Canelo Returns Halloween; Joshua vs Fury Set for December — SkimNews
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- WBO heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois successfully defended his title against Fabio Wardley in their rematch earlier this month, forcing Wardley's corner to throw in the towel in under two rounds.
- WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora won an ugly fight over Ermal Hadribeaj, who was deducted multiple points for repeatedly holding.
- Canelo Alvarez is set to return to the ring on Halloween for the first time in over a year, facing Christian Mbili for the WBC super middleweight title in Saudi Arabia.
- Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are set to finally meet in a long-awaited bout in December in Cardiff, Wales.
- The article notes the 2026 boxing calendar is being updated constantly with changes and additions.
Why it matters: Two of boxing's biggest-star fights — a Halloween Canelo-Mbili WBC super middleweight title bout in Saudi Arabia and a December Joshua-Fury heavyweight clash in Cardiff — give the sport a high-profile finish to 2026, sandwiched around Dubois's dominant under-two-round title retention.
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