In just a few days Golovkin will face Vanes Martirosyan after his rematch with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fell apart. Golovkin will be trying to tie the middleweight record of 20 consecutive title defenses and if successful could face Alvarez in September.
Crawford will look to make a splash in the welterweight division in June when he challenges Jeff Horn for Horn's WBO world title. If Crawford takes care of business against Horn he should be able to have his choice of big fights in the division.
Lomachenko's next fight, against Jorge Linares, is fast approaching. The Ukrainian will move up in weight for that fight and challenge Linares for his WBO world lightweight title.
Alvarez's reputation took a huge hit when he tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. That led to the cancellation of his rematch with Gennady Golovkin and earned him a six month suspension. However, recent hair testing showed no traces of clenbuterol, giving more credence to Alvarez's claim that the test was a result of eating tainted meat.
Recently Garcia vacated his IBF junior welterweight world title to move back down to the lightweight division. Garcia currently holds the WBC lightweight title and according to WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman he will defend that title against Robert Easter Jr., the IBF champion, in a unification fight.
Having last fought in January, Spence will return in June against Carlos Ocampo. On the line in that bout will be Spence's IBF world welterweight title and he will be making his second defense of that title.
In March Kovalev scored a seventh round stoppage victory over Igor Mikhalkin. His next fight will come in July against the unbeaten Eleider Alvarez and Kovalev will be making the second defense of his WBO world light heavyweight title.
Although Thurman still holds the WBA welterweight title he recently vacated his WBC title. Thurman has been out of the ring since March of 2017 due to multiple injuries and there is still no word on when he might return to action.
Currently there is no word on when Rungvisai will return to the ring. He last fought in February when he beat Juan Francisco Estrada in a close fight. That win was proceeded by two wins over Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez.
After jumping up two division to face Vasyl Lomachenko, Rigondeaux was embarrassed. While he quit against Lomachenko there is no denying that he remains the best junior featherweight in the sport.
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