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Caleb Truax will be fighting in his native Minnesota for the second straight time on April 13, when he meets Peter Quillin in a non-title, 168-pound battle of 35-year-old former champions at the Minneapolis Armory (FS1, 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT).
WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wider made it clear that lineal champion Tyson Fury is exhibiting “nervous behavior” owing to recent shake-ups among the challenger’s corner men and the relocation of his training camp in advance of “The Bronze Bomber’s” pursuit of his eighth knockout in as many defenses on December 1 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. ET).
Conventional wisdom has 6-foot-9 lineal champion Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) -- dimensions aside --using similar chicanery to neutralize and dethrone the 6-foot-7 Bronze Bomber” Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist seeking an eighth straight knockout in as many WBC heavyweight title defenses against “The Gypsy King” thanks primarily to his lights-out right hand.
At his nadir, Tyson Fury had lost his desire to live. So debilitating were his depression and anxiety that the 6-foot-9 lineal heavyweight king cared little if anything for himself or his wife and children. “The Gypsy King” did not even feel validation in November 2015 from his career-defining unanimous decision over long-reigning Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs), a feat that ended 6-foot-6 “Dr. Steelhammer’s” dominance at 22-0 (15 KOs) and 11 ½ years and made Fury the IBF/WBA/WBO/IBO champion.
Lamont Peterson faced his most difficult opponent to date in unbeaten left-handed IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence on January 20, 2018 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York – four days before Peterson’s 34th birthday.
IBF champion Jose Uzecategui doesn’t mince words regarding his plans for unbeaten 168-pound mandatory challenger Caleb Plant when they clash on January 13 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on FOX (8 p.m. PT/ 5 p.m. PT).
Two-time champion Shawn Porter will make the initial defense of his WBC welterweight crown against 2008 Cuban Olympic bronze medal winner Yordenis Ugas on March 9 in Las Vegas as Premier Boxing Champions and FOX return (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.). In September, Porter (29-1-1, 17 KOs) earned WBA counterpart Keith Thurman’s injury-vacated crown by unanimous decision over Danny Garcia (34-2, 20 KOs), becoming a 147-pound world titlist for the second time by vanquishing the two-division champion at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Josesito Lopez called himself “the perfect opponent” for WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman following his unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Miguel Cruz in a FOX-televised main event at The Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, in April.
Two-division and WBO interim featherweight champion Carl Frampton could earn his fourth straight victory, third win of the year and second consecutive stoppage against unbeaten IBF 126-pound titleholder Josh Warrington on December 22 at the Manchester Arena in Machester, England, a feat “The Jackal” believes would make him the division’s No. 1 fighter.
When 28-year-old identical twin siblings Jermell and Jermall Charlo defend their 154- and 160-pound WBC and WBC interim crowns against Tony Harrison and southpaw Willie Monroe on December 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, it will be the first time the Houston, Texas-born tandem will have fought on the same card, back-to-back, since their history-making night in May 2016.