Lem’s lastest: Macklin vows a beat-down for Golovkin
Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin claims that he will handle unbeaten WBA titleholder Gennady Golovkin in similar fashion to how Bernard Hopkins knocked out then-undefeated Felix Trinindad in the 12th round.
read moreKO artist Santos highlights BB&T card
Featherweight knockout artist Braulio Santos is scheduled to face Derrick Wilson on June 1 in Sunrise, Fla., with the co-main to feature undefeated junior middleweight Daquan Arnett.
read moreQ&A: Lara craves Alvarez-Trout winner, Mayweather, Martinez
Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara: “If I could pick my next three fights, it would first start with the winner of the fight between Canelo Alvarez-Austin Trout, and then I would want to fight Sergio Martinez or Floyd Mayweather.”
read moreQ&A: Angulo discusses Lara fight
Alfredo Angulo says his work with trainer Virgil Hunter is taking him back to fundamentals and adding deeper tactics to his game, which will mean a great fight for fans when he faces Erislandy Lara on June 8.
read moreLem’s latest: Berto-Soto Karass, Thurman-Chaves in July
Florida welterweight standouts Andre Berto and Keith Thurman are schedueld to fight in separate bouts on a Showtime-televised card in July. Berto will face veteran gatekeeper Jesus Soto-Karass; Thurman will fight fellow unbeaten puncher Diego Chaves.
read moreLeonard recalls Pacquiao-Marquez IV
Sugar Ray Leonard on Juan Manuel Marquez’s stoppage of Manny Pacquiao: “When someone goes down, face-first like that…let me tell you, I was very, very concerned about Pacquiao.”
read moreQ&A: Bailey praises Alexander, wants Zaveck
Knockout artist Randall Bailey: “I want to fight guys that want to fight and guys that feel the same way that I feel. I don’t want to go 12 rounds … I want those Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns types of fights.”
read moreQ&A: Leonard discusses child sex abuse, today’s fighters
Sugar Ray Leonard on being sexually abused as a teenager: “It knocked me down, but it didn’t knock me out.”
read moreHBO to honor Steward
Trainer Emanuel “Manny” Steward, who died on Thursday at the age of 68, will be the subject of an HBO video on Saturday night at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
read moreBuffer calls Steward ‘an icon.’
Michael Buffer on Emanuel Steward: “As a fan and colleague, I mourn the loss of a legend… an icon. As a friend, I have lost a loved one and my heart is broken.”
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