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One of Canelo Alvarez’s former opponents thinks the Mexican superstar will end his storied rivalry with Gennadiy Golovkin in definitive fashion.

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One of Canelo Alvarez’s former opponents thinks the Mexican superstar will end his storied rivalry with Gennadiy Golovkin in definitive fashion.

Claressa Shields is not convinced that Jessica McCaskill wants to duke it out with her in the ring. But if McCaskill, the undisputed champion at 147, is indeed game to do so, Shields says she would be more than willing to drop down to McCaskill’s weight.

Canelo Alvarez has repeatedly vowed to end his rivalry with Gennadiy Golovkin with a knockout, and it may happen, he says, courtesy of one of his signature punches.

Alycia Baumgardner isn’t worried that Mikaela Mayer may be underestimating her. Baumgardner, the 28-year-old Michigan native and WBC women’s junior lightweight champion, is confident that her ability to think on the fly will separate her from Mayer, the Southern California denizen who owns the IBF and WBO titles.

Eddie Hearn believes Anthony Joshua has no shortage of viable opponents waiting for him in the wings. Hearn, the longtime promoter of London’s Joshua, is keen to get his star charge to follow a more active boxing schedule.

Deontay Wilder apparently has zero resolve to bury the hatchet with his nemesis Tyson Fury. Wilder, the former heavyweight champion from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was involved in a thrilling trilogy with the WBC titlist from England. Their rivalry grew especially contentious heading into the third and final fight which took place last

The continued glut of boxing crossover bouts has not appeared to have whetted the appetite of Canelo Alvarez. Alvarez, the undisputed 168-pound champion, has been asked repeatedly about entertaining fights with fighters such MMA star Kamaru Usman or YouTuber-turned-boxing upstart Jake Paul, but his response has been to shun them more than anything else.

Gennadiy Golovkin evidently is no longer harboring too much resentment about the scorecards produced in his first two fights with Canelo Alvarez.

Tyson Fury has appeared to have extended his most straightforward invitation to Anthony Joshua for a super fight. In an “open letter” published on his social media Monday, Fury, the WBC heavyweight from Manchester, England, addressed his countryman Joshua to an all British mega fight by the end of this year.

Chris Eubank Jr. almost feels like he is living in an alternate universe. The longtime 160 and 168-pound British contender has been mildly surprised by the number of observers picking Conor Benn, a career welterweight, over him in their highly anticipated 157-pound catchweight bout Oct. 8 at The O2 Arena in London.