Joshua vs Ruiz 2:

Eddie Hearn held a press conference and confirmed that the fight is a done deal for Saudi Arabia on December 7. This fight is far from a done deal, Hearn will have to fold, break his own contract and give Ruiz more then the Originally Agreed Amount to make it work.

Otherwise MSG will house the anticipated Rematch and the Saudi’s will need their deposit back in full.

And to Boot – If a fight somewhere on the planet does not occur on December 7th, Anthony Joshua will be very upset with his promoter.

Boxing’s Best Fighter:

Naoya Inoue is head and shoulders the best pound for pound boxer on the planet. Any pound for pound list that does not have him number one is not to be taken seriously. It’s the monster first and then everybody else falls into a level B category.

INOUE-DONAIRE Will not be a contest it will simply be another Monster blowout.

Canelo Still Single:

Canelo simply did not want to fight Triple G this year while Triple G still has a bit of his prime left.

Now Canelo is waiting to fight Sergey Kovalev after Kovalev defends against Anthony Yarde on August 24 in Russia. I think Kovalev is still the best Light Heavyweight on the planet( I am in the minority of that one), but he will be in the worst for wear after the Yarde fight and will not and should not compete again in 2019.

That will leave Canelo was three DAZN approved options:

1. Billy Joe Saunders
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Demetrius Andrade

Saunders is in his prime and Charlo has crazy power, so looks like Canelo vs the soft punching Andrade for November of 2019.

Canelo / Andrade will be a poor mans look alike of Canelo- Jacobs.

GGG vs Sergiy Derevyanchenko:

These two rugged tough boys will duke it out on October 5 in Madison Square Garden for the International Boxing Federation World Title. A strong undercard could make this a hot ticket.

Spence vs Porter:

Spence has the power, reach and youth advantage. I believe this is a 50-50 fight for one reason. If the Porter who fought Danny Garcia shows up – he can beat anybody at 147.

Amanda Serrano vs Heather Heat Hardy:

Good for these ladies for making a name for themselves and making people around the world excited to see them fight.

Heather Hardy’s corner Has to be very mindful, Serrano is like a young Pacquiao who is capable of inflicting a lot of damage. This is the type of fight that could end Hardy’s career if she’s to tough for her own good. I see Serrano winning by a landslide.

Serrano & Shields are the best Female Boxers on the planet Bar None.

Other Notes:

Gervonta Tank Davis had a wonderful/ needed homecoming fight and has positioned himself as the top dog at 130.

Keith Thurman show tremendous sportsmanship after the Manny Pacquiao fight. He needs to be quiet right now and step up and fight Danny Garcia and show that he deserves to be talked about as one of the very best boxers.

Or he can take a slightly easier fight and fight Terence Crawford, that would be a very entertaining fight that I believe he can win.

 Thurman Calling out Manny Pacquiao it’s falling on deaf ears, That was a once-in-a-lifetime chance and that ship has already sailed.

Teaching Boxers a Lesson:

Maurice hooker and Jose Ramirez had a tremendous exciting fight. Congratulations to Ramirez for unifying two titles. Taking nothing away from the amazing boxing performance Ramirez put On. In fact, Ramirez’s Great performance landed the unified Champ on Boxing Action Magazine’s P4P list. Ramirez is nicely positioned at #11.

Mighty Mo taught all boxers a big lesson, when you’re more concerned with the crowd and looking good then your opponent, you going out.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. had a nice little win in Mexico, Junior has a long road to walk/ run to get a big name fight.

Yuriorkis Gamboa had a terrific win against Roman Martinez and in the process lined himself up for a big fight.

Winning Isn’t Everything:

Luis Nery, Yordenis Ugas, Teofimo López & Chad Dawson  all recently recorded wins. All Four looked Very Unimpressive.

Erislandy Lara is still a great fighter and top dog in the 154 pound division. Age has caught up with the great Cuban and can no longer holder dominateand hold of the young lions in the division.

OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK VS ARTUR BETERBIEV:

Trainer Teddy Atlas is going to have to have a big trick up his sleeve in order for Gvozdyk to something survive and get past Beterbiev.

Photo courtesy of Ed Mulholland/ Matchroom Boxing