Business is booming for boxing to date this year. After a trio of greats fights to kick off 2018 - which includes Deontay Wilder's thunderous knockout of Luis Ortiz - Anthony Joshua put on a less-than-stellar overall performance towards Joseph Parker in Cardiff, Wales. The combat in no way sincerely put Joshua in lots threat, and with a bit of luck serves as a tuneup combat for a Wilder showdown later this 12 months. Then in May, pound-for-pound high-quality Vasiliy Lomachenko moved up in weight to snag a third international identify while he stopped light-weight champion Jorge Linares at Madison Square Garden in a combat where he was knocked down and seemed in threat.
Then in June, we got the go back of pound-for-pound tremendous Terence Crawford while he scored his first victory in his new weight department when he knocked out WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn. Plus, we saw the go back of Manny Pacquiao in July while he scored his first knockout in almost a decade by using preventing former champion Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia September, Canelo Alvarez emerged from a razor-skinny selection over Gennady Golovkin with a majority decision win in their thrilling rematch.
In incredibly of a shocking statement, Alvarez may be creating a brief turnaround following that win over GGG and he'll also be moving up in weight. On Dec. 15, Alvarez will flow up to 168 kilos to venture Rocky Fielding for the super middleweight name in Madison Square Garden.
As we preserve to wind down the yr, matters are nonetheless heating up with three months left to move. Undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk takes on Tony Bellew in a combat that might produce the following challenger to heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua.
But perhaps the largest fight to give up 2018 could be WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder eventually getting to stand a large check in lineal king Tyson Fury.