On February 22, the rematch between WBO, IBF, WBC and IBO Light Heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0 with 20 stopups from Russia and Montreal, Canada, defends his titles against former champion Demitrii Bivol, 23- 1 with 12 stopups, from Kyrgyzstan, and Indio, CA. The two fighters meet in Riyadh on the card of Turki Alalshikh.
Other possibilities or planned matches include unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 stops, of Ukraine, possibly fighting the winner of the Feb. 22 fight between IBF heavyweight champion Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois, 22-2 with 21 stoppages, Interim UK and WBC Champion Joseph Parker, 35-3 with 23 stoppages, from New Zealand. These two will meet on February 22.
WBA world lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, 30-0 with 28 US stops, is still scheduled to meet Lamont Roach, 25-1-1 with 10 US stops, on March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. .
WBC champion Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 with 10 stoppages of the United States, defends against Floyd Schofield, 18-0 with 12 stoppages of the United States, on February 22. The two winners must unite.
Interim WBA and WBO Super Welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford, 41-0 with 31 stopups, from the United States, wants to move up two divisions to fight WBA, WBC, and WBO Super Middleweight Champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, 62 -2- 2 with 39 arrests of Mexico, instead of fighting WBC Interim Champion Vergil Ortiz, Jr., 22-0 with 21 arrests, of the United States. In contrast, Alvarez should unify with Cuban IBF champion William ‘El Indomable’ Scull, 23-0 with nine stopups, out of Germany.
IBF Welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, 33-0 with 29 stopups, is due to defend against WBO Super Lightweight champion Teofimo ‘The Takeover’ Lopez, 21-1 with 13 stopups, of the United States.
WBO World Featherweight Champion Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza, 26-0 with 22 stoppages, of Mexico, is to defend against Super Bantamweight Champion Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue, 28-0 with 25 stoppages, of Japan.
