.A lot of exciting punching rematches might be helped make-- or not-- in the following couple of full weeks, and two world champions are making label defenses this weekend.A feasible second match in between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney seems to be to become farther away complying with Haney's current declaring of a claim versus Garcia. Haney is actually looking for loss for alleged battery as well as breach of deal, to name a few points, pertaining to Garcia's favorable PED test after their April junior welterweight title battle in New york city. Will definitely the rematch still happen?Following his choice triumph over Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 14, Canelo Alvarez said he would certainly like a rematch along with Dmitry Bivol, if Bivol beats Artur Beterbiev in a fight for the indisputable illumination heavyweight championship on Oct. 12. Alvarez went up to 175 pounds in May 2022 as well as dropped a consensual selection to Bivol, as well as he has actually been actually wanting to get even due to the fact that. May the match be actually created if Bivol wins?Anthony Joshua was close to acquiring a battle versus the champion of the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Violence big-time championship rematch. He needed to beat Daniel Dubois on Sept. 21, however instead was brought down 4 times en option to a fifth-round KO loss. A rematch with Dubois may be the only way for Joshua to get back to the title picture. Is going to Joshua take it?Friday night in Australia, Janibek Alimkhanuly are going to make an effort to protect his IBF middleweight label against Andrei Mikhailovich. May the power puncher Mikhailovich score a distressed versus the champ after their fight was held off back in July when Alimkhanuly couldn't create weight?On Saturday, Scar Ball tackles Ronny Rios in an initial protection of his WBA featherweight title. Reception has actually been at both ends of questionable choices, yet can he score a very clear victory dealing with in your home in Liverpool, England?Mike Coppinger, Chip Parkinson and Timothy Bradley Jr. share their thoughts and different what's true and also what's not.Real or not: Haney's claim against Garcia makes it unlikely they'll comply with in a rematch next yearRyan Garcia, top, finished off Devin Haney through bulk selection in a younger welterweight resist in April. Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty ImagesNot real. If just about anything, the case might lead the way for a resolution that consists of an offer for a rematch. The return spell between Garcia and also Haney is actually just very huge to refuse, for both the competitors and also the sport.There's the enormous controversy adhering to Garcia's beneficial examination as well as subsequential one-year restriction. Haney asserts the PEDs triggered Garcia's stunning efficiency, in addition to the simple fact Garcia was actually 3.2 extra pounds over weight. Both offenses are key to the lawsuit.Haney was as high as a 9-1 beloved but was knocked down three attend a dismayed reduction that was later overturned to a no competition. The fight was actually thrilling, as well as the second fight stands up to become a box office bonanza.After all of, the prevailing thought and feelings moving right into the April competition was that Haney will control. Garcia's behavior in the build-up of the battle was actually thus reckless that there was actually legitimate are afraid the match would not take place at all.Now, with all the bad blood in between the fighters in addition to Garcia's expanding celebrity electrical power and also his performance against Haney (benefits in spite of), there would certainly be actually tremendous enthusiasm in a rematch. The suit just includes in the dramatization as well as may be the exact point that assists unite the problems to bring in the rematch occur.-- CoppingerReal or otherwise: If Bivol reduces Beterbiev, he'll be the preferred to fight Alvarez in MayLight heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol, left behind, reduced Canelo Alvarez by consensual selection in 2022. Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFEReal. Canelo told ESPN final month that he was actually targeting a rematch needs to Bivol succeed following week. As well as why not? Canelo was a primary fave versus his past four challengers and also has actually been largely slammed for his amount of competition.Against Bivol, Canelo would be a decided underdog. Bivol routed Alvarez when they met in May 2022, regardless of the slender scorecards. Bivol is actually certainly not simply bigger but managed to use his maneuvering and elite boxing ability to baffle as well as punish Alvarez.Editor's Picks2 RelatedCanelo has preserved during that he is actually a far better boxer than Bivol and also his operatively repaired palm will help him verify it in a rematch. This would certainly also be actually a tradition fight. Canelo will have the opportunity to not merely come to be indisputable champion at a 2nd weight lesson, but likewise avenge the second reduction of his occupation (the other defeat was against Floyd Mayweather in 2013). What continues to be to become observed: Bivol's desire to combat Canelo again. When the rematch was actually discussed throughout the summer months of 2023, Bivol was actually unfaltering that the fight has to take place at 168 pounds for Canelo's undisputed champion. Alvarez said the battle needed to occur at 175. Whatever body weight they choose, this match is actually by far the greatest alternative for Canelo if he is actually certainly not mosting likely to face either David Benavidez or even Terence Crawford. But Bivol to begin with has an enormous obstacle to encounter versus Beterbiev.-- CoppingerReal or not: Mikhailovich will definitely displace AlimkhanulyJanibek Alimkhanuly, left, puts his IBF middleweight globe headline vulnerable versus Andrei Mikhailovich on Friday in Australia. Mikey Williams/Top RankReal: Mikhailovich, of New Zealand, is stepping into the supplant Australia with a ferocious sense of responsibility. He is actually an aggressive and brave competitor who appears all set to discharge after journeying to the U.S. months ago to combat, merely to find out that Alimkhanuly neglected to make weight as well as the match was actually postponed.Mikhailovich is a powerful puncher, and also punchers are willing to engage to land their strikes, so I anticipate him to perform just that. On the other hand, a lot of Alimkhanuly's previous enemies have actually entered into the ring with self-doubt, determined due to the hype neighboring the champ. This time around Alimkhanuly locates themself outside his comfort region, experiencing a calculated, willing challenger. Although this is Mikhailovich's initial match against a first-rate enemy, the stakes are actually high and also he possesses everything to obtain. The concern is actually, can he steer clear of obtaining knocked out early? Or can he injure the champion early to gain respect?I presume Mikhailovich's ruthless design could possibly impose on Alimkhanuly's counterpunching type, especially because Alimkhanuly has merely gone the full 12 spheres the moment in his occupation. For Mikhailovich, surviving the very early spheres and also taking the match deep will be vital. Alimkhanuly's capability to adjust and tolerate Mikhailovich's aggressiveness and punching power will definitely be actually exciting to watch.-- BradleyReal or otherwise: Joshua will definitely certainly not take the rematch along with Dubois nextDaniel Dubois, straight, brought down Anthony Joshua four opportunities during the course of his fifth-round KO triumph to shield the IBF abundant planet label. Richard Pelham/Getty ImagesNot real. Joshua, boxing's greatest earner responsible for Canelo, has actually gone coming from closing with it a massive, beneficial showdown with the victor of the Dec. 21 Usyk vs. Violence match, to overcoming to keep his label appropriate at boxing's best table. To place themself back into significant contention for a megafight in 2025, Joshua needs to have to reclaim some credibility after last month's five-round KO defeat to Dubois, and also the only means he can do that is actually with an immediate rematch.Though his marketer, Matchroom, could not concur, Joshua won't mind taking the slim edge of a deal that are going to see him face Dubois in a part two, this time around in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, possibly on Feb. 22, since it delivers him the quickest option back. The winner of the Dubois vs. Joshua rematch would certainly proceed to experience the winner of Usyk vs. Rage 2 in summer months 2025, probably back at London's Wembley Stadium, the scene of Joshua's humiliating 4 knockdowns versus Dubois before a UK-record 96,000 supporters two weeks ago. That fight can be for all 4 primary big-time planet titles.Two-time champ Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs), who switches 35 this month, has actually put away tips from previous pugilists such as Barry McGuigan that he need to resign, amid doubts as to whether he is actually losing resistance to electrical power punches.Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs), 27, is actually likewise up for a rematch and is going to elaborate his odds versus his trembled English competitor. As well as this time around he will be actually paid for more.It was a chaotic, engaging and also exhilarating match the first time around, which would swell pay-per-view purchases for a rematch. However since Dubois vs. Joshua 2 requirements to happen in the wintertime and also the U.K. simply possesses one arena with a roof covering (Principality Coliseum in Cardiff, Wales, which has a capacity of 74,500), it would certainly be a shock to observe this match property at a U.K. venue.Turki Alalshikh, the best effective figure in punching who regulates schedules that happen on Saudi Arabia-backed punching occasions, will be interested for such a huge battle-- among the largest punching may give following year-- occurring in Saudi Arabia.Matchroom marketer Eddie Hearn, that manuals Joshua's profession, says Joshua has actually already concurred phrases, while Frank Warren, Dubois' marketer, points out Dubois will combat once more in February. Warren has actually likewise shown his fervency for a quick rematch, therefore anticipate it to take place.-- ParkinsonReal or otherwise: Round will definitely defend his WBA featherweight headline versus RiosNick Round, left, gained the WBA featherweight label by beating Raymond Ford in June. Richard Pelham/Getty ImagesReal. Ball has been actually hungry, sharp as well as hectic in stepping as much as best level over the in 2015, also in fights where he really did not have his palm elevated. The Liverpool-based 5-foot-2 pugilist performs certainly not appear to become worried about by an elevation disadvantage in world title matches and was actually unlucky to be denied victory in a crack draw against Rey Vargas, the WBC featherweight titleholder, in March. What was actually extra outstanding was Sphere's split selection get Raymond Ford, that was actually formerly undefeated, for the WBA waistband, back in June in Riyadh.Rios (34-4, 17 KOs), 34, has actually not been actually as energetic or in the exact same type as Sphere, who are going to teem with fire for his very first globe title protection in front of his home metropolitan area enthusiasts. Sphere (20-0-1, 11 KOs), 27, should be careful, as Rios signed up an excellent fifth-round KO of Nicolas Polanco in April, but that was the Californian's 1st outing in practically 2 years. Vargas additionally outpointed Rios in 2017, and Murodjon Akhmadaliev quit Rios in the last round for the WBA and also IBF junior featherweight world titles in June 2022. Round's electricity and wish will observe him safeguard his WBA waistband along with a decision victory.-- Parkinson.