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Earlier this year, Showtime announced that they had entered into an agreement to televise the fights of IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17KOs). So what's next for the former 2012 Olympic gold medalist from Britain?
After what was a busy and eventful stretch of fights on Showtime the past few months, the network now regroups for the fall. Various fights such as Abner Mares-Jesus Cuellar, Jermell Charlo-Julian Williams and Danny Garcia-Andre Berto have been discussed for the month of October.
There have been conflicting reports as to whether there is an immediate rematch clause between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz. This past weekend at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, Frampton captured the WBA featherweight crown via majority decision in what was one of the better fights of 2016.
As it stands now, WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas is the probable opponent for Manny Pacquiao on November 5th - but nothing has been made official.
Despite various pay-per-view cards being planned for the month of November - including Manny Pacquiao's return on November 5th - Kathy Duva, the head of Main Events, says that the November 19th showdown between Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward will remain on that date regardless.
Despite not having fought since being stopped in three rounds by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on May 9th of 2015, James Kirkland (32-2, 28KOs) is still in the mix to face marquee names.
There is a lot of talk regarding a potential fall rematch between WBO 130-pound belt-holder, Vasyl Lomachenko and Orlando Salido - who defeated the Ukrainian in his second pro outing in March of 2014 (when Salido held the WBO featherweight title but lost in on the scales as he was unable to make weight).
Middleweight prospect Luis 'Cuba' Arias made a successful homecoming on June 4th as he stopped Jorge Silva in three rounds at the Milwaukee Center in his hometown.
Fresh off his second round TKO of Ivan Najera on May 21st, lightweight contender Ray Beltran (30-7-1, 18KOs) is now back at the Wild Card Boxing Club preparing for his next assignment.
With his twelfth round stoppage of Willie Nelson on June 11th, Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16KOs) re-established himself as a player once again in the junior middleweight division.