If not, there are a lot of big fights out there and we consider all of the (titleholders) in play.”, Boxing Legend Roy Jones joined BoxingInsider.com Radio for a can’t miss interview. The light heavyweight matchup between Eleider Alvarez and Joe Smith Jr., originally scheduled for July 16, has been rescheduled for the third week of August. © 2020 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. Early whispers now have such a title fight taking place sometime in the 1st quarter of 2019, but doesn’t at all impact Smith Jr and DeGuardia’s aforementioned arrangement with Hearn. Canelo Alvarez vacated that title after defeating Sergey Kovalev in November. In the 8th round, Smith Jr. hit B-Hop with a flurry of punches that lifted B-Hop off the ring canvas and sent him flying through the ropes and onto The Forum floor ... never to fight again.

Roy discussed the heavyweight division, promoting boxing, UFC who he feels is the top fighter today and so much more.

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Real or Not: Fury-Wilder III without fans? From training to interviews and more. A penciled-in December 15 clash at Madison Square Garden in support to reigning World middleweight king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s challenge of secondary super middleweight titlist Rocky Fielding was scrapped when Beterbiev decided upon returning to training camp that he was best served to sit out the rest of 2018.

Fight fans have responded in kind by warming to his TV-friendly fighting style.

Today, he’s left to await his next move—but remaining ready for the first chance to return to the ring.

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However, the Canada-based Russian traded knockdowns with his challenger, still feeling lingering effects in early stages of training after having previously agreed to terms for a title defense versus Smith Jr.

While the worldwide health crisis caused by the worsening spread of COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the combat sports schedule, there has been one fighter who has seemingly crammed years' worth of activity into a few months.

Watch the two shots which finished Alvarez below. Smith showed tremendous activity and aggression throughout the bout, beating Eleider Alvarez in the ninth round when he sent him through the ropes with a 1-2. The winner of Smith-Alvarez will face the winner of a fight between Umar Salamov and Maksim Vlasov, which has yet to be scheduled, for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title.

As the first set of fight cards concluded Tuesday night inside the bubble at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the next round of Top Rank bouts inside that venue were announced for late August. "I wanted to be sharp, throw a lot of straight punches. Luis Nery wins title, John Riel Casimero shines in TKO victory, Josh Taylor's incredible path to the top includes a near-death experience and a few motorcycle crashes. Top Rank announces rescheduled August fights, 'Now I got to clean up your mess': How a father's words sparked the Lomachenko-Lopez feud, Franco-Moloney rematch added to Nov. 14 card, Fury's next fight won't be vs. Wilder, Arum says, Trainer test positive, Marshall-Rankin fight off, Williams KO's Robinson, sets up title shot, Navarrete beats Villa for WBO featherweight title, Boxer DeAndre Ware gets key to city from Toledo, Spence-Garcia moved to Dec. 5, AT&T Stadium, What's it like to fight Vasiliy Lomachenko? Collard fought for the fifth time of the year, and the third during the pandemic, Saturday, brutalizing yet another opponent for fun.

“Follow me on instagram @joesmithjr631 this is where you will see all my boxing updates. "I like getting out there as often as possible and entertaining the fans. Beterbiev (13-0, 13KOs) would’ve been making his second title defense in the span of just over two months, having recently turned away previously unbeaten Callum Johnson in four rounds this past October in Chicago.

Photo Credit: Joe Smith Junior Twitter Account. I love fighting on these Top Rank shows, and I look forward to the next one. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The remarkable KO streak of super middleweight Edgar Berlanga, Growing pains: Teofimo Lopez's search for legacy and peace with his family. For Ramirez, this will be his first bout since July 27, 2019, when he stopped Maurice Hooker in six rounds to add the WBO title to his collection. Joe Smith Jr. took a significant step toward a light heavyweight title shot by stopping former titleholder Eleider Alvarez by ninth-round TKO on Saturday night in the main event of a … since.

Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank, Alvarez was counted out after almost falling out of the ring.

As the match was a WBO light heavyweight title eliminator, the win pushes Smith closer to a shot at the vacant championship.

@joesmithjr631 posted on their Instagram profile: “The new face of Boxing!

Joe Smith Jr. Ponders Next Move After Beterbiev Fallout.

Smith Jr. enjoyed a breakthrough campaign in 2016, scoring a massive upset in a 1st round knockout of Andrzej Fonfara live in primetime on NBC, then going on to send future Hall of Fame legend Bernard Hopkins into retirement with a 9th round knockout in their Dec. ’16 HBO headliner. I wanted to prove I'm not just a knockout guy. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Top Rank was boxing's first major events company to restart operations following a coronavirus-enforced hiatus in mid-June, with a slate of shows behind-closed-doors in a quarantined studio dubbed "The Bubble.". Can Kell Brook upset Terence Crawford? He caught me with it a couple times, but I can take a punch, too.