Canelo boxing news and latest headlines
WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s February title defense against WBC mandatory Avni Yildirim is being moved to U.S territory rather than original plans of staging it in Mexico because of the COVID-19 health situation, according to ESPN MX.
Preliminary talks have already started between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders camps for a unification fight at super middleweight between them in May of 2020, according to @SIChrisMannix.
Saul Canelo Alvarez’s victory over WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) last Saturday night took all the limelight off of Andre Ward’s two victories over the Russian fighter.
Former 175-lb champion Badou Jack says last Saturday’s fight between WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and Saul Canelo Alvarez was “boring” and he thinks it almost looked like a “fixed” fight.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya quite pleased following Saul Canelo Alvarez’s 11th round knockout win over WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev last Saturday night in front of a crowd of 14,490 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Canelo Alvarez KO 11 Sergey Kovalev: Saul Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) scored an 11th round knockout victory over Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) to capture his WBO light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
When the bell rings tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada, the fight world will witness a scrap that could very well go down as the Fight of the Year.
Recent world title challenger Anthony Yarde is picking Saul Canelo Alvarez to defeat WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev this Saturday, November 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The undercard of the Canelo vs. Kovalev card hosted a press conference featuring Ryan Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs), Romero Duno (21-1, 16 KOs), Seniesa Estrada (17-0, 7 KOs), Marlen Esparza (7-0, 1 KO), Blair Cobbs (12-0-1, 8 KOs), and Carlos Ortiz (11-4, 11 KOs).
Rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs) and NABO Lightweight Champion “Ruthless” Romero Duno (21-1, 16 KOs) faced off in a special pre-fight feature on Facebook Watch to discuss their highly anticipated 10-round fight in the co-main event of Canelo vs.