight title.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBO, WBO, WBA and WBC middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), says his fighter will eventually move up in weight to pursue more titles and bigger fights.
Trainer Abel Sanchez is expecting a very tough fight when IBO/WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) defends his titles against Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs), the IBF's welterweight champion.
WBC super featherweight world champion Francisco "Bandido" Vargas (23-0-2, 17KOs) is open to the idea of having a rematch with Orlando "Siri" Salido, but feels that it's better saved for 2017 when both of them are given proper time to recover from the grueling fight.