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IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez is hoping to land very big fights in 2021. Lopez had a breakout year in 2020 - after winning a twelve round unanimous decision over one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Robeisy Ramirez (6-1, 4 KOs) made a leap of quality and quantity in 2020. In 2021, he wants to continue his quick push forward to a world title at the featherweight limit of 126-pounds. His head trainer, Ismael Salas, believes the boxer will be ready for a world title shot after two more fights.
WBA interim-super middleweight champion David "King'' Morrell Jr. is looking for much bigger things in 2021 after capturing his first career title last year. With only four pro fights with three knockouts on his record, Morrell is fast-tracking his career to a full championship.
Rances Barthelemy hopes to throw his first shots of 2021 on January 30. This clash would be an intermediate step before a fight for a World Boxing Association belt at 140 pounds against Alberto Puello. This clash with Puello fell out on a couple of occasions, first due to the impact of the coronavirus and then due to visa problems for the Dominican champion, who in December won a voluntary fight and is now waiting for the Cuban boxer to get a win on the undercard to Caleb Plant's defense of the IBF super middleweight title against Caleb Truax.
Discipline, strong training and a lot of perseverance intertwine to accommodate the successful career of Ecuadorian boxer Carlos Gongora, 31-years-old, who in December was crowned the super middleweight champion of the International Boxing Organization (IBO).
Three months have passed since former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga left a rehabilitation center in Nicaragua. He spent a month and a half in the facility to overcome his battle with alcohol and drug addictions.
Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez made good on his promise to return to the sport in 2020. At 45-years-old, Martinez wants to continue marching forward until he accomplishes his goal of a showdown with WBA "regular" middleweight champion Ryota Murata of Japan.
WBA "regular" super featherweight champion Rene Alvarado climbs into the ring this coming January 2nd in Dallas as part of Luke Campbell's long-awaited fight against Ryan Garcia for the WBC interim-lightweight title.
David Morell Jr. thought he wasn't going to fight again until next year. But for several weeks he had been warned to be ready by December 26. Just after Christmas Day, the Cuban will return to the ring in Los Angeles in a Premier Boxing Champions main event on FOX.
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux fought only one time in 2020, but he's remaining patient and looking forward to bigger things in 2021. One potential clash is a showdown with WBO bantamweight champion Johnriel Casimero, on a possible date sometime between March and April.