Lem’s latest: Vazquez-Burns; Mayweather touts Bundrage-Smith
IBF lightweight beltholder Miguel Vazquez will face WBO counterpart Ricky Burns as part of an EPIX-televised quadrupleheader on March 16.
read moreCoyne-Oliveira added to Hopkins-Cloud card
Unbeaten light heavyweights Ryan Coyne and Marcus Oliveira will be featured on the undercard of Bernard Hopkins’ challenge for the IBF’s 175-pound belt owned by Tavoris Cloud.
read moreLem’s latest: Tyson-beater McBride profiled; Hopkins turns 48
Kevin McBride said his reasons for continuing to fight have little to do with money as much as “restoring sanity in my own head.”
read morePromoter: Vazquez would ‘spank’ Broner
Zanfer Promotions’ Sean Gibbons said “Adrien Broner can play around with these chumps and brush his hair and act like he’s doing something, but until you fight Miguel Vazquez, you can not call yourself the best lightweight in the world.”
read moreIBF to approve Vazquez-Burns ‘tonight’
IBF Championships Chairman Lindsay Tucker expects to approve a March 16 clash between his organization’s lightweight titleholder Miguel Vazquez and WBO counterpart Rick Burns on Monday.
read moreIBF would approve Vazquez-Burns
The IBF would approve a proposed bout between its lightweight titleholder Miguel Vazquez and the WBO 135-pound beltholder Ricky Burns.
read moreHopkins’ fight with Cloud to be announced on 48th birthday
Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins’ next fight, a March 9 clash with IBF 175-pound beltholder, Tavoris Cloud, will be formally announced during a press conference on Jan. 15, Hopkins’ 48th birthday.
read moreWard anxious for ring return after shoulder surgery
RING, WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward said “I can’t wait to get back out there and perform for all my fans” after having endured surgery on his right shoulder on Friday.
read moreLem’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.
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