
De La Hoya on Crawford-Canelo: ‘If That Fight Ever Happens, I Have to Go with Crawford’
Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t think a Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford match-up is particularly far-fetched, at least from a competition standpoint.

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Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t think a Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford match-up is particularly far-fetched, at least from a competition standpoint.

As much as Terence Crawford wants to take on Jermell Charlo, the undisputed welterweight champion believes that fight is mostly contingent on whether or not Charlo is able to take care of business against Canelo Alvarez.

Promoter Frank Warren is adamant in his belief that Daniel Dubois was unfairly disadvantaged by referee Luis Pabon’s decision to deem a pivotal punch as a low blow during his controversial fight with Oleksandr Usyk.

Andy Ruiz feels it is only right for him to earn more money as he makes his way up the boxing food chain. In that sense, the former heavyweight titlist from Imperial, Calif., thinks it is only logical that a potential fight with Deontay Wilder should net him a larger purse than his previous fight.

Embattled welterweight Conor Benn has trouble envisioning his rival, Chris Eubank Jr., hanging a win over Liam Smith. Eubank, the longtime middleweight contender from Brighton, England, is scheduled to take on Liverpool’s Smith on Sept. 2 at AO Arena in Manchester, in a rematch of their first fight in January, which Smith won via fourth-round stoppage.

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya continues to jibe at his star charge, Ryan Garcia, in what appears to be yet another sign of their deteriorating relationship. The two figures have been feuding for the past few months, with De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions going so far as to

Daniel Dubois’ trainer adamantly insists that his charge did not punch Oleksandr Usyk in the testicles. Ukraine’s Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion, stopped England’s Dubois in nine rounds before a packed partisan crowd in Wroclaw, Poland.

Filip Hrgovic could be in position to catch Oleksandr Usyk on the decline, at least according to Hrgovic’s own promoter. Last Saturday night, Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion, stopped mandatory challenger Daniel

Terence Crawford doesn’t understand why boxing fans are so incredulous at the thought of him facing Canelo Alvarez. In the wake of his career-defining ninth-round stoppage of Errol Spence Jr. last month, Crawford, the newly crowned undisputed welterweight champion, turned heads recently when he expressed his desire to take on Alvarez, the undisputed 168-pound champion.

Deontay Wilder says he likely won’t tune into the upcoming heavyweight spectacle between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Fury, the WBC heavyweight titlist from Manchester, England, will be taking on Ngannou, the former UFC champion from