![]() 19, winning a one-sided unanimous decision – 119-109, 119-109 and 117-111 - over the Hearn-promoted Brit Callum Smith to win The Ring and WBA super middleweight world titles, as well as the vacant WBC 168-pound belt in front of about 15,000 fans at the Alamodome in San Antonio. ![]() The fighter returned to DAZN for that fight on Dec. Once free, Alvarez quickly made a one-fight deal with Hearn. As of Wednesday evening, Matchroom Boxing and stadium officials were working on the final details of the site agreement, sources said.Īlvarez became a free agent from longtime promoter Golden Boy and DAZN in November after they settled a breach of contract lawsuit he filed against them. It will be the first of a two-fight agreement between Alvarez and Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, with the second fight, assuming Alvarez defeats Yildirim, likely to be a unification fight with England’s Billy Joe Saunders on May 8, which is Cinco de Mayo weekend, per the sources.Īlvarez-Yildirim will air on DAZN as well as via pay-per-view and take place at the 80,000-seat Hard Rock Stadium in Miami - home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami Hurricanes football team - where a limited number of spectators will be allowed, according to sources. The fight is expected to be announced on Thursday. 27, multiple sources told The Ring on Wednesday. I’m just going in there looking to hurt, doing what we were doing in camp, and just transferring over into the fight this week,” said Berlanga.Unified super middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s pound-for-pound king and the sport’s biggest star, will fight for the second time in a little over two months when he takes on mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim on Feb. “Like I said, I’m going to beat the s**t out of this dude. You look happy and are making weight good.’ A lot of things are different, and I’m just excited. Everyone is telling me, ‘Yo, you look different, man. “I just went back to the basics, and he just went back to who I really was and made me that fighter from what I was in the beginning from 2016 when I got with him. “Yeah, for sure,” said Berlanga when asked if being out of the ring for a year has helped him. These guys keep laughing, smirking about the situation, but we’re going to see this week,” said Berlanga. “I’ve been more aggressive, more smart, using my jab. Read: Berlanga not ready for Canelo Munguia too experienced says Roberto Diaz That’s another reason why I said I’m a different fighter mentally, physically, and with my sparring. I just got to go out and do what I got to do and handle business,” said Berlanga when asked if ring rust would be a factor in this fight, considering that he hasn’t fought in twelve months since June 2022. “Like Mike Tyson said, ‘You got a plan until you get punched in the face.’ No, I don’t think so. They can keep laughing, but like I said, he can have Andy Lee with him, and he can have his team, but it’s only him and me in that ring. They’re trying to run off that, but they don’t understand that I’m not that fighter. “I know they’re looking at my previous fights, the fights from before. I told him already that I know their game plan,” said Edgar Berlanga to Fight Hub TV about Jason Quigley. “It’s always business for me, but I just feel like right now, he thinks it’s sweet. Read: Floyd Mayweather Talks About His First Fight With Castillo: “I Was Hurting” Berlanga angry at Quigley laughing at him
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