Lem’s latest: Chavez Jr. $3 million, Martinez $1.4
WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.s base purse of $3 million is more than twice that of RING champion Sergio Martinez, who will pocket $1.4 million for Saturday night’s fight.
read moreLee stands tall after football injury
Light heavyweight prospect Mike Lee spent two months in a wheelchair.
read moreLem’s latest: ‘All-Access Canelo-Lopez’ airs Sept. 5
WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Josesito Lopez will be featured on Showtime in advance of their Sept. 15 bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
read moreLem’s latest: Martinez guarded by armed security
In response to threats against him, RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is being guarded by an armed security force in advance of his Sept. 15 clash with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
read moreChavez Jr. training camp notes, second edition
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was told by his father, Julio Sr., and his grandmother that he had to win every one of his first 10 professional fights or retire from the sport.
read moreMartinez camp notes, second edition
Sergio Martinez says he would make adjustments in the American amateur boxing system if he were given the power to do so.
read moreMares-Moreno ‘a sweet deal’ for Oct. 27
WBC junior featherweight belt-holder Abner Mares has a defense against Anselmo Moreno on Oct. 27.
read moreQ&A: Chavez Jr. corrects discipline problems, dicusses Martinez, Alvarez
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. insists that discipline problems are behind him, that he doesn’t care about rival Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and that the time is right to beat middleweight champ Sergio Martinez, who he fights on Sept. 15.
read moreJudge: Rigondeaux can’t fight on Sept. 15
A judge has ruled that Guillermo Rigondeaux can not defend his WBA junior featherweight belt against Robert Marroquin on Sept. 15 because the fight was made by Top Rank without the consent of Rigondeaux’s manager, Gary Hyde.
read moreMartinez cancels media workout amid threats, car’s vandalism
Promoter Lou DiBella is considering the cancelation of all media appearances by RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez to promote his Sept. 15 bout with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the wake of threats against the fighter.
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