Oscar De La Hoya has given Matchroom Sport and their super middleweight champions Billy Joe Saunders and Callum Smith a deadline of Monday to agree to the deal offered to them for a May 2 fight against Canelo Alvarez or else he’s moving on.

Deontay Wilder has improved more with his game than Tyson Fury has, says trainer Teddy Atlas. He says he noticed the improvements to Wilder’s delivery system for his right hand two fights ago when he fought Dominic Breazeale. Atlas feels that Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) is a better fighter now the one that fought Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) two years ago in 2018, and barely escaped with a 12 round draw.

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Andy Ruiz Jr. says his manager has told him who he’ll be facing next, and he’s pretty excited about it. The former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Ruiz Jr. (33-2, 22 KOs) says he “CAN’T wait” get back in the ring to resume his career after loss to Anthony Joshua last December in Saudi.

After two planned dates for IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin’s mandatory title defense against IBF mandatory Kamil Szeremeta were thrown out, the fight now is slated for mid-April, potentially in GGG’s native Kazakhstan, according to Dan Rafael.

Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing is planning a DAZN card headlined by former light welterweight champions Maurice Hooker vs. Regis Prograis on April 11 or April 25 on DAZN at Madison Square Square Garden, according to Dan Rafael. This is an excellent card if Hearn can finish putting it together before April.

Oscar De La Hoya told the media earlier today that he’s “very close” to having an opponent for Canelo Alvarez’s next fight in May. De La Hoya says Canelo’s opponent is “DANGEROUS”, and that the fight will take place in the 168 lb division.

He has the best and most impressive numbers in the sport: Wanheng Menayothin, currently 54-0, a world champion since November of 2014, this also a record. And news has come out of Thailand how Menayothin, the reigning WBC champ at 105 pounds, will finally fight in America this April.

30 years ago, British warrior turned boxing pundit Glenn McCrory was both the reigning IBF cruiserweight champion and a regular contributor to Sky Sports. It was on this day in 1990 when McCrory, harboring serious ideas of having a fight with current heavyweight king Mike Tyson, was called to work the Tyson-James Douglas broadcast.

The talented former WBC 118-pound champion Luis Nery and heavyweight contender Otto Wallin will share a card next month on March 28 on SHOWTIME at the Park Theater at the Park MGM in Las Vegas. The card kicks off at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT 7:00 p.m. on Showtime Boxing.

Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin is predicting a knockout win for Deontay Wilder in his rematch with Tyson Fury on February 22.Martin (27-2-1, 24 KOs) thinks Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) has a couple of things going against him in his rematch with WBC champion Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) that will impact his performance negatively, and lead to him being knocked out.changing trainers: Fury recently replaced Ben Davison with Sugar Hill Steward and Andy Lee.