Demetrius Andrade is expected to give up the world title in favor of weight gain.
The WBO middleweight champion has long flirted with the idea of turning north to 168 pounds, and after being asked to face Janibek Alimkhanuly, it looked like he’d finally make it.
Andrade (31-0.19 KO) initially received approval to bring Alimkhanuly match (12-0.8 KO) to the latter weight division, but after his proposed fight for super middleweight The interim title against England’s Zach Parker – scheduled for May 21 – was canceled due to the Providence man suffering a shoulder injurya new order was placed for the high-low risk showdown in July.
Alimkhanuly is expected to be upgraded to full champion if ‘Boot’ comes up and rematches Parker (22-0, 16 KOs), who is managed by Neil Marsh, promoted and active by Frank Warren. last November when he defended his international WBO title at super-middleweight against Marcus Morrison, stopping him for four innings at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.
Jake Donovan’s boxing scene was the first to report and announce on Twitter that the 34-year-old American was back on track to win a world title in the third weight class, having previously held the WBO belt in the ultralightweight category.
It has been said that Demetrius Andrade will not move forward anymore having ordered the WBO MW title consolidation clash with Janibek Alimkhanuly. Instead, Andrade plans to revisit his interim 168th title fight with Zach Parker. Janibek is elevated to full WBO champion. Next story @boxingscene…
– Jake Donovan (@JakeNDaBox) August 22, 2022
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez holds the WBO full belt in the weight division and will return to the ring for the first time since suffering his second career defeat next month.
The Mexican superstar made a mistake in a decision against Russia’s Dmitry Bivol at the T-Mobile Arena in May when he challenges for the WBA title in light-heavyweight and he will return to the same venue on September 17 against Gennadiy Golovkin in a three-part clash.
Golovkin, from Kazakhstan, holds the WBA Super, IBO and IBF middleweight belts and will drop as much as 168lbs in his third bout against Alvarez, more than four years after their second meeting.
Jaime Munguia, a former WBO superweight champion who moved up to middleweight seemingly a lifetime ago and still hasn’t really done anything in weight division, is the current number one in the rankings and a likely pick. most powerful to confront Alimkhanuly, while Chris Eubank Jr – who has an interesting confrontation with Conor Benn scheduled for October 8 at the O2 Arena in London – in second place.
