ESPN reviewers shared their views on what else interesting will happen in boxing before the end of the year – their version of the top 5 events turned out to be beautiful and optimistic.
Tyson Fury to resume career
The WBC heavyweight champion Briton Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) will not only resume his career, but will give the green light to the fight with the winner of the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) from Ukraine and Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) from Great Britain – on August 20 in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) the winner of the remaining championship belts of the division will be determined.
Errol Spence and Terence Crawford will determine the absolute
The holders of all belts in the welterweight “pound” American champions Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) and Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) will certainly agree on a fight, as both are determined to determine the strongest. AT ESPN they have no doubt that their face-to-face fight will meet all expectations – it will turn out to be cool, competitive, and will become a “boxing classic”.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano to rematch
The leaders of women’s boxing Irish Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) and Puerto Rican Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) in April gave the fans the most unforgettable and cool fight in the history of women’s boxing. Taylor snatched a certain victory, although she was on the verge of an early defeat. So the second fight suggests itself. Experts are confident that it will turn out no worse than the first.
Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia agree to fight
Perhaps the most controversial prediction from ESPN. American lightweight punchers Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) and Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) have been in talks since last year. Both are top assets of their promoters and TV platforms, which makes negotiations very difficult. However, their face-to-face fight would definitely generate a huge number of sold PPV broadcasts and become very successful commercially.
Gennady Golovkin to retire after Canelo Alvarez fight
On September 17 in Las Vegas (USA), the 40-year-old middleweight champion of Kazakhstan Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) will rise to the super middleweights and try to take all the division belts from his Mexican antagonist Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KO). Experts are confident that regardless of the outcome of the confrontation, the veteran will end his career after this fight.
Meanwhile, the WBA ordered Golovkin to fight Lara: a deadline has been set.
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