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Wilder-Fury II Approved By WBC, Pascal-Jack Sanctioned, More - Wednesday morning at the WBC’s 57th annual convention at the Grand Oasis Cancun was devoted mainly to ratings. The afternoon assembly meeting was devoted to mandatory defenses.
Callum Smith, John Ryder Photos Gallery - Callum Smith will defend his WBA World, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Super-Middleweight titles against WBA mandatory challenger John Ryder at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday November 23, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. (photo by Mark Robinson)
Callum Smith will defend his WBA World, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Super-Middleweight titles against WBA mandatory challenger John Ryder at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday November 23, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
For all of the fights he wants but hasn’t been offered, Callum Smith is now tasked with entertaining a possible fight he’s been assigned but necessarily might not want. The unbeaten super middleweight titlist has been ordered to next defend his belt versus countryman and mandatory challenger John Ryder. A letter was sent to both camps on Thursday by the World Boxing Association (WBA), who has granted the respective boxers a 30-day free negotiations period to come to terms for the title fight.
This past Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, John Ryder (28-4, 16 KOs) of London stopped Bilal Akkawy (20-1-1, 16 KOs) of Sydney, Australia via TKO in the third round to capture vacant interim-WBA super middleweight world title.
Ryder, Akkawy Fight Photos Gallery - After an excellent championship contest, Canelo Alvarez becomes the unified WBC, WBA, IBF, and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion after a hard-punching performance against Daniel Jacobs that went the distance. (photos by Ed Mulholland).
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a super middleweight contest, for the interim-WBA world title, John Ryder (28-4, 16 KOs) stopped previosuly undefeated Bilal Akkawy (20-1-1, 16 KOs) in the third round.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - The stage is set for the big three belt unification at middleweight, with Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs stepping on the scale to make weight for their big showdown on Saturday night. Canelo (51-1-2, 35 KOs), who is his last fight in December was competing at super middleweight, came in at a ripped and ready weight of 159.5-pounds. And Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs), who weighed 159¾, was equally as fit - coming in at exactly the division limit of 160-pounds
Jacobs, Canelo Undercard Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - The undercard of the spectacular Canelo vs. Jacobs card hosted a press conference featuring Vergil Ortiz Jr. (12-0, 12 KOs), Mauricio "El Maestro" Herrera (24-8, 7 KOs), Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr. (28-1, 14 KOs), Freddy Fonseca(26-1-1, 17 KOs), Lamont Roach Jr. (18-0-1, 7 KOs), and Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo (30-5, 19 KOs).The event will take place Saturday, May 4, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.
Rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr. (12-0, 12 KOs) will have the opportunity of a lifetime as his scheduled 10-round welterweight battle against Mauricio "El Maestro" Herrera (24-8, 7 KOs) will now be the co-main event of Canelo vs. Jacobs. As previously announced, the night will also feature the likes of Pablo Cesar "El Demoledor" Cano, Lamont Roach Jr., John "The Gorilla" Ryder, Sadam "World Kid" Ali and Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr. in separate bouts.The event will take place Saturday, May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.