Canelo Returns on Halloween; Joshua-Fury in December — SkimNews
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- Daniel Dubois stopped Fabio Wardley in their rematch to retain the WBO heavyweight title in less than two rounds, with Wardley’s corner throwing in the towel.
- Sebastian Fundora won on the same day as the Dubois bout, with Ermal Hadribeaj deducted multiple points for repeatedly holding in their WBC junior middleweight contest.
- Canelo Alvarez is scheduled to make his first ring appearance in over a year against Christian Mbili for the WBC super middleweight title on Halloween in Saudi Arabia.
- Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are scheduled to meet in December in Cardiff, Wales, in the bout the source describes as long-awaited.
Why it matters: Alvarez’s Halloween bout is his first in more than a year, while December brings the Joshua-Fury meeting in Cardiff. For boxing fans, the closing months compress a WBC super middleweight title contest, a major ring return and a long-awaited matchup into one concentrated schedule.
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