US fans are nervous when they find out that the Kickoff press conference for Canelo Alvarez vs. Terenka Crawford Fight will take place in June in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight will be staged in the USA, not Saudi Arabia, on September 13. Event organizers still hope that US fans will buy a huge number on PPV.
They may feel that they can afford to ignore US fans because of the huge base of Canelo fans in North America and newer fans of Crawford. Despite the press conference in Riyadh, the American media will cover this event in a huge number, informing fans what happens to the competition while gathering to their September 13.
Saudis have money to promote the fight of Canelo-Crawford in the USA, which will cause fans to overlook a press conference in Riyadh and potentially over conferences, if they continue to exhibit there.
Who is this sport for?
Some believe that the press conference begins in Riyadh to determine the priorities of financial profits. Saudi Arabia can earn at these events. However, the movement imagines the basic bases of Canelo and Crawford fans, which have no money or time to travel thousands of miles to take part in a press conference in Riyadh.
Turks Alalshikh had previously talked about reviving boxing to bring him back to the place where it was once. Staging conferences for American fights in Saudi Arabia may have the opposite effect, which makes a boxing event a more secondary niche sport. We have already seen as soon as a tiny VIP crowd participated in the Times Square card on May 2.
It was chosenAnd the event was very exclusive. Okay if You are one of the luxurious in Uber Or very successful people who will be chosen for these events, but what if you are not? Is this happening with our sport? How can it develop if it becomes more exclusive?
. Ring reports that these three cities are options for Canelo-Crawford
The main card begins at 1 p.m. ET on DAZN PPV. Eliminations begin at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Live results
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven, 12 rounds, heavyweight, WBC title
Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Alem Begic, 12 rounds, super middleweight, vacant WBO title
Jack Catterall vs. Shakhram Giyasov, 12 rounds, welterweight, vacant WBA regular title
Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez Jr., 12 rounds, heavyweight, IBF eliminator
Mizuki Hiruta vs. Mai Soliman, 10 rounds, super flyweight, WBO title
Daniel Lapin vs. Benjamin Mendes, 10 rounds, delicate heavyweight
Basem Mamdouh vs. Jamar Talley, 6 rounds, cruiserweight
Sultan Almohammed vs. Deny Impart, 4 rounds, featherweight
Mohamed Mabrouk vs. Yehya Ali Sserunkuma, 4 rounds, super lightweight
Omar Hikal vs. Michael Kalyala, 4 rounds, middleweight
Master card schedule
1:00 PM ET: Daniel Lapin vs. Benjamin Mendes 13:53 ET: Mizuki Hiruta vs. Mai Soliman 14:37 ET: Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez Jr. 15:39 ET: Jack Catterall vs. Shakhram Giyasov 16:42 ET: Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Alem Begic 17:56 ET: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven
Tentative schedule
11:00 ET: Omar Hikal vs. Michael Kalyala 11:30 ET: Mohamed Mabrouk Yehya vs. Ali Sserunkuma 11:55 ET: Sultan Almohammed vs. Deny Impart 12:20 ET: Basem Mamdouh vs. Jamar Talley
How to watch
Usyk vs. match broadcast Verhoeven live on DAZN PPV from the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. The broadcast begins with prelims at 11 a.m. ET, followed by the main card at 1 p.m. ET.
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Tim Bradley assessed the nuances of the fight between Devin Haney and Keyshawn Davis, believing that one of the fighters will be the clear favorite in their potential welterweight fight.
After his comprehensive performance against Brian Norman Jr last November, many would consider WBO champion Haney the top dog at 147 pounds.
“The Dream” was able to overtake and dethrone Norman with minimal difficulty, scoring an early knockdown before becoming a three-division world champion.
Previous points victories over the likes of Vasyl Lomachenko and Regis Prograis have only cemented Haney’s position as one of the best busy fighters in the sport.
Davis, meanwhile, has not fully established himself as a pound-for-pound star, despite having previously dethroned Denys Berinchyk – via a fourth-round stoppage, no less – to become the WBO lightweight champion in February 2025.
After returning to the ring last January, “The Businessman” defeated Jermaine Ortiz at 140 pounds, ending the 12th round after dismantling his opponent with body shots.
But now, after a unanimous decision victory over Nahir Albright, whom he faced in a rematch last week, Davis is expressing interest in moving up to 147 pounds and challenging Haney.
However, Bradley said that considering their recent performances his YouTube channel that would make Davis a significant underdog.
“I’m telling you now: I don’t care about watching this fight. I think it’s an ugly fight. But who would be the favorite?
“[Based on] their recent performances, Devin Haney would be the favorite. Haney has more experience; Haney fought back [professionally] since he was 17 years ancient. I fight adult men in Mexico.
“He won [an undisputed championship and has] I was there with legends [like Lomachenko]”
In addition to his experience, Bradley emphasizes that Haney’s mentality was a key factor in the match against Davis, who narrowly missed weight in his first weigh-in before the Albright fight.
Gervonta Davis may finally be preparing to return to boxing after unexpected comments during Adrien Broner’s latest Kick broadcast revealed that the lightweight star has returned to training.
During a conversation broadcast live on the broadcast, veteran coach Kevin Cunningham appeared to casually inform Broner that Davis had recently been to the gym before the pair arrived.
“You know your boy was here,” Cunningham told Broner.
“Oh,” Broner replied before asking, “Really? Did he stop?”
“He’s training…” Cunningham added.
The exchange immediately sparked speculation online that Davis had quietly resumed preparations for a comeback after months of uncertainty about his future.
The return of Gervonta Davis
Davis has remained largely out of the spotlight since his controversial draw with Lamont Roach and the ongoing legal issues surrounding the Pound for Pound star outside the ring.
As WBN previously reported, surveillance footage related to Davis’ ongoing civil case was made public earlier this year, increasing scrutiny over the former lightweight champion’s future and legal situation.
At the same time, there are still some major fighting possibilities floating around behind the scenes.
WBN recently revealed that Vasily Lomachenko’s potential return could reignite the unfinished superfight that ended in 2024 when the Ukrainian retired from boxing.
For Davis, just returning to training changes the conversation.
The lightweight division continues to operate without him, with names like Shakur Stevenson, Isaac Cruz, Floyd Schofield and Roach remaining linked to possible future fights.
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Stream Adrien Broner
The irony is that Broner stopped streaming with Deen the Great and started training with Cunningham himself, which he also broadcast to thousands of viewers online.
The footage immediately led many fans to question why Broner wasn’t doing more in the latter years of his career.
At 37 years venerable, Broner seemed to have some time left when he signed with Don King in 2023. Three years later, he fought only two fights, and the last one ended in defeat against Blair Cobbs.
Like Broner, Davis also struggled with inactivity and motivation, but looked like a million bucks on the pads.
During an eye-opening interview in 2025, Davis admitted that he needed to “rehabilitate” himself after several arrests and told Dan Cannobio of the Inside Boxing Show that the process meant getting “all boxing” out of his system, perhaps permanently.
Shortly thereafter, Davis signed a contract to fight Jake Paul before the fight resulted in modern legal problems surrounding the Baltimore fighter.
Now Davis appears to be considering whether another comeback attempt will complicate the legal process that still hangs over his career.
Despite the uncertainty, one chance exchange on Broner’s broadcast may have finally confirmed that Davis is at least returning to boxing rather than further away from it.
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