Jhonny Gonzalez batters, stops Jorge Arce in 11th round
THE RING’s No. 1-rated featherweight Jhonny Gonzalez scored knockdowns in Rounds 3, 4 and 9 en route to an 11th-round stoppage of fellow veteran Jorge Arce on Saturday in Arce’s hometown of Los Mochis, Mexico.
read moreJhonny Gonzalez 126, Jorge Arce 126
Featherweight veterans Jhonny Gonzalez and Jorge Arce successfully weighed in for their Saturday clash in Los Mochis, Mexico, as did Glen Tapia and Donatas Bondorovas ahead of their junior middleweight bout in Atlantic City.
read moreJhonny Gonzalez could fight Jorge Arce on Sept. 27
There is a solid possibility that an all-Mexican clash between WBC featherweight titlist Jhonny Gonzalez and Jorge Arce could come to fruition this fall.
read moreLem’s latest: Jorge Arce returns on June 14
Jorge Arce will pursue his third consecutive stoppage victory in a featherweight bout against former title challenger Jorge Lacierva on June 14 in Tuxtla Guti├®rrez, Mexico. The fight will be broadcast on TV Azteca.
read moreFloyd Mayweather Jr. to be interviewed tonight on Showtime
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be interviewed on Showtime during tonight’s telecast of a ShoBox: The New Generation card that he is promoting from the Turning Stone Resort Casino Event Center in Verona, N.Y.
read moreCarmona in stable condition after Arce fight
Colombian featherweight Jose Carmona is said to be in stable condition following two surgeries to repair damage that occurred during Saturday’s eighth-round knockout loss to Jorge Arce.
read moreLem’s latest: Martinez faces pressure of pride vs. Garcia
Puerto Rico’s Roman “Rocky” Martinez will put his WBO junior lightweight belt on the line against RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia on Saturday.
read moreDonaire 121.6; Rigondeaux 121.5
Nonito Donaire on his staredown with Rigondeaux: “I felt like he just couldn’t look at me in the eyes for that long. It’s just one of those things.”
read moreLem’s latest: BWAA honors Donaire, Garcia, Marquez-Pacquiao
In accepting his award for Fighter of the Year, an emotional Nonito Donaire spoke of coming a long way since being the “small, frail, asthmatic little boy” of his childhood.
read moreDonaire-Rigondeaux: Chess match or fireworks? Experts weigh-in
RING junior featherweight champ Nonito Donaire on clash with Guillermo Rigondeaux on Saturday: “When it comes down to the title fights, we’re both aggressive and we can both be offensive guys.”
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