Jermell Charlo has been stripped of his WBC junior middleweight title, given the ‘Champion in recess’ tag, and the belt will now be contested over by #3 Sebastian Fundora and #2 Serhii Bohachuk in their fight on March 30th on the Tim Tszyu vs.
John Ryder (32-6, 18 KOs) and Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) both have a lot on the line for their twelve-round super middleweight main event contest this Saturday night on DAZN at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dmitry Bivol believes Terence Crawford could defeat the four-belt super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez if the fight comes off between them.
Zhilei ‘Big Bang’ Zhang says he wants a rematch with Anthony Joshua if they succeed in their next fight on March 8th in Saudi Arabia.
Trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. sounded in awe of Artur Beterbiev when asked about his interest in letting his son, David Benavidez, move up to 175 to challenge Artur for his IBF, WBC & WBO light heavyweight titles.
Paulie Malignaggi was impressed with the tactical skills that Artur Beterbiev showed last Saturday night in the title defense of his three light heavyweight belts against Callum Smith in Quebec City, Canada.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya hopes that Canelo Alvarez will choose to defend his undisputed super middleweight championship next against highly ranked Golden Boy fighter Jaime Munguia in May if he wins his January 27th clash against John Ryder.
Former world champion Tony Bellew had to eat a bit of crow over his wrong prediction after watching Artur Beterbiev reduce Callum Smith to meteor dust last Saturday night.
Trainer Shane McGuigan thinks Callum Smith could pull off an upset tonight of undefeated IBF, WBC & WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in their fight on ESPN in Quebec City.
Former light heavyweight world title challenger Anthony Yarde (24-3, 23 KOs) will be returning to the ring for a 10-round fight against a still-to-be-determined opponent on February 10th at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.