Artur Beterbiev: record, next fight and profile →
Veteran trainer Virgil Hunter, who guided Andre Ward to unified title runs at super middleweight and light heavyweight, does not see a single fighter in either division that has a concrete shot of beating Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
WBC and IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev of Russia is expecting the contract for his fight with WBO beltholder Joe Smith to be signed in the coming days.
Callum Johnson says that he hopes to leapfrog domestic rivals Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde in the queue to get a shot at WBO light-heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr before them.
Eddy Reynoso, trainer and manager of Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, says his team will do everything possible to finalize a fight with IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant.
Canelo Alvarez is apparently dying to face the current kingpin of the light heavyweight division, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn. “Artur Beterbiev is a fight that Canelo ‘sickly’ wants,” Eddie Hearn said on The DAZN Boxing Show, referring to the feared IBF and WBC 175-pound champion. “He’s sort of talked about that fight. He knows how hard Artur Beterbiev punches”
Former WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs), currently a highly ranked light heavyweight contender, will have a lot on the line July 9th against world light heavyweight title challenger Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs), including world title fight implications and, ultimately, his boxing legacy,
Eddie Hearn, who works with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, is not ruling out the possibility of the Mexican superstar making a future return to the light heavyweight division.
WBC, IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has no problem with Floyd Mayweather, 44-year-old, returning to the ring for a boxing match with 26-year-old Youtube star Logan Paul.
Light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne has been relatively quiet for the past two years, but his longtime trainer, Gary Stark Sr., is hoping his charge can change that trend by ending the year with a statement performance – against, no less, the feared, two-belt Russian champion of the division, Artur Beterbiev
WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith is keen to face unified world champion Artur Beterbiev next and believes he has all the tools to beat him. Smith claimed a maiden world title on his second attempt, edging Maxim Vlasov by majority decision on April 10 after a frantic battle in Oklahoma.