Let’s just break it apart from the mountain: Canelo, Haney and Garcia milking Boxing fans are parched and it’s time for someone to call this circus.
Canelo dragged his act to Saudi Arabia to fight before what? A sea of empty seats and bored oil princes scrolling their phones. Not singing or roar, even a drunk boy in a crowd shouting abuse – just dead air and zombie VIP. Canelo should break his head in Vegas or pack the stadium in Mexico, where people actually care. Instead, we received this overstated Snoosest in the desert full of people who could not replace the blow if they hit them in the face.
Then there is Times Square – where the fans were practically It is hostile Watching Devin Haney Shadowbox for twelve rounds, while Ryan Garcia – king of boxing selfie – hovered around throwing blows, as if he tried not to break his nail. And let’s not forget that Dad Devina Haney off the beaten track, losing his mind, behaving, as if his son was making a boxing masterpiece, smiling and barking, as if he were the godfather of some technical revolution, while the fans were at a distance of one of the nap group.
And William Scull? What for a joke. He spent twelve rounds Launching As if he were in a charity, not a fight for the title of world champion. Without fire, without sand, without intention to make it a war. He just appeared to survive, catch a check and intact teeth. It was not a pretender – it was a moving bulky bag with a passport. Embarrassing.
I will tell you straight – I would take it Drunk, mug, Eddie Hearn-Insult, chaos soaked in beer of a real boxing crowd Above the dead Saudi VIP naps every day of the week.
Give me a lot – the guys shouting for nonsense, they run away in the transitions over who is rushing, who spills the drinks after the seats, shouting “F— DAZN!” AND “Oi Eddie, you ruin this sport!” As long as security moves your arms and allows it to be reproduced. This is boxing. This is a heartbeat.
Yes, last week I left the atmosphere of Tottenham-all Coked-up Wannabe Stone Island Warriors Shadowboxing in the hall, thinking that they are one of the winnings for the filmmakers of the ring. But you know what? I was wrong. I would take Tottenham every day on Saudi Arabia – Just save me barefoot prostitutes, which after the fighting after the fighting. At least he lives inside.
I will take ten pissed hooligans swaying in beer than in the first time Saudi full of influential, too busy transmission of their sushi plates to see that someone hits the face. This crowd of Vegas during the Inoue war? This is how sport was supposed to feel – violent, messy, alive.
Boxing was never to be pure or silent – it was supposed to be a storm. This night Vegas showed how dead these oil cards are.
Enter Naoye Inoue: Save the damn soul of boxing and pulling it out of a coma
Inoue (30-0, 27 KO) not only appeared to win, he came wage war. Yes, he was broken and dropped in the second round of Cardenas (26-2, 14 Kos)-and you know what he did? He smiled, vacuumed and turned the ring in the battlefield.
In the fifth and sixth rounds he was destruction Cardenas with wicked meters, chopping the body, dividing the guard like a surgeon. Seventh round? Cardenas left, swaying, desperately turned the script – Inoue calmly blew him up with his right hand and folded it like a chair. Round eighth? Only the finish – immaculate, cool violence, until the judge had to pull out Cardenas.
Inoue summarized it beautifully: “I like a fight … I kept peaceful and joined.” This is a real warrior-not influential fluff, without tap dance, without running.
Undercard:
Rafael espinosis He examined Edward Vazquez in seven, all gases, without brakes.
Rohan Polanco Fabian Maidan dominated, even dropping him overdue on additional punctuation.
Emiliano Vargas He went out through Juan Leon in two rounds – Savage.
Mikito was drunk He crashed Pedro Marquez five times before the judge pulled the plug.
Art Barrera Jr. Chopped Juan Carlos Guerra Jr. with brutal precision.
Raeese aleem I lived in Rudy Garcia in ten effortless rounds.
Vegas roared like a real city of struggle. Saudi? You could hear a decrease in the pin between yawning.
This is the question: why, to the hell, we still pretend that channel channels, Haney’s master class, Garcia influential parades, and Saudi crowds are the future of boxing-when Inoue just marched to Vegas and gave us blood, chaos and violence on which this sport was built? Wake up. This is what a real fight looks like.
Oscar De La Hoya has questioned the general consensus that Canelo Alvarez is a Mexican boxing legend following his unanimous decision victory over Christian Mbilli.
The 36-year-old reclaimed his WBC title last Saturday, having lost his undisputed super-middleweight crown in his previous outing, against Terence Crawfordin September 2025.
Following that defeat, many wondered whether Canelo could succeed again at world level but, sure enough, he did just that by dethroning Mbilli.
Not only did he claim a convincing points victory, but the Mexican contained Mbilli’s aggression and controlled the majority of their contest with superior technical and defensive skills.
This, however, was not quite enough to satisfy his former promoter, De La Hoya, who has suggested that Canelo’s low punch output made for a largely tedious affair.
As per his semi-regular social media series, Clapback Thursdaythe Hall of Famer also undermined Canelo’s widely-accepted legacy as a Mexican great.
“I’m so f**king tired of 100 punches [being] thrown in a fight with no action whatsoever, and I know the fans are over it.
“We all miss those days of [Marco Antonio] Barrera, [Erik] Morales [and] Julio Cesar Chavez – that’s what Mexican boxing is known for.
“Canelo, do you try to proclaim you’re the best Mexican fighter ever? You couldn’t hold Chavez’ jockstrap. And I can name 10 other Mexican fighters who are way better boxers than you are. And they didn’t sell-out to fight in front of 15 people in Saudi Arabia.”
In fairness, Canelo has never proclaimed to be the greatest Mexican fighter in history, though most would argue he deserves to be considered in an all-time top 10.
A formal press release was issued today announcing the December 19 welterweight title unification between Devin Haney and Liam Paro at San Francisco’s Chase Center, and in anticipation of the meeting with a co-feature of Brian Norman vs Abel RamosHaney shared his excitement for what he expects to be another successful outing to snag some more hardware.
“My resume speaks for itself,” Haney said. “I’ve never been afraid to go into a champion’s backyard and put my record on the line. I went to Australia, took George Kambosos’ belts, and became undisputed lightweight champion of the world. Now I’m bringing another Australian world champion, Liam Paro, into my backyard. This time, I plan to take his belt and become a unified welterweight world champion right here at home. “Oakland is where my story started, and the Bay Area has always been part of who I am. The Valkyries just brought a championship to Chase Center, and on December 19, I plan to keep that championship energy going.
“I made history in Australia. Now it’s time to make history at home.”
Paro, however hopes to upset the odds, knowing he’ll be coming into this fight as a decided underdog.
“Three years ago, I was on the undercard at Chase Center the night Devin fought Regis Prograis,” Paro said. “I said back then that Haney versus Paro rolls off the tongue. Now it’s here. Champion versus champion, two belts on the line, in his backyard.
“I’ve never taken the easy road. I went to Puerto Rico and took the title off Matias in front of his own people. Devin’s a great fighter and I respect that. But I’ve been the underdog plenty of times and I’ve made history before. December 19, I’m coming to unify the division and make more history.”
With the WBO and IBF welterweight world titles on the line, one fight will be heading into the new year halfway to undisputed.
Liam Paro served as supporting cast the last time Devin Haney headlined at Chase Center. Come December 19, he walks into San Francisco carrying the IBF welterweight title, gunning to strip Haney of his WBO strap.
Three years transformed Paro from an undercard face into a headline attraction. He watched Haney shut out Regis Prograis from the locker room in December 2023. Now he commands the marquee, even if getting US fight fans to open their wallets on pay-per-view presents an uphill battle.
“Three years ago, I was on the undercard at Chase Center the night Devin fought Regis Prograis. I said back then that Haney versus Paro rolls off the tongue. Now it is here. Champion versus champion, two belts on the line, in his backyard. I have never taken the easy road. I went to Puerto Rico and took the title off Matias in front of his own people,” Paro stated.
The Australian proved his mettle by snatching the 140-pound crown from Subriel Matias on hostile soil. Richardson Hitchins took it right back six months later, checking Paro’s momentum before mainstream crowds took notice.
The jump to 147 pounds provided the reboot he needed. Three straight wins, capped by a gritty points victory over Lewis Crocker to claim the IBF strap, set the stage for this encounter.
Haney ends a lengthy layoff on home turf. Sitting out more than twelve months makes asking fans to purchase a DAZN PPV against a fighter unknown to mainstream viewers a tough sell. Belts by themselves rarely move the needle at the box office.
Brian Norman Jr. takes on Abel Ramos in the ten-round co-feature. Norman dropped his WBO belt to Haney last November and must now accept undercard placement on his conqueror’s bill.
Paro earned his position the hard way. December 19 decides if his punch output can upset the hometown favorite or if Haney cruises behind his jab.
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