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It was music to Shawn Porter’s ears. The recent news that the WBO sanctioning organization had ordered a welterweight title fight between WBO champion Terence Crawford and Porter, a former titleholder and top contender, had the boxing world buzzing with delight.
Rolando Romero appears to be as ambitious as he is brash. The hard-hitting, cocksure lightweight contender from Las Vegas has big plans for himself, and first on his agenda is to stymie the hype behind divisional rivals Devin Haney, the 135-pound WBC titleholder, and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, who recently picked up the WBA “regular” belt at 140.
Jamel Herring is just biding his time. The WBO junior lightweight titleholder has been reported to be in serious negotiations to face fellow Top Rank stablemate and former 126-pound titleholder Shakur Stevenson later on this year.
Malik Scott, the head trainer of former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder, may not give credence to every rumor that comes out of the Tyson Fury camp, but he is confident that the one concerning Fury getting “touched up” and knocked down during sparring is more valid than not.
Mikey Garcia is hunting for big game in and around the 140-pound class, but do not expect Josh Taylor, the division’s unified champion, to pop up on his list of potential targets anytime soon. Chalk it up to boxing politics.
Lou DiBella has only so much sympathy for Teofimo Lopez. The IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion and his team have recently balked at the idea of going to Australia to take on DiBella’s client and IBF mandatory,
David Benavidez thinks Caleb Plant’s tendency to fade late in fights and his lack of power will cost him in a potential fight against boxing kingpin Canelo Alvarez. Plant and Alvarez are reportedly in the preliminary stages of hashing out a deal to fight in September, which would be for all four belts in the super middleweight division. Alvarez owns the WBC, WBO, and WBA titles, while Plant owns the IBF version.
Amir Khan clearly has no qualms about acknowledging the bold challenges of boxing’s up-and-coming generation of hungry fighters. Indeed, Khan, a former 140-pound titleholder, recently had nothing but praise for British compatriot Conor Benn, the 24-year-old welterweight prospect
Longtime 126-pound titleholder Gary Russell Jr. is not sure what more he can do to get Gervonta Davis to fight him. After all, the two share the same manager (Al Haymon), appear on the same network (Showtime), were both raised in the DMV area (Russell in D.C., Davis in Baltimore), and fight in and around the same weight class. It does not not hurt either that both have traded words over the past couple of years.
Eddie Hearn does not have much faith in the pay-per-view model as it is currently implemented in the United States. The British promoter thinks the current market is flooded with pay-per-view boxing events, exhibition or otherwise. Add in the exorbitant price tags, Hearn believes the product has been significantly diminished.