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Lem’s latest: Chavez Jr. $3 million, Martinez $1.4

10
Sep

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.

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10
Sep

Lee stands tall after football injury

Light heavyweight prospect Mike Lee spent two months in a wheelchair.

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31
Aug

Lem’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.

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30
Aug

Lem’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.

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29
Aug

Chavez 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.

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29
Aug

Martinez 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.

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29
Aug

Mares-Moreno ‘a sweet deal’ for Oct. 27

WBC junior featherweight belt-holder Abner Mares has a defense against Anselmo Moreno on Oct. 27.

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29
Aug

Q&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. 

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28
Aug

Judge: 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.

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27
Aug

Martinez 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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