Eddie Hearn believes that the winner of the Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou heavyweight clash on March 8th could face the victor of the February 17th undisputed championship clash between WBC champion Tyson Fury and IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk without needing to wait for them to have a rematch.
Undefeated Lewis “The Croc” Crocker (19-0, 11 KOs) resembled a full-grown Nile Crocodile on Saturday night, chewing up the veteran Jose Felix (40-7-1, 31 KOs), knocking him down twice en route to a fifth-round technical knockout at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
On Friday, Canelo Alvarez and his trainer Eddy Reynoso celebrated their ESPN Fighter and Trainer of The Year awards. Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) was voted as the best fighter by the ESPN network for 2021 based on him becoming the undisputed champion at super middleweight.
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was impressed with the tactical performance by Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) with his 12 round unanimous decision victory over IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) last Saturday night.
Undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez believes he’s going to make quick work of IBF mandatory George Kambosos Jr in their headliner on Triller pay-per-view on June 5th.
WBC lightweight belt holder Devin Haney will be taking a small step up in class in facing Jorge Linares on May 29th in the headliner bout on DAZN in their Matchroom Boxing promoted bout.
Mikey Garcia (40-1, 30 KOs) is feeling confident after winning his first fight at 147 against veteran Jessie Vargas that he’s done enough to earn a world title shot against WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs).
Fans can watch the replay of the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2 rematch tonight on FS1 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
The trilogy match between former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury is being moved from July 18 to October 3.
Billy Joe Saunders is still upbeat about the coronavirus spoiling his plans on facing Canelo Alvarez on May 2 and he thinks he might have a curse on him.