Boxing

Superstar Canelo Alvarez is putting in the work in staying ready for his next fight in 2020 or 2021. Unfortunately, the 30-year-old Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) looks slower and heavier since his last fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev on November 2, and there are concerns whether age is starting to show for the Mexican star.

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Frank Warren believes that Dillian Whyte could be making a big mistake if he tries to return to the ring too soon to face Alexander Povetkin in a rematch.
Warren feels that with the way that Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) was knocked out by Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) in the 5th round of their fight on August 22, it would be risky for him to return to the ring for a second fight.

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San Antonio-born 108-pound prospect Jesse Rodriguez to make ring return 

Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound heavyweight destroyer from Toledo, Ohio, returns for his third “Bubble” appearance Saturday, Sept. 5 at the MGM Grand Conference Center.

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After Anthony Joshua made a sixth-round knockout prediction of Tyson Fury earlier on Thursday, ‘The Gypsy King’ has responded with his six knockout predictions. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) is predicting that AJ won’t make it out of the first round.Unlike Joshua (23-1, 1 KOs), Fury hasn’t been knocked out before during his career, so he’s got the edge when talking about stoppages.

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Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has made up his mind about his desire to retire to the ring at age 47, and he says he’s going to begin sparring soon.

Fans are having mixed reactions about the ‘Golden Boy’ returning after being retired for 12 years since 2008. While some people applaud De La Hoya’s bravery in wanting to come back, others think he’s bonkers and they worry about him. Is Oscar going through a mid-life crisis?

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LAS VEGAS (August 26, 2020) — The Mean Machine is ready to rise again. Welterweight contender Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, a two-time Lithuanian Olympian coming off a valiant effort last December against Terence “Bud” Crawford, will face NABO welterweight title-holder Mikael Zewski in a 10-rounder Saturday, Sept. 12 from the MGM Grand Conference Center.

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WBA/IBF junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor will make his return to the ring from BT Sport Studio in London against IBF No 1 contender Apinun Khongsong on Saturday, Sept. 26, live on ESPN+ in the United States and BT Sport in the UK. This will be Taylor’s first fight since signing with MTK Global and Top Rank earlier this year.

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Avni Yildirim’s manager Ahmet Oner has already contacted adviser Al Haymon about starting negotiations to stage the Canelo Alvarez fight on Showtime rather than on DAZN.According to the German news site BILD, the WBC still wants the Canelo-Yildirim fight despite DAZN passing on it, and they’ll look to go to pure bids and then place it on Showtime.

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