Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: record, next fight and profile →
Lightweight Manuel Jaimes is set to take a major step in his career as he moves up to junior welterweight for a high-stakes showdown against former titleholder Rolando Romero.
Turki Alalshikh said he’s delivered an offer to WBA junior-middleweight champion Terence Crawford to fight unbeaten Vergil Ortiz Jr., adding, “I don’t think” Crawford will accept it.
Hands are important in boxing. Curled into fists, then toughened in the gym, they are protected by hand wraps and gloves before being used on fight night to cause grievous bodily harm. They do damage. They settle disputes. They decide things. They also carry power pre-fight, when two hands shake on a deal, and post-fight, when two hands shake to demonstrate there are no hard feelings.
The morning after Gennady Golovkin had thumped holes in Kell Brook’s skull, I was sitting in a café in Brighton and Hove when Chris Eubank Sr, a fellow resident of the English south coast city, appeared beside me
Chris Eubank Jr. is back and he sounds determined to make up for lost time.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has his third consecutive fight under the PBC umbrella next month, when he looks to add Edgar Berlanga’s scalp to those of Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia.
Turki Alalshikh has ruled out working with former junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu and hit back at Canelo Alvarez’s recent comments.
Whether he is making, suggesting or rejecting fights, Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh is currently the straw that is stirring boxing’s drink.
Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez have been the talk of the boxing world over the last week.
Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez have been the talk of the boxing world over the last week. First, Crawford beat Israil Madrimov in a narrow unanimous decision to claim the WBA junior middleweight title on Saturday and become a four-division champion.