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There's no denying that the stakes are incredibly high when IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), defends his titles against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) on September 16th in what is the most anticipated fight on the boxing calendar heading into the fall.
The much hyped match-up between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor has come and gone and now the focus of the fight world shifts to the September 16th showdown in Las Vegas between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-1, 34KOs) and Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs).
2016 was a frustrating year for Gennady Golovkin, who in addition to not getting the marquee match-up that he yearned for, he also fought just two times that year. Instead of getting the likes of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (who delayed this match-up by vacating the WBC middleweight belt) or more meaningful middleweight bouts, he was relegated to facing Dominick Wade and Kell Brook.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya didn't get a chance to see the much talked about event that pitted Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor this past weekend at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Mayweather, the best pure boxer of this past generation eventually stopped McGregor - the UFC's biggest star - in ten rounds under the Marques of Queensberry Rules.
Andre Rozier, best known for training middleweight Daniel Jacobs, has a new fighter in lightweight contender, Richard Commey (25-2, 22 KO's), who he is co-training with Gary Stark Sr. "Listen, this young man came in... he was very, very, very ready to turn the gears up. He's an affable young man, he's very courteous, very considerate, punctual and he works like nobody else. I'm very happy with him joining our family,''Rozier told BoxingScene.com in a recent interview.
Thompson Boxing resumes it's 'Path to Glory' series on Friday night from Omega Products International in Corona, California. "We are sold out for this Friday, should be a very exciting night," said Alex Camponovo, the General Manager and matchmaker for Thompson Boxing. As for who will be fighting, Camponovo told BoxingScene.com - "We have the return of Laron Mitchell after surgery on his right and left shoulders. He's always an exciting guy, people like seeing him knocking out opponents. He's 15-0 with 13 knockouts and he's going to be defending his junior NABF heavyweight title.
This Saturday night from the StubHub Center in Carson, California, Ronnie Rios (28-1, 13 KO's) gets his first crack at a major world title when he faces WBC super bantamweight titlist, Rey Vargas, as the opening bout on HBO (which features Miguel Cotto's bout against Yoshihiro Kamegai for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title).
As Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo fought for all the major belts this past weekend (WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF), neither fighter was required by the IBF to participate in a second weigh-in before the fight. Their rules state that boxers who are in IBF title fights can not weigh more than 10 pounds above the weight limit. IBF president, Daryl Peoples, while on vacation sent a statement, via text, to BoxingScene.com:
This past Saturday night, Terence Crawford became the undisputed junior welterweight champion of the world by halting Julius Indongo in three rounds at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Crawford, who had the WBO, WBC titles, halted Indongo with a body shot in the third to collect the WBA, IBF belts.
So is a showdown between a pair of two-time Olympic gold medalists, Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux on the horizon? There has been more than a fair share of barking between the two camps on social media the past several weeks. Now it looks like some real progress has been made to actually get the two world champions in the ring together.