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Ward signs to face Rodriguez, attends Mayweather-Alvarez weigh-in

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14
Sep

Ward signs to face Rodriguez, attends Mayweather-Alvarez weigh-in

HBO commentator and super middleweight champion Andre Ward caused a buzz when he showed up at rival network Showtime’s Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez weigh-in on Friday.

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29
Aug

Mares requests likely rematch with Gonzalez

Abner Mares has requested an immediate rematch Jhonny Gonzalez, who stopped him in the first round this past Saturday to take the three-division titleholder’s WBC featherweight belt.

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28
Aug

Espinoza on All-Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo, Mares-Gonzalez

Stephen Espinoza on the numbers generated by All Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo: “Well over half a million people saw the first episode of All Access on the premiere night, which is a very good number.”

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18
Jul

Garcia: Matthysse ‘is the fight I wanted’

Richard Schaefer says Danny Garcia-Lucas Matthysse has “Fight of The Year written all over it.”

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11
Jul

Lem’s latest: Alvarado balks at terms for Provodnikov fight

Mike Alvarado has made public his reasons for not yet accepting a proposed Oct. 19 clash with Ruslan Provodnikov.

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03
Jul

Lem’s latest: Who is on the Mayweather-Alvarez card?

“I’m not saying yes, and I’m not saying no,” said Richard Schaefer in response to the potential for Danny Garcia-Lucas Matthysse to land on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez card.

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15
May

SI: Mayweather projected as top paid athlete for 2013

According to SI.com’s Fortunate 50, Floyd Mayweather Jr.is projected to be the highest-paid athlete in American sports for the second straight year, potentially earning between $90 million and $128 million.

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10
May

Mayweather-Guerrero: Over a million PPV buys

Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza: “Floyd Mayweather is still, without question, the No. 1 pay per view star in boxing, and, actually, in all of sports.”

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26
Apr

‘Paulette’ Malignaggi sees easy time vs. Broner

Adrien Broner has given the name “Paulette” to Paulie Malignaggi, who retorted, “Last time that I checked, you know, Adrien is a girl’s name.” On June 22, Broner will challenge for the WBA welterweight title owned by Malignaggi, who calls it an easy fight.

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25
Apr

Tensions mount at Garcia-Judah press conference

Upon hearing that Zab Judah was a no-show, Danny Garcia lamented not being able to “look into his eyes and to snatch the soul right out of his body.” Judah then showed up, saying he’d been disrespected by being told to wait with his team “in the basement” with “no food, no water.”

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