According to WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBC title holder Gennady Golovkin must KO Saul Alvarez in a possible rematch if he wants to win it. The first meeting of Golovkin and Alvarez this September was controversially judged as a draw.
Deontey Wilder says that he will not be very upset and just try to meet the strongest rivals possible, if Anthony Joshua for any reason refuses to fight him in a unification battle.
Promoter of Ringstar Sports Richard Schaefer shared his plans of the World Boxing Super Series for the second season. According to Schaefer, this time the organizers will try to stage the tournaments of the eight in the 118, 122 or 126 pounds.
Kathy Duva, the head of the promotion company Main Events, dealing affairs of WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, says that their plans are to try to return the lost titles of other versions, and organize fights with Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker has already compiled a list of New Year's wishes. They include fights against world champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, as well as a duel with Tony Bellew. At the moment Parker's team is busy negotiating with WBA, IBF and IBO title holder Anthony Joshua about a meeting in March or April.
Last week, former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury very unexpectedly announced that he is giving up his all career coach uncle Peter, and will continue to prepare under the guidance of Ben Davidson. At the moment, Fury, who has not entered the ring since December 2015, when he got a shocking victory over Wladimir Klitschko, tries to lose weight and regain his former form.
WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn speaks on his further career plans. The next fight the Australian intends to have in April 2018. However, the boxer has not yet decided on his opponent. The official contender for his title is the former undisputed junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford.
Former world champion in five weight classes Floyd Mayweather shared his thoughts on a possible unification bout between WBA Super, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC belt holder Deontey Wilder.
Two-time Olympic champion 36-year-old Zou Shiming from China can finish his career due to problems with vision. Doctors suspect a detached retina of the left eye of the Chinese athlete.
April match between Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs) was chosen by HBO specialists as the best fight of 2017.
