Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Saul Alvarez's first fight (54-1-2, 36 KOs) in his native Mexico since 2011 will probably not take place this year.
UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan will hold his next fight on March 6. His rival will be, as previously planned, Aljamain Sterling. The fight itself will take place at the 259th UFC tournament. It is currently unknown where exactly this event will take place.
The fight of Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier will be a non title fight. But, its winner can count on a title shot. This was announced by UFC President Dana White.
Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) became the super WBA middleweight champion. Previously, the Japanese had a regular World Boxing Association belt, and Saul Alvarez was the super champion.
This summer, the long-awaited fight for the title of undisputed heavyweight king between Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) and Anthony Joshua (24-1, 21 KOs) may take place. In the meantime, as part of the "warm-up", the champions exchange "courtesies" in the media.
Ali Abdel-Aziz, the manager of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, revealed that his fighter was offered $100 million for a fight against Floyd Mayweather according to boxing rules.
WBA heavyweight belt owner Manuel Charr (31-4, 17 KOs) and WBA interim champion Trevor Bryan (20-0, 14 KOs) are scheduled to fight on January 29 in Hollywood, Florida.
Eddie Hearn was critical of Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs), who, after winning the WBC lightweight eliminator, instead of talking about a fight with the belt holder Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) challenged Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs).
WBC, WBA super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez believes he will beat Gennady Golovkin if they meet in their third fight. Canelo entered the ring last month in his only fight in 2020 when he took a decisive victory over previously undefeated Callum Smith to win two championship ...
WBC and IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Beterbiev, who tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of 2020, announced that he is returning to training. Due to illness, the fight of Beterbiev and Adam Deines of Germany, which was scheduled for January 30 and was supposed to take place ...