Hopkins: After Murat, then Froch, Bute, Cleverly?
If he gets beyond a mandatory title defense against Karo Murat in July, IBF light heavyweight beltholder Bernard Hopkins would like to face Carl Froch or Lucian Bute. (This story also contains a video of Hopkins accepting Gennady Golovkin’s challenge.)
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 moreCloud calls Hopkins’ shades, mask, hoodie ‘childish’
Tavoris Cloud on Bernard Hopkins’ outfit at Wednesday’s press conference: “It was funny to just turn around and to just see a grown man with a ski mask on standing there and not saying nothing to nobody.”
read moreQ&A: Ref Weeks discusses Peterson’s KO of Holt
Referee Tony Weeks on stopping IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson’s triumph over ex-titleholder Kendall Holt in the eighth round: “Some fighters just have too much heart, and we have to save them from themselves.”
read moreLem’s latest: Weeks makes DC. debut; attorney on Peterson-Holt card
Referee Tony Weeks will make his East Coast debut with Friday night’s Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C.
read moreWeeks among officials chosen for Peterson-Holt
Veteran referee Tony Weeks will work Friday night’s title bout between IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson and ex-beltholder Kendall Holt.
read moreAlexander’s trainer: ‘Khan can be next’
Amir Khan eyes the Devon Alexander-Kell Brook winner
read moreHopkins eyes record against Cleverly, Shumenov or Cloud
Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins is being targeted for a comeback on March 9 opposite 175-pound titleholders Nathan Cleverly, Beibut Shumenov or Tavoris Cloud.
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 moreLem’s latest: Non-New Yorkers Alexander, Bailey carry ‘Brooklyn Pride’
Welterweight Devon Alexander says that his fists will do the talking against IBF titleholder Randall Bailey on Oct. 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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