Canelo Alvarez early favorite against Sergey Kovalev
The odds-makers have installed Saul Canelo Alvarez as an early 4 to 1 favorite to defeat WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev on November 2.
The odds-makers have installed Saul Canelo Alvarez as an early 4 to 1 favorite to defeat WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev on November 2.
Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s cutman Jorge Capetillo deserves the main credit for him being able to stay in the fight for the duration to win a 12 round unanimous decision over Otto Wallin last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (34-0, 27 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a 4th round knockout win over challenger Patrick Allotey (40-4, 30 KOs) last Saturday night on DAZN at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KOs) beat previously undefeated Zaur Abdullaev (11-1, 7 KOs) by a fourth round on Friday night to win the interim WBC lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Top Rank are reportedly in negotiations to sign unbeaten heavyweight Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) to a multi-fight deal, according to Mike Coppinger.
Saul Canelo Alvarez and WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev are close to having a fight between them finalized this week for November 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Anthony Joshua believes that he’s going to beat Andy Ruiz Jr. to take back his IBF, WBA & WBO heavyweight titles, and then he’ll be seen as the #1 fighter in the division.
Unbeaten #2 WBC lightweight contender Devin Haney (22-0, 14 KOs) isn’t being considered by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum as a future opponent for WBA/WBA/WBC lightweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) to defend his titles against.
Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) won the vacant WBC lightweight title on Saturday night with a 12 round unanimous decision over Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) on ESPN+ at the O2 Arena in London, England.
WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) came on late to score an 11th round knockout victory over previously unbeaten challenger Anthony Yarde (18-1, 17 KOs) in front of a large crowd on Saturday night at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia.