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The heavyweight game has undergone a mini renaissance in recent years, and Agit Kabayel is raring to be a part of it. The undefeated Turkish-German fighter took a small step toward that goal by decisioning Greece’s Evgenios Lazaridis over 10 rounds in the main event from Seebühne Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany (ESPN+).
Artur Henrik’s professional debut was a successful one. The Bremen-based Henrik, a former amateur standout in Germany, picked apart Nicaraguan journeyman Miguel Aguilar over four rounds in a middleweight bout on the undercard of the Agit Kabayel-Evgenios Lazaridis main event from Seebühne Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany (ESPN+).
Heavyweight prospect Peter Kadiru remains undefeated. The 23-year-old Hamburg-based boxer improved to 8-0 (4 KOs) with a third-round technical stoppage over Eugen Buchmueller on the Agit Kabayel-Evgenios Lazaridis main event from Seebühne Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany (ESPN+).
In a six-round heavyweight opener, Kenya’s Collins Ojal decisioned the Czech Republic’s Georgij Fibich on the Agit Kabayel-Evgenios Lazaridis main event from Seebühne Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany (ESPN+).
Finding an opponent for Canelo Alvarez these days resembles politicians trying to pass a bill in Congress: it’s a slow, excruciating, and divisive process. What seemed like a promising list of fighters for Alvarez’s fall return, including top talents Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Billy Joe Saunders, has now dwindled down to the lowly crop of John Ryder, David Lemieux, and in the latest development…Jason Quigley, who, it should be noted, was pummeled and stopped by Tureano Johnson last year.
If Oscar De La Hoya ever decides to make a full-fledged ring return, he’ll make sure that his corner includes a familiar face: his former trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr. “The only person that comes to mind [to train me], the only person that I would ask humbly is Floyd Mayweather Sr.,” De La Hoya, the 47-year-old head Golden Boy Promotions, said on the recent SI Boxing Podcast.
Once-beaten Jason Quigley believes that there is a 'high possibility' of him landing the showdown with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in September. Quigley is among the names being considered to face Canelo in the coming months. British super middleweight John Ryder is viewed as the favorite to land the spot.
Terence Crawford may want to rethink his hardline position on pandemic-era purses, according to a certain observer. The welterweight titleholder caused a stir last month for saying he would rather sit out indefinitely than take a pay cut and fight as a result of Covid-19. The novel coronavirus has just about crippled every facet of the global economy, forcing record layoffs and depressed wages.
While professional boxing in the United States is slowly getting back on its feet, it could be out for the count up in the north. Quebec government officials are currently mulling a proposal that would potentially put a halt to all boxing events in the Canadian province for the foreseeable future, that is, until a vaccine for Covid-19 turns up.
Demetrius Andrade is not about to let a global pandemic come between him and his money. But if push comes to shove, the middleweight titleholder has a simple plan for mitigating the disastrous effects wrought by Covid-19.