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It was announced on Monday morning by Golden Boy Promotions that Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) - coming off his ninth-round TKO of Liam Smith to capture the WBO junior middleweight title - would be sidelined the rest of the year with a fractured right thumb.
In the aftermath of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's victory over Liam Smith on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas, almost immediately the talk centered around a potential match-up with middleweight king, Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs). It was revealed by Golden Boy Promotions that they had made an initial proposal to Golovkin's side.
In the immediate aftermath of Saul "Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) capturing the WBO middleweight title by halting Liam Smith in nine rounds on Saturday night at the AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas, the focus turned to one Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs).
Veteran promoter Frank Warren has a lot at stake on Saturday night given that he represents WBO 154-pound titlist, Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13KOs), who squares off against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) this weekend at AT&T Stadium near Dallas.
Bernard Hopkins last fought on November 8th, 2014, when he dropped a twelve round decision in a light heavyweight unification to Sergey Kovalev in Atlantic City. Since that point he's been dormant but he's made it clear that he has one more fight left in him at age 51.
There was much speculation that WBO middleweight titlist, Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12KOs), was going to make the first defense of his title this weekend at AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas on the undercard of Saul Alvarez-Liam Smith. Instead, that deal between Frank Warren and Golden Boy Promotions fell apart.
As Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13KOs) defends his WBO junior middleweight title this Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Texas, he'll be doing so in front of an expected throng of over 40,000 fans - most of whom will be backing Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs).
According to Liam Smith's trainer, Joe Gallagher, for them to get their hands raised in victory on Saturday night against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) at the AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas, the trio of Levi Martinez,Oren Schellenberger and Nelson Vasquez - who have been appointed to judge this WBO title fight - must see things fairly.
Gabe Rosado fights this weekend at AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas against Willie Monroe. But the fight Rosado and his trainer, Fernando Vargas, wanted was against WBO middleweight titlist, Billy Joe Saunders.
On February 27th at the Manchester Arena, Scott Quigg dropped a twelve round split decision to arch-rival Carl Frampton in what was a super bantamweight unification bout. Quigg fell behind big on the scorecards early on before staging a late rally.