Thursday, March 3, 2022

Dates to circle on the boxing calendar
April 9th: Gennadiy Golovkin v. Ryota Murata in a middleweight unification bout
May 7th: Canelo Alvarez v. Dmitry Bivol for a light heavyweight title
September 17th: Canelo Alvarez v. Gennadiy Golovkin 3 at super middleweight if Canelo and Gennadiy win their bouts


NHL News
Canadiens -- Flames: G Michael McNiven
Flames -- Canadiens: Unspecified "future considerations" 


Boxing on March 19th
Alexis Rocha v. Blair Cobbs in the Ortiz Jr-McKinson co-main event 


NFL News
TE Kyle Rudolph has been released by the Giants. This was his first season with NY after suiting up 140 times for the Vikings

HC Kliff Kingsbury and GM Steve Keim have both signed extensions with Arizona through 2027 


Boxing on May 21st
IBF Welterweight Eliminator: 28-0 Jaron Ennis v. 19-0-1 Custio Clayton 


UFC 274 on May 7th
Amanda Ribas v. Michelle Waterson (originally scheduled for UFC Columbus on March 26th) 


UFC News
Zviad Lazishvili is off the roster after one appearance in the Octagon  


Bellator 277 on April 15th
Middleweight: Pat Downey's pro debut v. Daniel Compton 
Heavyweight: Tyrell Fortune v. 10-0 Steve Mowry and Tim Johnson v. Linton Vassell (Fortune and Johnson were originally booked against each other) 


Skiing News
Russian athletes can still compete at International Ski Federation Events but have been banned from World Cup events in Norway


UFC 275 on June 11th
Women's Flyweight Title Fight: Valentina Shevchenko v. Taila Santos (Shevchenko has defended the belt six times while Santos has won four straight) 
*The card will also feature Glover Teixeira v. Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight title  


Swimming News
Swimmers from Russia and Belarus can compete as neutral athletes under the FINA flag and anthem

Russia is at the moment still the host for the short-course Worlds in December


Bellator 276 next weekend
Cat Zingano is out of her matchup against Pam Sorensen. Zingano is second-ranked in the featherweight division with Sorensen seventh   


Figure Skating News
Russia and Belarus have been banned from international competitions until TBD


UFC 272 on Saturday
Renato Moicano has replaced Rafael Fiziev against Rafael dos Anjos in the co-main event  


Volleyball News
Russia will no longer host the men's Worlds, which will take place in August and September 


UFC Columbus on March 26th
Women's Flyweight: Manon Fiorot v. Jennifer Maia 
*Fiorot is 3-0 in the Octagon while Maia challenged for flyweight gold in November 2020 


Hockey News
Russia and Belarus have been banned indefinitely from international hockey. This will include the World Championships in two months, the women's U18s in June and the rescheduled World Juniors, which this year will take place in August 

The 2023 World Juniors (which start in late December) will be at location TBD (originally scheduled to be held at two different cities in Russia). The 2023 Worlds, however, are as of yet still being held in Russia as they're slated for May of next year 

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