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.
Tom Leffler, former promoter of Gennadiy Golovkin, recalled under what circumstances his ward's fight with Jaime Munguia was derailed.
"Everything was negotiated and signed by Munguia for the biggest fee of his career. HBO PPV and MGM Grand liked GGG fighting an undefeated Mexican puncher with a record of 28-0, 24 KOs on "Cinco de Mayo" as Canelo's replacement.The day before we were going to announce the fight, Bob Bennett of the Nevada Commission derailed it with one of the most bizarre decisions I've seen from a commissioner. I checked with the other major commissions and they had no problem approving it at all. At his age of 36, GGG was no longer the youngest, and Jaime was physically bigger - he was fighting now at 168 pounds. Munguia had already trained and won the world title that same month, proving our point that he was a world class boxer and was worthy of fighting! Bob took away the big fight at Cinco de Mayo in Las Vegas in 2018 from GGG, Munguia and the fans...," said the functionary.
UFC welterweightAnthony Smith has spoken out about the return of Brazilian legend Jose Aldo to the octagon. Smith noted that it will be cool to see Jose back in the octagon in his home country of Brazil.
"It's cool to see Aldo return, especially here in Rio where he's so loved. He's fighting one of my teammates. I'm looking forward to seeing Jonathan Martinez go out there and get the win. Honestly, even though Jonathan is my teammate, it would be cool to see Jose take another walk," Smith said.
As a reminder, Aldo will fight at UFC 301, which takes place on the night of May 5 in Rio de Janeiro. Jose will meet in the octagon with Jonathan Martinez.
Tim Tszyu, former world champion in the first middleweight, did not speak too flatteringly about modern boxing. He compared it to reality TV, writing a post on social media about it.
"There's too much drama in boxing right now. It looks like some kind of reality show. Like 'The Kardashian Family' or something like that..." - wrote Tszyu.
His last fight Tszyu held at the end of March this year, losing by decision to Sebastian Fundora. At stake in that fight were the WBC and WBO middleweight championship belts. This defeat was the first in the professional career of the Australian boxer. Now his record is 24-1, 17 KOs.
Jose Aldo, former UFC featherweight champion, has created what he believes is the perfect fighter. Notably, the Brazilian has taken two of his "skils" - striking and knockdown defense.
jab and knockdown defense - Jose Aldo;
Submissions - Charles Oliveira;
jaw strength - Max Holloway;
cardio - Merab Dvalishvili;
kickdowns - George St. Pierre;
grappling - Demian Maia.
Jose Aldo's next fight will be against Jonathan Martinez. Their fight will take place on the night of May 5 in Rio de Janeiro as part of the co-main event of UFC 301.
In his last fight, Jose Aldo lost by unanimous decision to Georgian fighter Merab Dvalishvili.
Anthony Smith, a welterweight, compared the organization's current and former lightweight champions Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
"Islam is a more versatile fighter than Khabib. I think Islam has better striking technique, and he's probably better at going for parterre holds. He's definitely better at leg kicks. So he has more skills. But Khabib was incredibly good at what he did. He was good at imposing his will on any opponent. I would say that Islam is more 'skilful', but Khabib was still better because of the fact that he had a strong side where there was just nowhere to be better."
