Ring Ratings Update: Contenders hold their rankings with KO wins
The last two weeks have been slow ones but many RING-rated fighters saw action, including the magazine’s top-ranked flyweight, Roman Gonzalez, top-10 middleweight Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam and junior lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno, all of whom notched KOs.
read moreQ&A: Hassan N’dam N’Jikam
Hassan N’dam N’Jikam fights for the second time since losing his WBO middleweight belt to Peter Quillin today in Dublin, Ireland. The France-based Cameroonian contender, who is now managed by Gary Hyde, recently spoke to RingTV.com.
read moreLem’s latest: Pacquiao wants random drug testing
Manny Pacquiao is requesting random drug testing in advance of his Nov. 23 clash with Brandon Rios.
read moreLem’s latest: Mayweather-Guerrero re-airs on Saturday
Floyd Mayweather’s unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero will be re-aired on Saturday night on Showtime. The Abner Mares’ WBC featherweight title-winning TKO of Daniel Ponce de Leon will also re-air on the cable network.
read moreN’Jikam looking for American promoter
Former middleweight titleholder Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam is in search of an American promoter, according to Francisco Diaz of Asventure Promotion, the French-based promotional outfit who until now had guided the Cameroonian fighter’s professional career.
read moreQuillin to play cat and mouse with Guerrero
WBO middleweight beltholder Peter Quillin:”The only thing that Fernando Guerrero is going to be able to do is to be a mouse and run back into that hole, because I’m going to be a cat on his ass.”
read moreGarcia-Judah done for Jan. 19 possibly at Barclays Center
THE RING, WBA and WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia is set to face Zab Judah, a former six-time titleholder, in a Showtime-televised headliner on Jan. 19. A return to Barclays Center in Brooklyn is a consideration, but not a certainty.
read moreLem’s latest: Malignaggi says boxing’s ‘craft’ is ‘not appreciated’
Paulie Malignaggi: “Floyd Mayweather gets no appreciation, but he’s just so dominant, that they have to just deal with it…I’m not saying that I’m as dominant as Floyd, but I consider myself to be a real craftsman of the sport. I’m a true craftsman of boxing.”
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 moreMalignaggi looks back on victory over Cano
Paulie Malignaggi was glad he fought before his hometown fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but disappointed with the narrow decision, the CompuBox scoring and the fact that rival Pablo Cesar Cano failed to make the 147-pound division limit.
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