WBA light heavyweight boxing champion Dmitry Bivol will defend his title against Libyan Malik Zinad on June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is reported by ESPN with reference to Turki Alalshih, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia.
We present the best moments of the fight between the absolute world champion in the second middleweight division between Saul Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) and Jaime Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs).
The Mexican clash headlined an evening of boxing in Las Vegas, USA, and ended with Canelo winning by unanimous decision (117-110, 116-111 and 115-112).
Oscar de la Hoya, promoter of American boxer Ryan Garcia, has spoken out about his ward's positive doping test ahead of his fight against WBC world bantamweight champion Devin Haney.
"Two positive tests? Who has two positive tests? We'll get all the information from the commission and then of course we'll make a statement. But right now we have to get the results of the B sample.
That's what I'm waiting for. But there's no room for anyone to cheat here. And I'm deeply convinced that Ryan did not cheat," said de la Hoya in an interview with YouTube channel FightHype.
Recall, earlier journalist Dan Rafael reported that in the body of Garcia found a banned drug ostarine.
Absolute world champion in the second middleweight division Saul Alvarez summarized the results of the fight against Jaime Munguia.
On the night of May 5, in the main event of an evening of boxing in Las Vegas, USA, the star Mexican defeated his compatriot by unanimous decision of the judges.
"When I finish my career, my numbers will show where I stand. I know there have been many outstanding boxers in my country, but right now I am the best. I've fought everyone and now I can do whatever I want.
This win means a lot to me. I'm glad I gave Jaime this opportunity. Munguia is a great guy and a great champion. He has a great career ahead of him. I am very proud that the whole world was watching us Mexicans," stated Canelo.
On the night of May 5, Las Vegas hosted an evening of boxing, which was headlined by a fight between absolute world champion in the super middleweight division Saul Alvarez and Jaime Munguia.
Alvarez came into this fight as the favorite and was able to prove his status. Canelo defeated Munguia, who had never lost before, by unanimous decision of the judges. The scores were 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 in favor of the champion.
It should be noted that Munguia was on the canvas as the fight progressed.
Here are the rest of the results of the evening of boxing.
Mario Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) - Fabian Maidana (22-3, 16 KOs) - Barrios won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Brandon Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) - Jessie Magdaleno (29-3, 18 KOs) - Figueroa won by knockout;
Eimantas Stanyonis (15-0, 9 KO) - Gabriel Maestre (6-1-1, 5 KO) - Stanyonis won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Vito Melnicki, Jr. (18-1, 12 KOs) - Ronald Cruz (19-4-1, 12 KOs) - Melnicki won by unanimous decision of judges;
Jesus Ramos (21-1, 16 KOs) - Johan Gonzalez (34-3, 33 KOs) - Ramos won by TKO;
Alan David Picasso (28-0-1, 16 KOs) - Damien Vazquez (17-4-1, 9 KOs). Picasso TKO win;
William Skull (22-0, 9 KOs) - Shawn Hemphill (16-2, 10 KOs). Skull won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Julian Bridges (5-0, 2 KOs) - Jabine Chollet (9-1, 7 KOs). Bridges won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Adrian Torres (8-0, 6 KOs) - Arsen Poghosyan (3-2-1, 2 KOs). Torres won by unanimous decision of the judges.
Former world champion Liam Smith, who faced Saul Alvarez and Jaime Munguia in title fights, shared his prediction for their upcoming bout.
"Munguia is good on offense, but he has problems on defense. I think that will make a huge difference in their fight. Munguia will have a lot of moments, but the question is how Canelo will react because he will be hit with long series of three, four, five, six and even seven punches. Alvarez will counterattack and make him pay. He has to capitalize.
I think Canelo will win. I really think he can stop Jaime. Now he wants to prove a lot, so he will seek a confident victory," - quotes Smith BoxingScene.
Recall, Alvarez and Munguia will meet on the night of May 5 in Las Vegas, USA.
The unified heavyweight boxing world champion Artur Beterbiev made the first statement after the fight against WBA belt holder Dmitry Bivol was canceled.
The fight for the title of absolute champion was scheduled for June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but was postponed due to a meniscus tear in the Canadian boxer.
"Dear friends, welcome everyone. Unfortunately, injuries in professional sports are not at all uncommon and no one is immune to them. I sincerely did not want the upcoming fight to be postponed, but the doctors insisted on the postponement.
Thank you to everyone who has already bought tickets, this fight will definitely take place, but a little later. Thank you all for your support," Beterbiev wrote in Instagram.
Former light heavyweight champion George Cambososos Jr. (21-2, 10 KOs) talked about his mood for his upcoming fight with three-division conqueror Vasyl Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs).
The fight, which will have the vacant IBF lightweight title on the line, will take place on May 11 in Perth, Australia.
"I'm ready for anything, but I feel like I'm capable of being the first one to knock this guy out, but I'm ready for anything. My speed, my explosive power, my punches are extremely explosive. I feel like he's ready to take it, but we've prepared. I've done over 200 rounds of sparring for this fight. I'm ready for anything," Boxing Social quoted the Australian as saying.
Former Ukrainian tennis player, now a military man Serhiy Stakhovskyy has spoken about his attitude towards unified heavyweight boxing world champion compatriot Oleksandr Usyk.
- We also have boxers to whom there are many questions.
- Already these questions are much less.
- Who are you talking about now?
- I will talk about only one of them, about Mr. Oleksandr Usyk. It seems to me that this man has felt the changes of 2022, is trying to understand and support the state. As a person I am very impressed by this.
If I did not watch his speeches before, because he did not resonate with me as a person at all, then here I am even ready to watch it, because I see that the man has changed, - said Stakhovsky.
Recall that on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Usik will fight for the title of the absolute world with the British Tyson Fury.
Absolute world champion in the second middleweight division Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) said he has no plans to retire from boxing in the near future.
