Adamek turns down Pulev eliminator
Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek has announced that he will bypass an IBF eliminator in favor of a more lucrative bout in his native Poland against an unnamed rival.
read moreLem’s latest: Bika says ‘This is my time to shine’
Having lost title bouts to Andre Ward, Lucian Bute and Joe Calzaghe, super middleweight contender Sakio Bika looks to cash in on a potential WBC title fight agianst Nikola Sjekloca on Feb. 16.
read moreAlexander’s trainer: ‘Khan can be next’
Amir Khan eyes the Devon Alexander-Kell Brook winner
read moreCunningham: Alexander agrees to defend against Brook
IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander will defend his belt against Kell Brook on Jan. 19 at a site to be determined.
read moreTrainer Cunningham touts Alexander’s resume
Trainer Kevin Cunningham on Devon Alexander: “I’ll be sitting down with Al [Haymon] to figure out what the next move is, but if we have to fight our mandatory, which is [Kell] Brook? No problem, and that’s basically me letting the IBF know.”
read moreLem’s latest: Roach touts trainer Brown
Trainer Eric Brown guided middleweight Peter Quillin to a title-winning decision over Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam before coaching WBA junior welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi to a split-decision over Pablo Cesar Cano.
read moreBailey: Alexander to get ‘ass whooping’
Called an “old-assed fighter” by Devon Alexander’s trainer, Kevin Cunningham, IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey said Cunningham’s “talking is going to end up in an ass whooping for” Alexander.
read moreTrainer: Alexander to give Bailey ‘beating of his life’
Devon Alexander’s trainer, Kevin Cunningham, called Randall Bailey’s back injury “the lamest s–t I’ve ever heard.”
read moreLem’s latest: Martinez guarded by armed security
In response to threats against him, RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is being guarded by an armed security force in advance of his Sept. 15 clash with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
read moreAdamek eyes ‘hard’ fight against Walker
Tomasz Adamek’s trainer, Roger Bloodworth, said Travis Walker’s “got a good right hand, and if you get touched by that right hand, you could go.”
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