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Noted trainer Freddie Roach was a busy man this past weekend as he worked two corners at the T-Mobile Arena on the Saul Alvarez-Amir Khan HBO pay-per-view undercard from Las Vegas.
On Saturday night as Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez knocked out Amir Khan in the sixth round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the immediate focus shifted to a showdown between the defending WBC middleweight champion and the IBF/WBA/IBO belt-holder, Gennady Golovkin.
For years there has been a simple rule in boxing: if you are a star, you seemingly play by a different set of rules than everybody else. That seems to be the case with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, who defends his WBC middleweight crown on Saturday night versus Amir Khan at a catch-weight of 155-pounds and has made it clear that for the time being a fight with Gennady Golovkin will have to be at this weight.
As Curtis Stevens faces Patrick Teixeira on Saturday night as part of the Saul Alvarez-Amir Khan pay-per-view undercard from the T-Mobile Arena in what is a pivotal middleweight battle, he does so with a new trainer - the respected John David Jackson, who's best known for working with unified light heavyweight titlist, Sergey Kovalev.
Coming into Saturday night, Amir Khan is the decided underdog as he faces WBC middleweight titlist Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. But should he pull off the upset, they could be doing it again.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman is staying firm that the winner of this weekend's bout between WBC middleweight titlist Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and British challenger Amir Khan, which takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, has an obligation to face their interim champion, Gennady Golovkin, next.
This Saturday night from the Manchester Arena in England, hard-hitting Venezuelan, Ismael Barroso (19-0-2, 18 KO's) challenges Anthony Crolla (30-4-3, 12 KO's) for his WBA lightweight title.
It's a pivotal fight for welterweight Frankie Gomez, who faces the respected Mauricio Herrera this Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez-Amir Khan HBO pay-per-view undercard. In the past 'the Pitbull' from East L.A. has battled disciplined issues which have hampered his progress as a fighter.
Trainer Joseph 'Hoss' Janik is supremely confident in the work put in with Victor Ortiz the past few months as they got ready for their rematch with Andre Berto later tonight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Victory Boxing Promotions is staging their debut event this Saturday night from St. George, Utah, with a card featuring local heavyweight Pano Tiatia, who is making his professional debut.