
Boxing News at Five: Linares wants to teach ‘King’ Garcia a lesson, UFC star Masvidal prepared to box Canelo
Hot prospect Ryan Garcia has woken the beast in Jorge Linares, and Jorge Masvidal is deadly serious about boxing Canelo Alvarez

Hot prospect Ryan Garcia has woken the beast in Jorge Linares, and Jorge Masvidal is deadly serious about boxing Canelo Alvarez
Former HBO analyst Larry Merchant remembers the time he watched "a fat slob" box in Macau, not knowing Andy Ruiz Jnr would one day rule the world
UFC President Dana White has told Tyson Fury to forget about an MMA career, and Callum Smith says Canelo Alvarez must go through him if he settles at 168
Although boxing has long been the home of the weird and the wonderful, 2019 suggests things are only getting stranger
Will Canelo Alvarez still have the same effect at light-heavyweight against WBO boss Sergey Kovalev, wonders Elliot Worsell
The life and times of Larry Merchant.
Joseph Parker still wants to fight Dereck Chisora at some point, and Joshua Buatsi has had to pull out of his November 2 fight
The WBC tell Dillian Whyte he won't be fighting for their title until 2021, and Oleksandr Usyk could be in line for a return to the UK next year
Roy Jones Jnr and Bernard Hopkins are teasing a rubber match in their fifties, and Manny Pacquiao targets Errol Spence or Danny Garcia for February
Anthony Crolla will fight Frank Urquiaga on November 2 in Manchester, and Andy Ruiz Jnr turns down the advances of the WWE to focus on boxing
Elliot Worsell on what makes Josh Taylor vs Regis Prograis such a special fight
Dereck Chisora is eyeing up a money-spinning fight against former cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk, and Luis Ortiz has moved camp and improved his stamina
Oleksandr Usyk isn't looking to wait around in the heavyweight division, and Dmitry Bivol dreams of unfication fights in 2020
Canelo Alvarez can see how a fight against Tyron Woodley makes business sense, and Dereck Chisora isn't buying Joseph Parker's pull-out excuse
Joe Joyce will have to box Marco Huck in Germany, Josh Kelly gets David Avanesyan test, and Kevin Johnson saves the day again