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Darius Fulghum vs. Yoanki Urrutia (super middleweight)

Tristan Kalkreuth vs. Marco Canedo (cruiserweight)

Jordan Fuentes vs. Dante Hernandez (super flyweight)

Jose Medrano Jr. vs. Anel Dudo (featherweight)

Jordan Panthen vs. Jean Rivera (middleweight)

John Ramirez vs. Lucas Fernandez (super flyweight)

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The WBO have confirmed that unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will be ordered to defend his title against WBO interim titleholder Callum Smith.

Bivol has not fought since defeating Artur Beterbiev for the undisputed title in their rematch in February 2025. Since that contest Bivol was ordered to defend his WBC belt against mandatory challenger David Benavidez but was stripped after deciding to pursue a trilogy with Beterbiev instead. Bivol then suffered a back injury that has kept him out of the ring ever since.

The mandatories are now stacking up for Bivol, who will return next week (May 30) against leading IBF challenger Michael Eifert in Russia. Should he be successful as expected, WBO president Gustavo Olivieri has announced they will “enforce [Callum] Smith as Mandatory for [Dmitry] Bivol.”

Smith had been due to face David Morrell in April with the winner taking on Bivol later this year. An injury to Smith forced him out of the bout and Morrell elected to fight Zak Chelli on May 9 in what should have been a routine win. Chelli, in a major upset, stopped Morrell in the 10th round.

Olivieri also announced that should Bivol choose to not face his mandatory, then Smith would fight “the next highest available ranked contender” for the vacant belt.

No bias, just the use of boxing knowledge and the fun of imagination so don’t get overly offended.
Who would win prime for prime, El Gran Campeon Mexicano” Julio Cesar Chavez vs Floyd “Money”Mayweather. And let’s set the fight at 140 or 147.

I have Mayweather edging it, maybe 5 rounds to 7. However, I think it could be one of the hardest fights, so difficult it he probably doesn’t rematch lol.

We’ve seen Itauma dominate the corpse of Dillian Whyte and Jermaine Franklin. He’s only 21 though and he’s yet to go past 6 rounds, we’ve yet to see him really tested, Jermaine Franklin did push him a little though. It got to 5 rounds and Franklin is known for being somewhat durable but Hrgovic is on a different level entirely.

Hrgovic is a top 10 HW boxer, A medaled Olympian, extremely durable, would give Itauma a really hard fight and can box him and beat him. He has power too.

This is risky to jump from Jermaine Franklin to Hrgovic, it’s a very big one for a 21 year old with no experience past the 6 round and most of his recent experience being first or second round knockouts.

If I was his promoter I would work him up this way

One of these Top 30-50 guys

Tony Yoka

Otto Wallin

Makhmudov

Hughie Fury

Then a Top 20-30 guy

Guido Vianello

Top 20 guy

Efe Ajagba

Murat Gassiev

Richard Riakporhe

Lawrence Okolie

Top 10 guy

Hrgovic

But again, fights like this are fun because you don’t know what can happen but they can sometimes derail a hype train. Anyways! What do you think?

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Everyone’s focused on Moses Itauma as the biggest prospect right now, and rightly so, but what’s interesting is that may be his toughest future challenges might not come from overseas only. That could be the next wave of British heavyweights coming up around his age.

And the fun part is they’re all very different problems. And all of them are world class talents with potential to go to the very top.

Leo Atang looks like the most athletic talent of the bunch. Big at 6'6, fast for a heavyweight, sharp with his feet, and already showing a real instinct for body punching and finishing. He feels like the kind of boxer-puncher who could become a nightmare if the ring IQ develops the way the physical tools suggest.

Damar Thomas is probably the awkward and most technically challenging one nobody enjoys preparing for. Tall southpaw, strong amateur pedigree, quick feet, good jab, and the kind of style that breaks rhythm. Not the obvious highlight-reel guy, but potentially the sort who makes elite fighters look uncomfortable just through angles, timing, and awkward positioning. He's also in his early 20s and there is so much to develop. Yet he seems vastly experienced, thanks to the amature career he's developing.

Matthew Williams is the pressure test. Less about slickness, more about making you fight every second. High work rate for a super-heavy, physically strong, likes to come forward, and looks built to drag opponents into exhausting, ugly fights. He's also quite AC omplished in the amtueres.

That’s what makes this interesting. Itauma isn’t just potentially heading toward one domestic rival — he could be looking at three completely different stylistic challenges from the same national scene.

For a country that’s already produced AJ, Fury, Whyte, Joyce, Dubois etc... that’s ridiculous depth.