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Canelo Alvarez takes tougher road towards being 4-division world champion

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CALIFORNIA, USA — Mexican boxing champ Canelo Alvarez might be jumping the gun in his quest for fistic superstardom, but we’ll have to see if he’s biting off more than he can chew when he leaps two weight classes in his latest fight next month.

The next question being, why can’t he?

Alvarez is setting up the table for his date with destiny as gung ho boxing fans are raring to find out if a victory against Sergey Kovalev come November 2 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas makes him a four-division world champion.

And all these make this eagerly awaited light heavyweight bout for the WBO crown one of the most anticipated in this year’s boxing calendar and is surely something to look out for.

“The second phase of my career is continuing just as we had planned, and that’s why we are continuing to make great fights to enter into the history books of boxing,” the 29-year-old Alvarez said in a statement announcing the fight.

Alvarez also says that even if he’s trudging a new landscape, he isn’t one to be fazed easily.

“That’s also why I’ve decided to jump two weight classes against one of the most feared champions of recent years. Kovalev is a dangerous puncher, and he’s naturally the bigger man, but that’s the kind of challenges and risks that I like to face.”

Alvarez, sporting his impressive 52-1-2 record with 35 knockouts, is still riding high from his unanimous decision win over Daniel Jacobs back in May.

Kovalev on the other hand, turned the tables on Eleider Alvarez, beating the Colombian after a defeat in their initial fight, reclaiming his WBO championship belt in February this year before defending his title in style via a Round 11 KO od Anthony Yarde.

As per the undercards, Ryan Garcia, a rising star with an unblemished record of 18 wins, no defeats with 15 KOs, will hope to unify the vacant WBC silver lightweight bet and its NABO counterpart when he takes on his co-champ Romero Duno (12-1, 16 KOs)

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Naoya Inoue is ‘overrated’ – Luis Nery

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Luis Nery vs Inoue

Two-weight world Mexican champ Luis Nery (35 wins – 1 loss – 0) mocked the undefeated “Japanese monster” Naoya Inoue (26 wins – 0 loss) as ordinary and overrated hyping their fight at Tokyo Dome in Japan May 6, 2024.

31-year old Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight title against Nery.

29-year-old challenger Nery has the WBC and Ring magazine bantamweight titles plus the WBC super bantamweight title from 2020 to May 2021.

On the other hand, the undisputed Inoue who holds WBA and IBF titles plus WBC and WBO belts has never lost except a decision with Filipino ‘flash’ Nonito Donaire last 2011.

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Francis Ngannou cries ‘deception’ vs Anthony Joshua camp

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Francis Ngannou cries ‘deception’ vs Anthony Joshua camp

Former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou accused AJ camp of ‘trickery’ when he suffered devastating knockdowns in the first and second round last March 8, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The MMA fighter and former UFC heavyweight champion said that AJ camp sabotaged him by letting him go early in the arena.

“We both fought at 3am. What I think, something that’s happened is that they get me to the arena very early. Like my pickup time was 10.30pm to go to the arena. And then when we get to the arena, they tell us that we are scheduled around 1.45am. right?” Ngannou blurted.

He believed that he came exhausted, which resulted in his humiliating defeat.

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Texas Department urges Mike Tyson to pass EEG, EKG tests

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Texas Department urges Mike Tyson to pass EEG, EKG tests

The 57-year old legend Mike Tyson (50 wins – 6 loss) vs 27-year old YouTuber Jake Paul (9 wins – 1 loss) must undergo major tests before the fight to materialize at AT&T Stadium in Texas Arlington on July 20, 2024.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR) urged Tyson to undergo or pass a brain test Electroencephalography (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (EKG) for the heart.

“A person aged 36 or older applying for a contestant’s license must submit a report of favourable physical testing conducted within the previous 12 months, including but not limited to an EEG and an EKG.” TDLR elaborated.

Meanwhile, the American youtuber explained that he picked Tyson because he wants to change the history of boxing. He already fought Floyd Mayweather Jr but he lost.

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