CANELO ALVAREZ will fight Jermell Charlo in a historic battle of undisputed champions.

For the first time in boxing history, two men holding all four world titles will face off against each other.

Canelo, 32, defends his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles against Charlo, 33, on September 30 in Las Vegas.

Initially, the Mexican superstar was due to face Charlo’s twin brother Jermall but the American ruled himself out.

Jermall has not fought since June 2021 when he beat Juan Macias Montiel, having since been sidelined with a mental health battle.

And after deeming himself unable to be fit in time to fight Canelo, his brother filled in on late notice.

So Jermell will move up two divisions from the 154lb light-middleweight limit to challenge for Canelo’s 168lb belts.

Canelo operates as a free agent, meaning he is able to move to and from different promotional companies.

He looked on course to stay with Eddie Hearn and DAZN to rematch Dmitry Bivol, also 32, following his May 2022 loss.

But after talks broke down, the four-division champion pivoted towards Premier Boxing Champions.

And Canelo took to social media to confirm his move to PBC was a “done deal” while hinting at a September fight.

He last fought in May, beating beating Britain’s John Ryder, 34, on points in a homecoming over a decade in the making.

Charlo meanwhile beat Brian Castano, 33, in May 2022 after drawing with his Argentine rival a year beforehand.

Canelo Alvarez announces battle of undisputed champs with Jermell Charlo after American replaces twin brother Jermall | The Sun

TYSON FURY has been lined up for a “game-changing” next fight.

But it will not be a clash against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia.

Fury is on the hunt for his next opponent after December’s win over Derek Chisora – the third successful defence of his WBC heavyweight title.

A division unifier against Usyk has long been touted by fans.

And there has also been talk of an all-British bout against long-time rival Anthony Joshua.

Promoter Frank Warren now claims that an agreement for Fury’s next fight is close.

The boxing icon has teased that it will be a “game-changing” bout, admitting the Gypsy King is open to fighting MMA legends Francis Ngannou or Jon Jones.

But there is no chance of Fury taking on Usyk this year, with promoters in Saudi Arabia putting talks on ice for now.

Warren told talkSPORT: “I’m hoping we’ll have an announcement in the next week or so.

“We’ve pretty much done what we want to be doing, but we’re not in a position to make the announcement. His fight’s done, we can’t hang around.

“We tried to make it happen three times already this year with Usyk, contrary to all of the social media c**p, he didn’t want it.

“If he’d have wanted it, the fight would’ve taken place. What he wants to do is wait and he thinks he’s getting his $70million in Saudi, and I understand that.

“I absolutely get that, but stop the nonsense that the fight’s not happening because of Tyson.

“It’ll be a bit of a game-changer in a couple of weeks’ time. It’ll be a massive game-changer and it’s going to be interesting to see the fallout from it.”

As for Fury fighting someone from the MMA world, Warren added: “He’s up for that. He can’t sit around twiddling his thumbs.

“The type of money something like that could generate – why are you waiting for people who keep saying ‘Let’s wait until next year’, when you can make these fights now?

“I have no problem, if they want to do that in the boxing ring, no problem at all. That’s a huge, huge event.

“That all depends on quite a few things but that’s a door that you don’t have to push very much for it to open.”

Tyson Fury lined up for ‘game-changer’ next fight but WON’T face Usyk in December in Saudi Arabia | The Sun

RICKY HATTON has launched a stinging attack on the heavyweight boxing scene after Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua’s latest updates.

Neither Fury or Joshua have fights booked at present after failing to agree terms to face each other earlier this year.

The two British boxers had been involved in very public negotiations, which included videos posted to social media by Fury.

However, the pair failed to agree on any of the Gypsy King’s proposals.

As a result, they have both been left out of action as the heavyweight division appears to be stalling.

Former two-weight world champion Hatton has been left frustrated by the heavyweights.

Speaking to talkSPORT, he admitted: “The heavyweight scene is a little bit upsetting, isn’t it?

“I’m not pointing any fingers at promoters or TV or even fighters, but it’s a little bit like a circus at the minute, you don’t know who to believe or what to believe.

“I originally saw that Dillian Whyte vs Anthony Joshua was going to be made in August and then Dillian Whyte said he hasn’t even had an offer and then Eddie Hearn said he had made an offer and then they were arguing over how much the offer was and I was thinking to myself ‘what do you believe?’.”

He also added: “AJ and Tyson [Fury] haven’t fought since nearly Christmas and I remember back in the day when you won the title you had a certain number of days to defend it otherwise you got stripped.

“I don’t know what’s happening these days but it’s like the governing bodies are making up their own rules for their financial benefit and it’s hurting our sport.

“Negotiating is part of the business. I’ve been there and you want the best deal, but sometimes they’re going to cut the nose off to spite the face.

“You see YouTubers, rappers and Mixed Martial Artists fighting each other and they’re the ones pulling in the crowds while our sport is suffering and it’s because big fights aren’t being made.”

Fury and Joshua had both been targeted for a lucrative heavyweight tournament in Saudi Arabia later this year but the event appears to have now been put on hold.

Meanwhile, Fury’s undisputed world title fight with Oleksandr Usyk has failed to come to fruition.

The WBC champion has promised his fans that he will make a “show stopping” return to the ring, though.

As for Joshua, recent talks for a second fight with Dillian Whyte have hit a stumbling block.

An agreement for the bout is being held up by Whyte’s opposition to a one-way rematch clause inserted by Joshua’s team.

Ricky Hatton launches stinging attack on ‘circus’ heavyweight boxing scene after Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua updates | The Sun

RICKY HATTON fought the best of his generation against Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

But neither gave the Manchester hero as much trouble as Luis Collazo.

The year was 2006 and Hatton had moved up to welterweight in pursuit of a super-fight against pound-for-pound king Mayweather.

And welcoming him to 147lb was the rugged Collazo, from New York with Puerto Rican descent.

Hatton looked on track for his easiest night’s work after scoring a knockdown in the opening round.

But Collazo came on strong down the stretch and pushed the fight so close that the knockdown was actually the deciding factor.

So despite the dazzling skills of Mayweather and one-punch power of Pacquiao, it was that night in Boston which sticks out the most for Hatton.

He said on talkSPORT: “That was my toughest fight.

“I mean, getting beat by Pacquiao like I did was very tough to come to terms with and Floyd Mayweather was just technically so good.

“From a physical point of view [Collazo was tougher]. I never made fights easy for myself. I was always going to have it out with someone.”

Hatton was a career light-welterweight – where in 2005 he beat the great Kostya Tszyu – but he moved up to become a two-division champ.

He said: “I’m 5ft 6in. I’m not tall for junior welterweight. So, to move up to welterweight…

“Billy Graham, my trainer, said, ‘No, don’t do it, Rick. Don’t do it.’ But I wanted to do what my heroes had done.

“I wanted to try to become a world champion in two weight divisions. I took it, and I knocked him down in the first ten seconds.

“I thought, ‘I’ll be in the bar in half an hour at this rate.’ But he got up and I won it on a unanimous decision, but only by one point.

“I think it was only the knockdown that won it. The people that I could bully at 10 stone. When I got close, I could push them, shove them all.

“I couldn’t do it at 10st 7lbs. I hit him, and the shots just bounced off him. I went to shove him back and he didn’t move.

“I thought, ‘Oh this is going to be a long night.’”

Hatton, now 44 and over a decade retired, won Collazo’s WBA title that night but paid the price for it.

He said: “It was the worst after I’ve felt. I had hot sweats, shaky, shivering and I couldn’t even go to the afterparty I was in such a bad way.

“Every time he hit me – Floyd Mayweather wasn’t a big puncher, he was technically unreal – but [Collazo] was a big punching southpaw, and every time he hit me, oh my lord!”

Collazo, 42, fought as recently as March, losing to Angel Ruiz Astorga.

Hatton would go on to lose in ten rounds to Mayweather and then be brutally KO’d by Pacquiao two years later.

He retired in 2012 after defeat to Vyacheslav Senchenko but he did make a comeback last year for an exhibition with Juan Manuel Marquez, 49.

I fought Mayweather and Pacquiao but they were nowhere near my toughest opponent who left me shaking says Ricky Hatton | The Sun

TYSON FURY promised fans a “show stopping” next fight and vented frustration at being out since his trilogy with Derek Chisora.

Fury beat Chisora in ten rounds in December but he has failed to return since.

But over the past month, the Gypsy King has taken to social media to tease imminent and massive fight news.

And in his latest post, he wrote: “The @wbcboxing Heavyweight king cant wait till my next fight.

“iv been training daily from Christmas trying to get a fight. Tried many fighters & have had no luck but that wont keep me down.

“im blessed everyday i wake up! i know God loves me! & everything will workout the way it should as it always does cant wait for you all to see what iv got coming for you guys its show stopping.”

Fury, 34, has been left in the lurch after talks to unify the division with Oleksandr Usyk, 36, broke down earlier in the year.

And the WBC champion has not been able to find an opponent to return against in the meantime.

He claimed the UFC had offered him a “hybrid” fight against heavyweight champion Jon Jones, 35.

And boxing bosses in Saudi Arabia have hinted at making another offer to face Usyk, this time at the end of the year.

It comes after the Ukrainian pound-for-pound star signed with Skill Challenge Entertainment in Saudi.

And Fury said on Foxify Trade Twitter Spaces: “I would love to fight Usyk for the undisputed titles.

“But at the minute Usyk is running like a cheater, he is running so fast, he can’t get away from me quick enough.

“The only reason this fight hasn’t happened is Usyk wants more bags, he wants more money.

“So, I don’t blame him for that because at the end of the day it’s a short career and it’s a business.

“So, it’s not a personal thing of ‘I hate Usyk’ or ‘oh my god Usyk didn’t fight me’, for whatever reasons. This is strictly business.

“Usyk is waiting for the big money, the £100million he’s going to get from the Saudis for a fight in November or whenever it’s going to happen.

“So, I can’t hold it against him. I know he’s a family man and he’s got mouths to feed, so I wish him luck, it’s not personal, it’s a sport for one and a business for two.

“But, when we do finally meet, I’m going to annihilate him, that’s a fact.”

Tyson Fury promises ‘show stopping’ next fight as Gypsy King vents frustration at being out since Derek Chisora trilogy | The Sun

The Dream Boxing Series tournament took place this Saturday at the MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The title fight for the WBC/IBO interim women’s world championship featured well-known fighters, Perla Perez from Mexico and Sarah Bormann from Germany.

Perla Perez:

Age: 29 years old Height: 150 cm Weight: 47 kg

Sarah Bormann:

Age: 33 years old Height: 163 cm Weight: 47 kg

After a tough and closely contested fight, Sarah Bormann emerged as the winner according to the judges’ decision. The tournament was broadcasted by PRIME FIGHT HD channel and DAZN.