Boxing

Showtime interviewer Jim Gray says Gennady Golovkin should have been given a victory in his first fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez last September, and he believes the only way he can beat the popular Golden Boy star is if he knocks him out in their rematch on September 15.

Gray is picking Canelo to win the fight because he doesn’t think GGG has any chance of knocking him out. Gray didn’t say whether he thinks Canelo is too big physically or too big of a cash cow money fighter for Nevada and the sport of boxing as a whole to be beaten by decision. If Canelo can’t be beaten by decision due to his popularity, then Golovkin is going to be in a tough spot on September 15.

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Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin ripped into Saul Canelo Alvarez this week in calling him the dirtiest fighter he’s ever fought. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) didn’t go into details of what he meant by saying that Canelo is the dirtiest fighter he’s ever fought, but it’s possible that he’s eluding to his two positive tests for the performance enhancing substance clenbuterol last February.

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Saul Canelo Alvarez says he now has the blueprint to defeat Gennady Golovkin from the last fight against him on September 16. Canelo (49-1-2, 34 KOs) plans on using what he learned from that fight on the 36-year-old Golovkin in their rematch on September 15 on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Mexican contender Iran “MagnifiKO” Diaz receives an invaluable assistance from a famous boxing legend as he prepares for his scheduled 12-round encounter with WBC Super Flyweight World Champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.

Both men are slated to lock horns for the green-laced strap in the main event of ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES, which takes place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand on 6 October.

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(Aug. 6, 2018) — Ray Beltran scratched and clawed and spent nearly 19 years as a pro boxer before earning his first world title. He outpointed Paulus Moses on Feb. 16 in Reno, Nevada, to win the vacant WBO lightweight title, a lifelong dream finally fulfilled. A native of Los Mochis, Mexico, Beltran is now a proud resident of Phoenix, a short drive from where he will make his first title defense.

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Games and Amusements Board Chairman Abraham Mitra, International Boxing Federation China President Ruihang Wang and Rejoy  International Holdings (Beijing) Co. Ltd. Sr. Vice Pres. Andrew Lu signed a five-year tripartite agreement recently to boost Asian boxing. 

The agreement mandates Rejoy Holdings to organize friendly matches, training camps for boxers from China and the Philippines and hold IBF Silk Road Champions Tournaments.  

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Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) handed former world title challenger Isaac Chilemba (25-6-2, 10 KOs) his sixth career defeat by beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in successfully defending his WBA light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (32-1, 24 KOs) showed that he still has a little left in the tank in defeating a tired out former two division world champion Devon Alexander (27-5, 15 KOs) by a 12 round split decision on Saturday night on Showtime Boxing at the NYCB LIVE in Uniondale, New York.

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