The main stumbling block for the proposed September rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez is GGG wants a 50/50 split. The Canelo camp wants the same terms they agreed to before their May 5 fight was canceled, with Canelo getting the larger share.
WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko has officially relinquished his WBO jr lightweight title. Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz and Masayuki Ito will likely fight for the vacant title in July.
2016 Olympic Bronze Medallist and heavyweight prospect Filip Hrgovic (4-0, 3 KOs) returns to the ring on June 9 in a ten-round contest against Mexico’s Filiberto Tovar (9-0, 5 KOs) in Munich, Germany.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says WBA super flyweight champion Kal Yafai could face Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez next.