On February 22, the WBO, IBF, WBC and IBO Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0 with 20 stoppages from Russia and Montreal, Canada, defends his titles against former champion Demitrii Bivol, 23-1 with 12 stoppages, of Kyrgyzstan. and Indio, CA. The two fighters will meet in Riyadh on Turki Alalshikh’s card.
Other possibilities or scheduled bouts include unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 stoppages, of Ukraine, possibly fighting the winner of the 22nd fight between IBF heavyweight champion Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois, 22-2 with 21 stoppages, of the UK and WBC Interim champion Joseph Parker, 35-3 with 23 stoppages, of New Zealand. These two will meet on February 22.
WBA World Lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, 30-0 with 28 stoppages of the USA, is still scheduled to face Lamont Roach, 25-1-1 with 10 stoppages of the USA, on March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, to meet New York. .
WBC champion Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 with 10 stoppages of the USA, defends against Floyd Schofield, 18-0 with 12 stoppages of the USA, on February 22. The two winners must unite.
WBA and WBO Interim Super Welterweight Champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford, 41-0 with 31 stoppages, of the USA, is looking to move up two divisions to defeat WBA, WBC and WBO Super Middleweight Champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, 62-2- 2 with 39 stoppages from Mexico, instead of fighting WBC Interim champion Vergil Ortiz, Jr., 22-0 with 21 stoppages, from US. In contrast, Alvarez should unite with IBF champion Cuban William ‘El Indomable’ Scull, 23-0 with nine stoppages, from Germany.
IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, 33-0 with 29 stoppages, should defend against WBO Super Lightweight champion Teofimo ‘The Takeover’ Lopez, 21-1 with 13 stoppages, of the USA.
WBO world featherweight champion Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza, 26-0 with 22 stoppages, of Mexico, should defend against Super Bantamweight champion Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue, 28-0 with 25 stoppages, of Japan.
