On February 22nd, the rematch between WBO, IBF, WBC, and IBO Light Heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0 with 20 stoppages of 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 matches include unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 stoppages, of Ukraine, possibly fighting the winner of the February 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. Those two are meeting on February 22nd.
WBA World Lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, 30-0 with 28 stoppages of US, is still scheduled to meet Lamont Roach, 25-1-1 with 10 stoppages of US, on March 1st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
WBC champion Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 with 10 stoppages of the U.S., defends against Floyd Schofield, 18-0 with 12 stoppages of the U.S., on February 22nd. The two winners should unify.
WBA and WBO interim Super Welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford, 41-0 with 31 stoppages, of U.S, wants to move up two divisions to fight WBA, WBC, and WBO Super Middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, 62-2-2 with 39 stoppages of Mexico, instead of fighting WBC Interim champ Vergil Ortiz, Jr., 22-0 with 21 stoppages, of US. In contrast, Alvarez should unify with IBF champ Cuban William ‘El Indomable’ Scull, 23-0 with nine stoppages, out of Germany.
IBF Welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, 33-0 with 29 stoppages, should defend against WBO Super Lightweight champ Teofimo ‘The Takeover’ Lopez, 21-1 with 13 stoppages, of US.
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.
