Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: record, next fight and profile →
Edgar Berlanga Jr., an unbeaten fighter with one-punch power, is in the final stages of emerging as Canelo Alvarez’s Sept. 14 Mexican Independence weekend opponent, BoxingScene has learned.
Terence Crawford will fight Israil Madrimov in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, but that hasn’t stopped him being asked questions about his future
Oscar De La Hoya’s new social-media feature, “Clap-back Thursdays” won over some immediate support this week for cutting to the core of some of the high-profile matters the former world-champion fighter and powerful promoter is involved in.
Benavidez, 29-0 (24 KOs), has been calling for a fight with Canelo Alvarez for what seems like an eternity but is yet to secure an encounter with the Mexican great. Benavidez recently moved up to light-heavyweight to face Oleksandr Gvozdyk but with him currently pondering whether to stay or move back down to super middleweight, a jump to heavyweight would appear preposterous.
As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez finalizes his inner debate over who to fight next, Timothy Bradley Jr. says the real discussion should be over who the four-division champion won’t fight next.
The promoter of Chris Eubank Jr believes the chances of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez taking on his charge in September are at “50/50”. Ben Shalom, who recently added Eubank Jr to his burgeoning stable at Boxxer, said that negotiations with the Mexican superstar are ongoing, with Las Vegas the likeliest city to play host.
As the deadline approaches for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to announce his next fight, one pressing detail was clarified on Monday
Arizona’s McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs), a rising undefeated super middleweight, says Alvarez isn’t ducking any 168-pounder. The viewpoint contrasts what many fight fans and fighters, including Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Daniel Jacobs and Paulie Malignaggi have said about a potential Canelo-Benavidez fight—all of whom have declared Canelo is avoiding the unbeaten two-time super middleweight champion who has been calling out the Mexican great for years.
It appears Saudi Arabian boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh believes Jaron Ennis has some boots to fill in the sport of boxing. Alalshikh proposed via social media a fight between Ennis and pound-for-pound great Terence Crawford at junior middleweight “soon.”
