Get ready !
In the context of world boxing and its headline acts this is a big weekend. Three of the Ring Magazine ‘pound-for-pounders’ enter the four ropes to stake their claim to be the ‘main man’. Two of them face off against each other.
It’s largely accepted that multi-heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is the ‘pound-for-pound’ champion by virtue of this dominance in the unlimited weight category. However, come Sunday night two will stake a claim to replace him.
First up, in the early hours of Sunday morning (UK time) we will witness and know the outcome of the ‘Superfight’ between multi-divisional world champions Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. Between them they’ve won ‘world’ titles from 9st, 9lbs (135lbs) to 12st (168lbs). Canelo being soundly outpointed by Dmitry Bivol in his attempt at 175lbs.
Tonight’s match from Las Vegas, USA on Mexican Independence weekend is at super-middleweight (168lbs) and promises a great matchup which hopefully lives up to the billing. The contest is anticipated so much among the boxing fraternity that the esteemed Ring Magazine dedicated a whole edition to it. Unheard of in recent times.
Then, on Sunday lunchtime (UK time) the ‘Monster’ is up live from Nagoya, Japan.
Four-weight world champion and current junior-featherweight (8st, 10lbs/122lbs) Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue faces Murodjon Akhmadaliev before his almost inevitable move up to a fifth weight class at featherweight.
Inoue and Crawford are currently considered Usyk’s main challengers in the ‘pound-for-pound’ stakes and his heir-apparent. This is the mythical boxing’s best of the best, regardless of weight.
Who will ultimately reign, we shall see. Enjoy !
The Undisputed 