Last night, in speaking with the media after his fighter Ryan Garcia scored an ‘I’m Back’ statement of a stoppage win over puncher Oscar Duarte, promoter Oscar De La Hoya announced that the talked of clash of super middleweights that is Jaime Munguia and John Ryder is a done deal, the fight to take place at the Footprint Centre in Phoenix, Arizona on January 27th.
Although we may still get to see the Mexico Vs. Puerto Rico showdown that is Jaime Munguia against Edgar Berlanga, this battle of unbeaten young warriors will have to wait until next year.
Gennadiy Golovkin suddenly finds himself in huge demand by UK fighters Chris Eubank Jr. & John Ryder, who both hope that they can face the famous former unified middleweight champion next back home in England.
Oscar De La Hoya didn’t like what he saw from Canelo Alvarez in the way he couldn’t go for the kill after hurting John Ryder last Saturday night at the Estadio Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Teddy Atlas wasn’t impressed with what he witnessed from Canelo Alvarez last Saturday night with the way he labored to a grueling, unimpressive victory over the pedestrian-looking John Ryder in their main event fight on DAZN pay-per-view at the Estadio Akron stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Teddy Atlas says Canelo Alvarez’s performance against John Ryder showed a fighter with both “mental” and “physical decline”, not the guy he’s been four years earlier when he defeated Sergey Kovalev in 2019.
Fans overwhelmingly believe Canelo Alvarez’s poor performance against John Ryder last Saturday signals that the superstar is washed up and should forget about his insane plans to rematch WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol at 175 in September.
Paulie Malignaggi says Canelo Alvarez has a responsibility as the undisputed super middleweight champion and being the ‘Face of Boxing’ to fight the best opposition, and he wants him to defend against David Benavidez next.
Canelo Alvarez will now be facing WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in a rematch following his victory over John Ryder last Saturday night.
Eddie Hearn says he’s ready to negotiate a September rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol. This is the fight that Canelo (59-2-2, 39 KOs) has been asking for since his loss to the unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion last May, and Hearn isn’t going to stand in his way.