Ringside Reporter

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez made history last night in Las Vegas as he claimed a world title in his fourth weight class by stopping WBO Light Heavyweight Champion Sergey Kovalev in the eleventh round. Alvarez now becomes only the fourth Mexican to win world titles in four weight classes and only the second Mexican to claim the light heavyweight title. From the outset Kovalev seemed very cautious.

WBA World Boxing Super Lightweight Champion Regis Prograis squared off last night against IBF World Super Lightweight Champion Josh Taylor in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series Super Lightweight Tournament. It was hotly contested matchup with both men having their moments but Taylor went on a run in the second half of the fight and seemed to pull away late.

WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk squared off against IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Beterbiev last Friday night in a very rare unification fight between two undefeated champions. The fight was very competitive with Gvozdyk seemingly getting off to a good start and out boxing Beterbiev from the outside by sticking and moving early on.

Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk issued a one side beating to Chazz Witherspoon last night in Chicago. Usyk who was fighting at heavyweight for the first time seemed content to systematically and methodically take Witherspoon apart with well placed shots all night seemingly never really looking for the stoppage. As a result of fatigue and an accumulation constant punishment from

Gennady Golovkin edged out Sergiy Derevyanchenko last night at the Madison Square Garden in a tough war that saw both men go toe to toe on several occasions in the fight. It appeared that Derevyanchenko outworked Golovkin at close quarters for a great portion of the fight but Golovkin did have some success of his own from the outside in certain spots of the fight. Most felt

In a highly entertaining bout IBF Welterweight Champion Errol Spence squared off against WBC Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter. Spence went in to to the fight as the huge favorite but Porter did not fight anything like the eight to one underdog the odds makers had it. Porter gave Spence more trouble than most expected with his movement and he was able to land punches from awkward angles

In what appeared to be a super middleweight crossroads fight Alfredo Angulo surprised Peter Quillin last night by outworking him and landing the much cleaner blows of the two men. Angulo scored the upset split decision victory with two judges scoring it 97-93 and 96-94 for him while the other judge had it 96-94 for Quillin. Eric and Beeb recap this fight as well as preview the big welterweight unification showdown between Errol Spence and Shawn Porter coming up this Saturday

Tyson Fury did what most people expected he would do against his overmatched opponent Otto Walin but maybe not how most expected he would do it. Walin showed a bit more grit and wherewithal than was anticipated. Although Walin had a few moments they seemed to be too far and few between and Fury was able to out work and out box his game opponent. But, Fury did not go unscathed in this matchup

After a very slow weekend of fights we look ahead to the many great matchups they lay ahead coming up later this month and the rest of the year. One of those matchups is the Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz rematch that is scheduled for Dec.7 in Saudi Arabia. Joshua is looking for redemption after losing his heavyweight titles to the huge underdog Ruiz. The newly crowned heavyweight champion Ruiz is looking to prove that his historical, monumental victory was no fluke.

WBO and WBA Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko added the WBC lightweight title to his collection last night as he systematically outpointed the very game contender Luke Campbell. Campbell didn't make thing easy for Lomanchenko early on but the Ukrainian showed why is arguably the best pound for pound fighter in the sport by making the necessary adjustments and pulling away in the second half of the fight. Campbell put up a valiant effort and survived an