This story is a few days old, but due to UFC 229 commanding all of our attention, this was essentially a completely unexpected “Friday news dump” of sorts.
Unified WBA and WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) is going to return to the ring later this year, having come off a thrilling majority decision victory over Gennady Golovkin last month. The opponent however is not a middleweight, but WBA “regular” super-middleweight (168 lbs) champion Rocky Fielding (27-1, 15 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Now in the interest of clarifying boxing’s convoluted maze of titles, the WBA is by far the worst sanctioning body when it comes to declaring champions.