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Jermell Charlo doesn’t believe the apparent size disparity between him and Canelo Alvarez is as significant a factor as pundits and fans are making it out to be.
One thing Chris Eubank Jr. knows for certain is that nobody can accuse him of being a quitter. That is one way the cocky British middleweight has been able to rationalize his disastrous fourth-round knockout loss to Liam Smith earlier this year at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Mikaela Mayer thinks Alycia Baumgardner could learn a thing or two about crisis PR management. It was announced last month that Baumgardner, the undisputed junior lightweight champion, had tested positive for two banned performance-enhancing drugs in the lead-up to her July 15 bout against Christina Linardatou. Baumgardner has
Promoter Eddie Hearn is confident that he can land a major fight for his embattled charge, Conor Benn. Specifically, the head of Matchroom Boxing believes that former welterweight titlist Kell Brook, who retired last year, is a prime candidate to fight Benn, whose two positive tests for a banned substance last year have scandalized British boxing.
Trainer Brian McIntyre doesn’t buy the notion that Errol Spence Jr. lost to Terence Crawford because of his weight cut. But if Spence was in fact truly diminished from the weight that he needed to drop to make the 147-pound limit, McIntyre says the blame should be directed at his own trainer, Derrick James.
Alycia Baumgardner’s positive drug test affects more than just the fighter herself, according to her rival, Mikaela Mayer. What irks Mayer the most is that other fighters will have to live with the public’s suspicions that “everyone is on that stuff.”
Oleksandr Usyk was all too amused by the storylines leading into his fight against Daniel Dubois. Among them, one centered on the fact that Dubois’s trainer was none other than James Ali Bashir, who used to train Usyk for about three years in the professional ranks. Pre-fight narratives dictated that Bashir would reveal weaknesses in Usyk that Dubois could then take advantage of.
Oscar De La Hoya has suggested that Ryan Garcia’s next fight could be for a 140-pound title. Garcia, of Victorville, Calif, is coming off a seventh-round knockout loss to Gervonta Davis in their high-profile 136-pound fight in April at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. That fight marked the end of Garcia’s stint at lightweight.
Frank Warren hopes Daniel Dubois will use his controversial loss to Oleksandr Usyk as a springboard to improve his mental fortitude on the world title stage.
Jermell Charlo admits he doesn’t often feel like he belongs to a matching set these days. Early on in his career, the undisputed 154-pound champion from Houston, Texas, was virtually wedded to the hip of his twin brother, Jermall, the current WBC middleweight titlist who is older by a minute, as they promulgated their “Lions Only” ethos.