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The heads of Golden Boy are optimistic about making fights with rival entities so long as the fighters from both sides truly want to do so, no matter the public reluctance of a certain prominent figure.
For a while, in 2019, it seemed as though Showtime Boxing was on the ropes. HBO, the longtime broadcasting leader in boxing, had just thrown in the towel, and for many observers, Showtime was one mishap away from having smelling salts foisted in its face.
So long as he has a choice, Canelo Alvarez seems to have every intention of giving the cold shoulder to the idea of facing his bete noire Gennadiy Golovkin in a third fight. Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) was recently asked, point blank, during an interview on The DAZN Boxing Show if he would rather face the IBF middleweight champion Golovkin or the WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo.
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”
Promoter Eddie Hearn thinks that the Juan Macias Montiel fight should be a wake up call for Jermall Charlo. The Houston-based WBC middleweight champion was last seen in the ring a few weeks ago recording a wide unanimous decision over Montiel, a Mexican journeyman. It was a more competitive fight, however, than the scorecards indicated. Montiel kept coming forward all night and, on several occasions, landed some eye-catching combinations. Indeed, Charlo was nursing a fairly swollen right eye after the fight.
Gilberto Ramirez is apparently trying to make up for lost time. The former 168-titleholder and current light heavyweight Mexican contender has seen his career go by the wayside in recent years due to promotional issues–he fought only twice in the past two years–but he has seemingly found his footing after signing with Golden Boy Promotions earlier this spring.
Roy Jones Jr. doesn’t understand why certain people accuse him of “hating on” welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. In the past, the Hall of Fame boxer has criticized Spence, who holds the IBF and WBC welterweight belts, for not pushing harder for a showdown against WBO titleholder and rival Terence Crawford. But that does not stem from any personal bias against Spence, says Jones, who only wants to see the so-called best prove their case inside the ring.
Chris Eubank Jr. may not necessarily have the skillset to keep up with the likes of Gennadiy Golovkin or Canelo Alvarez, but according to his trainer, Roy Jones Jr., it is his natural explosiveness that makes him a bonafide threat to upset any of the top names between 160 and 168 pounds.
They are all coming out of the woodwork, now. The recent glut of exhibition matches in boxing has apparently enticed one more bold-faced name from yesteryear to squeeze his portly frame through the ropes of the squared circle: former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe.
Highly regarded Russian heavyweight prospect Arslanbek Makhmudov will return to the ring on July 23 in a headliner against Pavel Sour of the Czech Republic at the Hotel Holiday Inn in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Makhmudov’s co-promoter Eye of the Tiger Management announced Tuesday.