Mexican superstar and pound4pound king Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KO's) stopped Turkish mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim (21-3, 12 KO's) in 3 chapters to claim the unified WBA/WBC super middleweight World titles tod  

Canelo Alvarez next fight: Mexican superstar to face Billy Joe Saunders on Cinco de Mayo weekend
By Brandon Wise , CBS Sports, Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Canelo Alvarez is moving on. The unified super middleweight champion picked up an easy victory over WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim on Saturday as he continues his quest to claim all four recognized belts at 168 pounds. With his only current mandatory out of the way, Alvarez has his sights no  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez stops Avni Yildirim with ease, faces Billy Joe Saunders next
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Every now and then in boxing. an underdog pulls off a major upset. A few weeks ago, virtual unknown Mauricio Lara went to London and knocked out former champion Josh Warrington. Avni Yildirim entered the ring against WBC and WBA super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez a 40-1 underdog. Would th  Read Full Story >>>

CANELO STOPS YILDIRIM IN THREE, EYES SAUNDERS NEXT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021

The pre-fight noise was more entertaining but the moment was too big and the lights were too bright for the Turkish upstart Avni Yildirim who showed nothing in front Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez who completel  Read Full Story >>>

$50M Pacquiao-Crawford ME Fight Another Proverbial Pie in the Sky?
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021

There are encouraging signs that a lucrative fight involving Manny Pacquiao and Terrence Crawford in the Middle East, possibly in petrodollar rich Dubai or Saudi Arabia, could be worked out by Bob Arum with the financial backing  Read Full Story >>>

Bagamasbad, Gomez and Medina lead Laguna Heroes to defeat Camarines Soaring Eagles, 12.5-8.5
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Fide Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad, Grandmaster John Paul Gomez and Vince Angelo Medina came through with stirring victories as the Laguna Heroes team crushed Camarines Soaring Eagles, 12.5-8.5, in the All Filipino Conference Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) tournament on Satu  Read Full Story >>>

Kamshybek Kunkabayev wins first professional title - MTK Fight Night Results and Reaction
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021

Rising Kazakhstan star Kamshybek Kunkabayev won the first title of his professional career when he defeated Server Emurlaev to claim the vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title. He was competing on a huge #MTKFigh  Read Full Story >>>

Split-T Management Fighters Diego Pacheco and Money Powell IV in Action
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021

Diego Pacheco on the scales. NEW YORK (February 27, 2021) -Two Members of the Split-T Management stable will be in action tonight as undefeated super middleweight prospect Diego Pacheco takes on Rodolfo Go  Read Full Story >>>

Golden State Warriors Win 3rd Game in a Row Avenging Loss to Charlotte Hornets
By Tom Macasaet, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021

February 26th, 2021 San Francisco, CA-- REVENGE was the theme for this Friday night’s home game against the Charlotte Hornets. The last time the two teams met, the Warrior’s star player stepped off the floor   Read Full Story >>>

Joseph Parker defeats Junior Fa by unanimous decision
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker remained on pace to achieve another chance at heavyweight honors by edging old friend and rival Junior Fa over 12 rounds at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand last night. Parker (28-2, 21 KOs) was judged the winner by a realistic 115-113, and ridic  Read Full Story >>>

Eddie Hearn responds to John Fury’s warning amid Anthony Joshua fight talks
By Darragh Murphy, Pundit Arena, Sun, 28 Feb 2021
The build-up to Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua promises to make for fascinating viewing. While the fighters themselves are more than capable of cutting a fight-hyping promo, the representatives of both Fury and Joshua are also no strangers to voicing their opinions. Fury’s father has warned Jos  Read Full Story >>>

Triller's winning bid for Teofimo Lopez's next fight leaves Top Rank shook
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 28 Feb 2021
LAS VEGAS — There were no fights of significance on Thursday, but the date will go down as one of the biggest days in recent boxing history in the aftermath of the stunning news that Triller Fight Club bought the rights to promote the Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos lightweight title fight for the s  Read Full Story >>>

Rene Mark Cuarto dethrones Pedro Taduran as IBF strawweight champion
By Carlo Pamintuan, ESPN 5, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
A new International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight champion was crowned Saturday afternoon at the Bula Gym in General Santos City after Rene Mark Cuarto dethroned Pedro Taduran via a razor-thin unanimous decision. It was a good technical match between the attacker in Taduran and the counte  Read Full Story >>>

John Fury tells Eddie Hearn sign the f***ing document'
By Sam Blitz, Mail Online (UK), Sat, 27 Feb 2021
John Fury has urged Eddie Hearn to agree a fight between his son Tyson and British heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua in an expletive-laden rant against the Matchroom promoter. Sportsmail reported earlier this month that the first draft of contracts for the highly-anticipated unification fight ha  Read Full Story >>>

Cuarto is New IBF World Minimumweight Champ
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

DAVAO CITY – Rene Mark "Mighty Mouse" Cuarto used his left uppercut wisely to dethrone Pedro Taduran Jr. and become the new International Boxing Federation world minimumweight champion today, Feb. 27, at the Bu  Read Full Story >>>

PARKER: I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AT SPARK ARENA
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

Former WBO Champion returns against Junior Fa Joseph Parker says he wants to “make a statement” when locks horns with long-term rival Junior Fa for the vacant WBO Oriental Heavyweight Title at Spark Arena in Auckland  Read Full Story >>>

Impact Boxing Kicks Off 2021 Schedule on March 6th
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
Steve Geffrard takes on Denis Grachev in the main event Impact Boxing will kick off it's 2021 schedule with a great night of boxing that will air on Saturday, March 6th, Impact Network, the basic cable channel, which reaches over 93 millions homes, hopped on the scene last year with champion  Read Full Story >>>

MOSCONI STARS SET FOR GROUP 1 OF PREDATOR CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE POOL
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
Members of Team Europe’s Mosconi Cup winning team, including MVP Jayson Shaw, will take part in Group One of Predator Championship League Pool, which launches on March 22 at Stadium MK, England, streamed around the world. Shaw will be joined in Group One by European teammates Albin Ouschan, Ekl  Read Full Story >>>

Cu wins online rapid chess tourney
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
(Final Standings: 7 Round Swiss System, 5 minutes plus 5 seconds increment time control format, 21-player's field, ) 6 points---Ivan Cu 5 points---Oshrie Jhames Reyes, Keith Adriane Ilar 4.5 points---Al-Basher Buto, Christian Tolosa, Monica Lorraine Togonon, Karl Adrian Dalauta 3.5 points---Arne  Read Full Story >>>

Triller Boxing – Teofimo Lopez vs George Kambosos Jr and the sport’s new powerhouse
By Danny Flexen, SecondsOut.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
It’s just the latest illustration of the fast-moving nature of boxing that a year ago, the majority of the sport’s fans and pundits had never heard of Triller. The social media platform beating out established promotional entities in Matchroom and Top Rank to win the purse bids for Teofimo Lopez  Read Full Story >>>

Arum: Triller Can Buyout Teofimo Lopez's Contract If They Like Him So Much, We Made $800K In 5 Minutes
By Manouk Akopyan, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
One of the most highly anticipated purse bids in recent memory culminated Thursday when the new kid on the block in Triller and its owner Ryan Kavanaugh put up $6,018,000 to stage a lightweight fight between Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. Top Rank ended up bidding $2,315,000, while Mat  Read Full Story >>>

Taduran faces stiff odds in title defense
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

Pedro Taduran (left) and Rene Mark Cuarto. IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran realizes the odds are stacked against him in his second title defense against countryman Rene Mark Cuarto at the Bula Gym in Gen  Read Full Story >>>

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER GILBERTO ‘ZURDO’ RAMIREZ SIGNS MULTI-FIGHT DEAL WITH GOLDEN BOY
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

Zurdo Ramirez. LOS ANGELES (Feb. 26, 2021): Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, (41-0, 27 KOs), the Mexican light heavyweight contender and undefeated former world champion, has signed a multi-fight deal with Golden Boy. Details   Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez vs Avni Yildirim preview - Canelo returns quickly with Saunders fight on horizon
By Lucas Bourdon , Bloody Elbow, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
Canelo Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) defends his super-middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Canelo is coming off of two fantastic performances against top fighters Sergey Kovalev and Callum Smith and is getting a bit of a breather in term  Read Full Story >>>

Billy Joe Saunders will be praying Canelo Alvarez beats Avni Yildirim to set up a super-middleweight unification fight
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Sat, 27 Feb 2021
Billy Joe Saunders will be watching and praying tonight that Canelo Alvarez does not fall victim to the upset curse which has marked big-time boxing's re-emergence from the coronavirus lockdown. Assuming Canelo successfully defends his world super-middleweight titles in front of 15,000 fans at th  Read Full Story >>>

A steep price to pay: Former champion Oscar 'Shotgun' Albarado
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
His manager nicknamed him “Shotgun.” The name fit. He’d throw punches in bunches, many with wicked intentions. His guns were rarely empty. He was durable, with unquestioned power. “He was strong,” Armando Muniz told me on the phone a few years ago. “Had a great chin. Our fi  Read Full Story >>>

Taduran tips at 104, Cuarto at 105
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

DAVAO CITY – Pedro Taduran Jr. tipped at 104 lbs. while Rene Mark Cuarto scaled at 105 lbs. during Friday’s final weigh-in for today’s International Boxing Federation World minimimweight championship fight at  Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS SHORTS 67: DONNIE NIETES FACES PANAMANIAN ORLANDO PENALBA ON APRIL 3
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

Four-division world boxing champion and longest-reigning Filipino titlist Donnie “Ahas” Nietes will face Orlando Penalba on April 3, 2021, as reported by Cebu Daily News, in his ring return in Dubai, United Arab Emi  Read Full Story >>>

MTK Fight Night Kazakhstan: Weights and Running Order
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021

Please find below the weights and running order ahead of Saturday's action-packed #MTKFightNight event at the Tynyshpayev Academy of Transport and Communications in Almaty, Kazakhstan, live in the US on ESPN+ in association  Read Full Story >>>

Billy Joe Saunders vs. Willie Monroe Jr. WBO World Middleweight Title Bout Headlines Classic Fight Night on fubo Sports Network
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
February 26, 2021-The WBO World Middleweight title was on the line when Billy Joe Saunders took on Willie Monroe Jr. in a bout that will headline tonight's edition of Classic Fight Night on fubo Sports Network. The fight, which took place on September 16, 2017, at The Copper Box Arena in London,   Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez-Avni Yildirim Weigh-In Results From Miami
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
MIAMI – Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim came in at exactly the same weight Friday afternoon at the JW Marriott. Other than that, they are viewed entirely differently entering their 12-round, 168-pound title fight Saturday night at nearby Hard Rock Stadium. Alvarez, arguably the best boxer, pou  Read Full Story >>>

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez wary of Avni Yildirim's aggressive intent after final face-off at weigh-in
By James Dielhenn, SkySports.com, Sat, 27 Feb 2021
"There's no debate that Canelo Alvarez is the pound-for-pound No 1 and he continues to fight the best," said promoter Eddie Hearn; Canelo defends his super-middleweight world titles against Avni Yildirim on Saturday night Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez says he is ready for Avni Yildirim to try "to rip my   Read Full Story >>>