The Travelin’ Man goes to Wilkes-Barre-part II
Click here for part one Saturday, June 21 (continued): Just before New Jersey junior middleweights Hakim Bryant and Al Johnson began...
read moreLem’s latest: Brandon Rios-Diego Chaves; Vyacheslav Glazkov returns
HBO will present a split-site doubleheader on Aug. 2, with a welterweight bout between Brandon Rios and Diego Chaves in Las Vegas, plus light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev in action from Atlantic City.
read moreLem’s latest: Fonfara says Stevenson’s been ‘knocked out before’
In Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook, Andrzej Fonfara hints that RING/WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson can sustain another knockout loss in their bout this Saturday.
read moreThe Travelin’ Man goes to Bethlehem-Part II
The adventures never cease for resident Travelin’ Man Lee Groves as he revels in a splendid NBC Sports Network opening bout, paving the way for a telling card in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on March 15.
read moreWBO orders Burns-Crawford, Stieglitz-Abraham III
Unbeaten lightweight contender Terence Crawford has been made the mandatory challender to WBO beltholder Ricky Burns. The WBO has also ordered a third match between its super middleweight titleholder Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham.
read moreAdrien Broner calls Marcos Maidana ‘one-dimensional’
Adrien Broner plans to “light up” Marcos Maidana “like a Christmas tree” on Dec. 14. Broner, the WBA welterweight beltholder, defends his title against the hard-punching Maidana in the headliner of a Showtime card in San Antonio.
read moreMayweather to Alvarez: ‘I’m not Lopez. I’m not Trout.’
Floyd Mayweather Jr. says if anyone thinks that Canelo Alvarez’s knockdown success in his past two fights will mean anything on Saturday, think again.
read moreLem’s latest: Alvarez finds smaller is better for sparring
Canelo Alvarez believes that he will “find a way” to land his shots against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday and the defending junior middleweight champ says sparring with lighter-weight fighters helped make him sharp enough to do so.
read moreDargan discusses sparring with Alvarez
Karl Dargan, one of Canelo Alvarez’s sparring partners for the upcoming fight with Floyd Mayweather, said the undefeated Mexican star “never really hurt me” even as he called him “one of the strongest guys I’ve boxed.”
read moreAlvarez: ‘Talker’ Mayweather is ‘very, very worried’
Canelo Alvarez on Floyd Mayweather’s tactics: “I’m not saying that he’s a dirty fighter…but he’s a fighter that has a lot of experience, and, obviously, yes, he does use his elbows and forearms.”
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