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Canelo Alvarez won’t be taking a wait-and-see approach to figure out which weight class he will be fighting at.  The four-division champion at 154, 160, 168 and 175 is declaring that he will be a super middleweight for the foreseeable future.  Alvarez is the WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine super middleweight champion. If he beats

Big time boxing has been back in some form since last year but a stadium event with the potential to challenge the indoor boxing attendance record in the States is another progression of the return. There are a handful of fighters who have proven they can genuinely, consistently put butts in seats. Saul Alvarez is

Super middleweight champions Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will collide tomorrow night in a unification showdown as part of the Cinco De Mayo celebration in the United States. The WBC, WBA, WBO world titles will be at stake in the fight. The World Boxing Council will present the Mestizo belt to the winner

ARLINGTON, Texas – Canelo Alvarez laughed when he was asked about Billy Joe Saunders’ demand for a bigger ring. Alvarez gladly gave in when Saunders threatened to withdraw from their super middleweight title unification fight over the size of the ring in which they’ll box Saturday night at AT&T Stadium. Promoter Eddie Hearn admitted he

In the age of social media, the acronym GOAT (greatest of all time) gets thrown around a lot. It makes sense. It’s a good feeling to know one might be watching something more than just greatness and it’s just plain fun to tell elders their idols have been replaced.  To paraphrase The Incredibles though, if

ARLINGTON, Texas – The biggest star in American boxing will set a significant record Saturday night at AT&T Stadium. Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed during a press conference Thursday that ticket sales for the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders card have surpassed the United States’ indoor attendance record for boxing. That record has stood for 42 years,

Chris Arreola was impressed by the version of Andy Ruiz Jr. that survived serious trouble early in their fight Saturday night and came back to beat him. The veteran heavyweight believes the reason Ruiz experienced so much difficulty early in their 12-round fight, though, was that Arreola was better than Ruiz and his team anticipated.

Canelo Alvarez has been making the rounds at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, which is where he’ll face Billy Joe Saunders in a blockbuster WBC, WBA, WBO super middleweight unification fight on Saturday night (May 8), live worldwide on DAZN and distributed by TV Azteca in Mexico and Latin America. Alvarez (55-1-2 37 KOs)

Former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi is heavily backing Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to beat Billy Joe Saunders if the contest heads to the scorecards.  Canelo has been the winner in several close decisions, against Erislandy Lara and Gennady Golovkin. He will collide with Saunders for the WBC, WBO, WBA super middleweight titles at AT&T

Erislandy Lara’s move to the middleweight division might not last long. Unless he is offered a high-profile fight for a substantial purse at the 160-pound limit, Lara likely will move back down to the junior middleweight division for his next fight. The 38-year-old Lara technically became a two-weight world champion Saturday night, when he knocked

Of all the parties who have distanced themselves from Felix Verdejo, his career-long promoter has yet to completely sever ties with the boxer. Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has revealed that Top Rank will continue to keep Verdejo under contract as he remains in jail while awaiting trial on charges of murder, kidnapping and

WBO super middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders, and his father Tom Saunders, have created quite a stir with the scheduled unification against WBC, WBA champion Saul “Canelo’ Alvarez. The fight is scheduled to take place on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Saunders and his father are not happy with the selection

Canelo Alvarez has become a mentor and played a big-brother role for Ryan Garcia over the last two years. Once the rising lightweight star switched camps to San Diego to train with Eddy Reynoso, the two quickly hit it off and developed a bond. Garcia has been going through some uneven times of late. The

WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez is still riding high after his sensational knockout of heavily favored Miguel “Alacran” Berchelt. Valdez, now a two-division world champion, is looking for the biggest possibilities out there. Following his big win, Valdez found an immediate boost to his star status in the sport. “I used to be recognized

Heavyweight contender Derek Chisora has no intention of retiring after suffering a close split decision loss to former WBO world champion Joseph Parker on Saturday night in Manchester. In his first bout with new head trainer Buddy McGirt, Chisora scored a knockdown in the opening moments of the first round, with a back and forth

At the Manchester Arena in Manchester, former British super welterweight champion Scott Fitzgerald ended his lengthy absence from the ring with a third-round stoppage of Frenchman Gregory Trenel in the opening bout of the evening.  Fitzgerald hadn’t boxed since landing the British Title against Ted Cheeseman back in October 2019, and returned at super middleweight

Felix Verdejo is officially in police custody. The 27-year-old lightweight has surrendered to federal authorities Sunday evening in San Juan, Puerto Rico following a weekend-long investigation into the disappearance and murder of Keishla Marlen Rodriguez Ortiz. A warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death and

Manchester Arena, Manchester – WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) ended a long stint of inactivity with a twelve round unanimous decision over a game Craig Richards (16-2-1, 9 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 118-110, 115-113 and 115-114. Bivol was fighting for the first time since his decision win