Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin’s eagerly-awaited middleweight superfight will take place at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena on September 16, fight promoters confirmed on Monday. Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions had suggested a range of venues from Dallas to Los Angeles were being considered for the fight, one of the most mouthwatering match-ups … Read more
Japanese boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai has the chance to grab the world junior middleweight title left behind by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but blocking his path is former world champion Miguel Cotto. Promoters announced Wednesday that Kamegai will face Cotto on August 26 at Los Angeles for the vacant World Boxing Organization junior middleweight crown. Mexican star … Read more
Ghana’s middleweight world title hopeful Obodai Sai will mount the ring on June 16, 2017 in a fight against undefeated WBO African Champion Walter Kautondokwa. Dubbed ‘XPLOSIVE FIGHT NIGHT’, Sai is expected to entertain his fans at the Bukom Boxing Arena in a make-or-break fight, which could see him aim at a world title shot … Read more
Mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor has been given a Sunday deadline to agree to fight retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said. White, speaking on the Jim Rome radio show, said he will settle the matter with McGregor by Sunday or move on and forget about the much-teased possibility … Read more
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez cruised to a unanimous decision win over Julio Chavez Jr. in a 12-round beatdown to claim Mexican bragging rights on Cinco de Mayo weekend in Las Vegas on Saturday. The 26-year-old Alvarez used Chavez for target practice, landing jabs, hooks and combinations at will as he won every round of the 164-pound … Read more
Amir Khan was knocked out by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in his last fight Kell Brook and Amir Khan “are in talks” to stage a fight in May 2017, according to Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Bolton’s Khan, 30, said earlier this year that Sheffield’s Brook, 30, is not a big enough name for him to fight. … Read more