Whether it’s maintaining the momentum of an impressive victory or washing away the stain of a regretful performance, both undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue and undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez have already committed to return to the ring within days of each other in September.

Inoue, 30-0 (27 KOs), will defend his four belts September 14 in Tokyo against former unified 122lbs champion Murodjon “M.J.” Akhmadaliev, 13-1 (10 KOs), and Alvarez, 63-2-2 (39 KOs), will meet fellow four-division champion Terence Crawford, 41-0 (31 KOs), at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 12.

On Wednesday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “BoxingScene Today,” the cast addressed those quick returns, with former welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi making a bold prediction as Inoue rides a 10-fight knockout streak into the bout.

“Akhmadaliev is going to go the distance with Inoue – his knockout streak will end,” Malignaggi said.

Akhmadaliev will take a tune-up bout May 30 in Mexico against Luis Castillo 31-6 (20 KOs) and he’s trained by the same cornerman in Joel Diaz who just guided Inoue’s Sunday challenger Ramon Cardenas to a knockdown and impressive showing before falling to the four-division champion by eighth-round TKO.

“This gives them more experience, a better chance with a better fighter on paper,” said ProBox TV analyst and 2024 trainer of the year Robert Garcia. “That will benefit that team.”

Having closely watched Diaz’s corner work with Cardenas Sunday night, ProBox Tv analyst and former 140lbs champion Chris Algieri said, “Joel Diaz is not going to be in awe of Naoya Inoue.”

That said, Algieri praised Inoue for his interest in maintaining activity, with an expected bout arriving in Saudi Arabia in December.

“His strength of schedule has been insane,” Algieri said.

Cardenas should follow, the cast agreed. “Get a win and stay at the top of the division,” Garcia suggested, as Cardenas weighs a move to bantamweight and taking a bout in Japan – where all four 118lbs champions reside.

Alvarez, meanwhile, has endured an exodus of fans off his bandwagon following his plodding weekend performance in a unanimous-decision victory over Cuba’s William Scull.

“I’m going to pick Crawford – a strong, talented, taller man with great footwork,” Garcia said. “Canelo looked too slow, [throwing] one punch at a time.”

Algieri noted Crawford was fighting as a welterweight two years ago, and lamented that as Manny Pacquiao nears a return at age 46 for a welterweight title shot how qualified contenders are being passed by for these “fantasy fights.”

Avarez’s diminished showing raised a question for Algieri, who referenced his six consecutive lacking bouts dating to the trilogy fight against faded Gennadiy Golovkin.

“Canelo is degrading, and maybe he knew he was degraded then,” Algieri said.

As for the other weekend winners, WBO 140lbs champion Teofimo Lopez and former two-division champion Devin Haney, Lopez is seeking a showdown with unified welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis,’ who was so impressive in adding the WBA belt last month.

“‘Boots’ has the natural size advantage, which would make you pick against Teofimo, but is there something [Lopez] and his [trainer-father] see?” Algieri said. “You think back to how Teo called out [three-division champion Vasiliy] Lomachenko and [former undisputed 140lbs champion] Josh Taylor, and then beat them, and you can see him pulling this crazy thing off, too. They’re smart and calculated.”

Malignaggi believes Haney would be wise to not mention Lopez following Haney’s cautious, inactive victory over former unified 140lbs champion Jose Ramirez Friday at Times Square.

Perhaps a better opponent would be the man Lopez beat, Arnold Barboza Jnr, or Barboza’s Golden Boy Promotions stablemate Oscar Duarte.

“Haney will never take that fight,” said Garcia, who trains Duarte. “Oscar is too talented for him.”

Malignaggi said Haney needs to retreat from his habit of selecting older former champions and find an opponent in his prime.

“I’m willing to wait a fight, but I want to see the Haneys look at a dangerous guy,” Malignaggi said.