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On the night of March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York, an entertaining twelve round slugfest took place between defending WBC super flyweight champion, Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez and Thai challenger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Abel Sanchez, the trainer of IBF, IBO, WBA WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), had been skeptical in the past whether Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) would ever face his man in the ring. Well, after Canelo's decisive victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the match-up between the two fighters was announced before the live crowd and the TV audience.
With much fan fare and hoopla, it was announced on Saturday night - after Saul Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) had easily disposed of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr - that 'Canelo' would be facing IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) on September 16th. Many were skeptical if this anticipated match-up would ever get done but Golden Boy Promotions and K2 Promotions were able to hammer out a deal.
As part of the card that takes place on Friday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas is super lightweight prospect, Vergil Ortiz (4-0, 4 KO's) from Dallas, Texas. His trainer Joel Diaz is bullish on his future.
While David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) faces Marco Reyes on Saturday night as part of the HBO pay-per-view undercard at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, he says he has ''unfinished business'' with Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), who took his IBF middleweight title in October of 2015 by stopping him in eight rounds.
Emanuel Taylor, who has been chosen as the comeback opponent for Lucas Matthysse this weekend at the T-Mobile Arena, says after competitive affairs with the likes of Antonio Orozco and Adrien Broner, that he's ready to get over the hump.
Lindsey Tucker, the Championship Chairman of the International Boxing Federation, confirmed to BoxingScene.com that IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev (25-1, 13 KOs) will be ordered to begin negotiations in the coming days.
Joseph Diaz gets another chance to shine on a big stage as he faces Manuel 'Tino' Avila as part of the pay-per-view undercard this Saturday from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas before Saul Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. butt heads.
Despite Julius Indongo - who is now the unified WBA and IBF 140-pound champion after defeating Ricky Burns a few weeks ago - claiming a wrist injury, Sergey Lipinets is still in position to fight for the IBF belt sooner rather than later.
Lucas Matthysse will make his return to the ring this Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as he faces Emmanuel Taylor as a part of the HBO pay-per-view card that features the Mexican grudge match between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.