Former world bantamweight champion Rolando Romero believes Mexican star Saul Alvarez has a duty to share the ring with David Benavides after defeating his compatriot Jaime Munguia.
"It was a great fight. Mexico won. Despite everything, it was a great fight. The knockdown played an important role. Overall it was a great card.
There's only one fight next for Canelo Alvarez and that's the fight against David Benavides. Everyone wants to see it, so we need to organize it," Romero said in an interview with YouTube channel Fight Hub TV.
Recall that on the night of May 5, Alvarez defeated Munguia by unanimous decision of the judges in the main event of the evening of boxing in Las Vegas.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Orlovsky expressed his opinion that lightweight titleholder Islam Makhachev will confidently defeat Dustin Porier in their upcoming fight.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury shared his opinion about WBA, WBO and IBF belt holder Oleksandr Usyk.
The Briton and the Ukrainian will determine the first since 1999 absolute champion in the heavyweight division on May 18 in Yar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
"Oleksandr Usyk is a real villain. He can only be underestimated by a fool. That's why I'm training hard and doing my best. I respect Usik and his career. I'm looking forward to the fight.
He works well with his feet, he has great boxing skills, technique. He's proven he can fight big heavyweights with wins over Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois. This is an elite fighter," Fury said in an interview with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions YouTube channel.
Former world boxing champion in three weight categories Vasyl Lomachenko admitted that he is at the sunset of his career.
Legendary American promoter Bob Arum shared his opinion about the absolute champion in the second lightweight Naoya Inoue.
The Japanese will defend his titles against Mexican Luis Nery tonight, May 6, in his homeland's capital city.
"This is an incredible guy and one of the greatest boxers I've ever seen. What I'm seeing is frightening. He crushes really good opponents. I've never seen a fighter of comparable size perform like that. Salvador Sanchez may have been capable of something like that, but he didn't always win by knockout.
Inoue boxing guys and then knocking them out. What we're seeing in his performance is something special. And there's no ifs. He's special to boxing," BoxingScene quoted Arum as saying.
Popular American boxer Ryan Garcia has spoken out about the fact that his doping test taken before his fight with compatriot Devin Haney tested positive for ostarine.
Irish UFC welterweight prospect Ian Harry has once again called on former interim division champion American Colby Covington to sign a contract to fight.
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo commented on his win over Jonathan Martinez and also spoke out about his future.
"I came out for this fight as focused as possible, I had a great preparation, thanks to my team for that. I'm happy that I pleased the fans and gave them what they wanted. I worked a lot on my boxing, that's what I emphasized in the fight. But he is left-handed, so it was not easy to catch him, I had to wait for the right moments to attack, but in general I attacked him with good punches.
What's next? That's up to Dana White, Sean Shelby and Hunter Campbell. We'll see what they come up with. But I've said before, this isn't my last fight. I feel like age doesn't stop me from fighting, I feel great physically. Perhaps I can become a champion again," - stated Aldo.
Recall that Aldo defeated Maritinez by unanimous decision of judges at UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro, USA. For the 37-year-old Brazilian this fight was the first in MMA since August 2022.
Australian UFC lightweight division fighter Steve Erceg commented on his loss to Brazilian champion Alesandre Pantoja.
WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight boxing champion Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) congratulated his compatriots on Easter.
