Lem’s latest: Hopkins-Cloud; Froch mulls Kessler, Stevenson
While IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud could defend his belt against Bernard Hopkins on March 9, IBF super middleweight beltholder Carl Froch is weighing mandatory challenger Adonis Stevenson or WBA counterpart Mikkel Kessler.
read moreGolden Boy touts Bika-Sjekloca, Salita-Camacho Jr., Charlo-Yorgey
Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika could face Nikola Sjekloca for the WBC’s interim belt on Feb. 16, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
read moreIBF ‘tentatively’ approves Hopkins-Cloud
Bernard Hopkins could face IBF light heavyweight beltholder Tavoris Cloud on March 9 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn thanks to a tentative approval of the bout by the sanctioning body.
read moreLem’s latest: Cotto, Trout vow to be victorious
WBA junior middleweight titleholder Austin Trout plans to make a bloody mess of challenger Miguel Cotto, who claims the champion’s southpaw style won’t be a problem.
read moreBogere’s Achilles injury postpones Abril fight
Unbeaten lightweight contender Sharif Bogere has suffered a partial tear to his Achilles tendon that has forced him out of a Nov. 24 clash with Richard Abril for the WBA 135-pound title.
read moreLem’s latest: Ward-Dawson, Alvarez-Lopez, George-Stevenson
Chad Dawson says he’s a “better fighter than Andre Ward,” whom he will meet in a clash of RING champions on Sept. 8.
read moreLem’s latest: De La Hoya says Wilder’s ready for the big stage
Oscar De La Hoya on undefeated heavyweight KO artist Deontay Wilder: “It’s time to take him to the big stage — the HBOs and the Showtimes. It’s time to unleash Deontay Wilder.”
read moreQ&A: Lopez set to “shock everyone” against Alvarez
Josesito Lopez on Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “On paper, this looks like it’s going to be a walk in the park for Canelo. But if you’ve seen me fight, and you know the training that I go through for a fight like this — especially one of this magnitude — then you’ll know that Canelo is in for a fight.”
read moreKirkland pulls out of Alvarez fight
Southpaw junior middleweight James Kirkland will not sign to fight WBC titleholder Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, citing recovery from shoulder surgery in March.
read moreWilliams: ‘If I can’t walk then I’ll be on the boat fishing’
Paul Williams: “They told me there is a very slight chance of walking because the spine was, like, crushed or whatever…but as far as me walking and all of that, it’s all on me. I’m going to be walking. I know that. That’s how I feel.”
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