Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders went face-to-face for the first time Wednesday, and today meet up for the final press conference ahead of Saturday’s fight. You can stream the presser live in the video up top via DAZN’s YouTube, or watch live at DAZN. The event kicks off at 1 pm ET. Canelo (55-1-2,
Month: May 2021
Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders had something of a tense photo shoot faceoff on Wednesday, but at today’s press conference, you could feel the seriousness from the fighters, but everyone was on their best behavior for the most part, excepting possibly Tyson Fury and the Saunders supporters in the back of the room. Canelo
The long-awaited trilogy fight between Juan Francisco ‘Gallo’ Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez could potentially happen in September or October, according to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. Estrada and Chocolatito electrified the fans this past March in a tremendous fight that included more than 2,500 punches. The rematch saw Estrada walk away with the
LENNOX CLARKE has vowed to “iron out” Lerrone Richards and doesn’t even want paying for their rematch. The Halesowen roughhouse suffered his only defeat in 22 fights when he dropped a split decision against Richards, who Clarke challenged for the British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight titles in November 2019. Clarke won those titles at the second
Liam Smith is confident that he would defeat Magomed Kurbanov 10 times out of 10 ahead of their showdown on Friday. Former world champion Smith (29-2-1, 16 KOs) is in Russia to face Kurbanov (21-0, 13 KOs) this week, with the WBO International super welterweight title also on the line. A victory for the Liverpool
This Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will collide with undefeated Billy Joe Saunders in a super middleweight unification. The WBA, WBC, WBO world titles will be at stake. Saunders has been spending a lot of time out in Las Vegas with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his
Chris Arreola was impressed by the version of Andy Ruiz Jr. that survived serious trouble early in their fight Saturday night and came back to beat him. The veteran heavyweight believes the reason Ruiz experienced so much difficulty early in their 12-round fight, though, was that Arreola was better than Ruiz and his team anticipated.
Matthew Hatton says he knew almost immediately that Canelo Alvarez was a “special fighter,” but believes Billy Joe Saunders has the style to trouble him. WBC and WBA super middleweight world champion, Canelo, faces WBO champion Saunders in a unification clash at AT&T Stadium in Texas on Saturday night. Hatton was beaten on a unanimous
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is boasting that he will expose IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua. The two fighters are expected to collide in the ring this year, with the contest reportedly tabbed to land in Saudi Arabia. At the moment they are nailing down the terms for site fee agreement. “I will
History will not be denied, though it will be met with a delay as it relates to the Bridgerweight division. Oscar Rivas and Bryant Jennings will have to wait nearly three months longer to collide in the inaugural WBC Bridgerweight title fight, which was due to take place June 18 at Bell Centre in Montreal,
Terri Harper is unable to move forward with a scheduled WBC, WBA, IBO super featherweight unification against Hyun Mi Choi. The fight was taking place next Saturday night in Manchester. The unbeaten Harper suffered a hand injury during a sparring session. Harper, 24-years-old, injured her right hand several months back when he stopped Katharina Thanderz in
Posted on 05/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode All of the hard work is complete for Billy Joe Saunders. The WBO super middleweight belt holder has spent the past several months whipping his body into the best shape humanly possible as he prepares to take on unified super middleweight champion, Canelo Alvarez, at the AT&T Stadium in
Posted on 05/04/2021 By: Sean Crose “Fight’s off.” That’s what Billy Joe Saunders’ father, Tom Saunders, says on a video posted today by iFL TV. With Tom Watts, Saunders’ manager, sitting beside him, the elder Saunders appears quite serious, though it’s hard to tell if he is or isn’t using the video as a way
Posted on 05/04/2021 By: Hans Themistode Callum Smith and John Ryder Weigh in ahead of their WBA World, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Super-Middleweight title fight tomorrow night at The M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool. 22nd November 2019 Picture By Mark Robinson. With Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders squabbling over the size of the ring,
Posted on 05/04/2021 By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will indeed be fighting on Saturday night at [email protected] Stadium in Texas. Saunders’ father claimed the fight was off on Tuesday due to a disagreement over the size of the ring. Team Canelo wanted a larger ring, as their fighter clearly intends to
Posted on 05/04/2021 By: Hans Themistode At the age of 35, Jorge Linares is still a fairly young man. However, in terms of boxing, he’s viewed as an ancient fighter. The former multiple division champion still considers himself at the top of his game though, even as he reaches the twilight of his career. Currently,
Posted on 05/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermell Charlo has always thought extremely highly of himself. The Houston native presently holds three of the four major world titles at 154 pounds and is currently on the verge of becoming the first undisputed champion the division has seen since Winky Wright in 2004. With everything that he
Posted on 05/05/2021 By: Sean Crose In a video interview with Behind The Gloves’ Michelle Joy Phelps, Canelo Alvarez’ trainer Eddie Reynoso spoke of yesterday’s actions by Billy Joe Saunders’ team. Saunder’s father had gone so far as to say Saturday’s super middleweight title bout between Canelo and Saunders would be cancelled because of a