The fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed 175-pound championship, scheduled for June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was postponed after Beterbiev injured his knee in training. The IBF, WBC and WBO titleholder ruptured his meniscus, Top Rank announced in a news release. The promotional company plans to stage the light heavyweight showdown before the end of the year. The 5 vs. 5 portion of the show, in which fighters from Matchroom and Queensberry Promotions will face one another, will go on as scheduled June 1 on DAZN. These are the five fights: Deontay Wilder vs ..read more

Super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia on Friday made weight for their fight Saturday on DAZN Pay-Per-View from Las Vegas. Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) weighed 166.8 pounds, 1.2 under the limit. Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) came in at 167.4. The weights for other featured fights on the card are as follows: Mario Barrios (146.6) vs. Fabian Maidana (146.2), welterweights; Brandon Figueroa (125.4) vs. Jessie Magdaleno (128.6), featherweights; Eimantas Stanionis (146.6) vs. Gabriel Maestre (146.8), welterweights; Jesus Ramos (154.6) vs. Johan Gonzalez (153.6), junior middleweights; Vit ..read more

Undisputed 168-pound champion Canelo Alvarez and challenger Jaime Munguia are scheduled to weigh in today (Friday) for their fight Saturday on  DAZN Pay-Per-View from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The weigh-in will take place at 3 p.m. ET / noon PT at Toshiba Plaza, outside the arena. You can watch it on the PBC YouTube channel. Other matchups for which weigh-ins will take place: Mario Barrios vs. Fabian Maidana, 147-pounders; Brandon Figueroa vs. Jessie Magdaleno, 126-pounders; and Eimantas Stanionis vs. Gabriel Maestre, 147-pounders. The featured portion of the card is scheduled to begi ..read more

Devin Haney had good reason to be indignant. The 140-pound titleholder suffered an embarrassing, three-knockdown loss to an overweight Ryan Garcia – the first setback of his career – only to find out that Garcia had failed two tests for performance enhancing drugs conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. Haney agreed to face an opponent who came in three-plus pounds above the limit. He didn’t agree to fight a big puncher who had juiced, if a follow-up investigation proves that. “We put our lives on the line to entertain people for a living. You don’t play boxing,” Haney said in a st ..read more

Ryan Garcia failed two drug tests taken before his fight with Devin Haney on April 20 in Brooklyn, New York, ESPN is reporting. The 140-pound contender tested positive for the performance enhancing drug Ostarine, according to a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association letter obtained by ESPN. Garcia was tested the day before and on the day of the fight, which Garcia won by a majority decision. The results weren’t known until afterward. The fighter must submit a request within 10 days if he wants to have his B-sample tested. ESPN also reported that he screened positive for the steroid 19-Norandrostero ..read more

The feud between Canelo Alvarez and his former promoter Oscar De La Hoya is hotter than ever. De La Hoya, who promotes Jaime Munguia, Alvarez’s opponent on Saturday in Las Vegas, said in a recent interview with journalist Ariel Helwani that he was going to go hard on Alvarez during fight week. And he followed through. Speaking Wednesday at the final news conference before the fight, De La Hoya, standing at a lectern, let the undisputed 168-pound champion have it as he sat near him at a dais. Canelo Alvarez GETS UP AND GOES AFTER Oscar De La Hoya in response to his comments at the final press ..read more

This isn’t a reward for Ryan Garcia. The enigmatic 140-pound contender missed weight by an embarrassing 3-plus pounds for his fight against Devin Haney on April 20 in Brooklyn, New York, which was an inexcusable misstep. We can only hope that Garcia and those who might emulate him don’t make a habit of flouting the rules, which are meant in part to protect fighters. That said, Garcia’s ability to bend the boxing world to his will and his remarkable performance against Haney can’t be ignored. He simply has to be the Boxing Junkie Fighter of the Month for April for the way he single-handily tur ..read more

No one is happier than Eimantas Stanionis to get back into the ring. The 147-pound contender hasn’t fought since he defeated Radzhab Butaev by a split decision to win a secondary title in April of 2022, two years ago. He remains unbeaten and a top welterweight but he lost two of his prime years. He returns against Gabriel Maestre on the Canelo Alvarez-Jaime Munguia card May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Veags on DAZN Pay-Per-View. “Yes, I’m excited,” Stanionis told Boxing Junkie. “The last time I flew to Texas and two days before the fight, the day before the weigh-in, the fight didn’t happen. It ..read more

Fight week is officially underway. Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and challenger Jaime Munguia on Tuesday made their ceremonial grand arrivals for their fight Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on DAZN Pay-Per-View. “This is a very significant and historic fight with two Mexicans fighting for all four belts for the first time,” Alvarez said upon his arrival. “I’m looking to leave my mark and put my country up high.” Said Munguia: “This is going to be an interesting fight, and we’re going to come after him. We’re going to look for him in the ring, and in the en ..read more

Canelo Alvarez returns to the ring Saturday on DAZN Pay-Per-View from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where he’ll defend the undisputed 168-pound championship against Jaime Munguia. The Mexican superstar had planned to face 160-pound titleholder Jermall Charlo. However, when that fight couldn’t be made, he turned to his young, unbeaten countryman to create what he called “a big party for Mexico.” The experts and fans have many questions about Alvarez, Munguia and the matchup itself going into the fight. Here are five of them:   How good is Canelo Alvarez at this stage of his career? Excellen ..read more