Gary ‘Spike’ Sullivan is saying that the Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin rematch will be taking place in September and that he’ll be fighting on the undercard and then facing the winner of the contest in December. O’Sullivan isn’t saying he was TOLD that he would be fighting the September Canelo-GGG winner.
Abel Sanchez says Gennady Golovkin has his mind made up about wanting a 50-50 equal purse split for his fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez on September 15, and he’s not going to be pressured to change his mind by the likes of Golden Boy or WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman. If the “prima donna” Canelo doesn’t like it, he knows what they can do with it, says Sanchez. Sanchez states that it’s up to Canelo whether he wants to take the fight with Golovkin.
WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko says he’s not interested in fighting WBC champion Mikey Garcia when he returns from his shoulder injury to fight on December 8 on ESPN.
Fight tickets to the highly anticipated July 15 title fight between champion Lucas Matthysse and Manny Pacquiao go on sale on June 6 at the famous Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur and online.
Terence Crawford Challenges Jeff Horn for the WBO Welterweight Title Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and Streamed LIVE by ESPN+
LAS VEGAS (June 1, 2018) - Undefeated super bantamweight contender Carlos Castro has signed a multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today. Castro, a 24-year-old resident of Phoenix, Arizona, has a record of 20-0 with nine knockouts and is the current WBC USNBC super bantamweight champion.
An interesting fight between former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker and former title challenger Bryant Jennings is in the works for August 18 on ESPN at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
WBA World welterweight champion Keith Thurman is expected to be coming from his injury problems to fight on August 4 against an opponent still to be determined at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Jermell Charlo says new WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs0 is nothing but “hype” in talking about what he saw of him in his recent 4th round knockout of Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) on May 12.
WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) says he’s been given promotional offers from Top Rank and Matchroom Boxing USA promoter Edidie Hearn, according to Boxingtalk.com.
WBA World light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) could be making his next defense against the struggling 31-year-old former world title challenger Isaac Chilemba (25-5-2, 10 KOs) on August 4 on HBO, according to Dan Rafael.
Badou Jack (21-1-4, 13 KOs) is probably going to need to wait a little for his rematch against WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (29-1-1, 24 KOs), because he has a mandatory defense that is due against Oleksandr Gvozdyk (15-0, 12 KOs).
Trainer Abel Sanchez says the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight finals between WBC/WBO champion Oleksander Usyk and IBF/WBA champion Murat Gassiev will be taking place on July 21 at a still to be determined location. The fight was supposed to be taking place originally on May 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
