Sep

Mayweather, Alvarez purses

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s guarantee of $41.5 million is a record. Rival Canelo Alvarez will pocket $5 million, according to numbers provided by Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Jun

Chavez’s fine reduced for positive marijuana test

by Lem Satterfield

Promoter Bob Arum on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s fine reduction: “I’m not happy with it. I don’t think that there should have been any fine at all. I don’t think that there should be any penalty for smoking marijuana or using marijuana 10 days before a fight. I don’t think that’s a crime.”

Jun

Love fined $10K, suspended six months

by Lem Satterfield

Middleweight J’Leon Love was fined $10,000, suspended for six months and had his split-decision victory over Gabriel Rosado declared a no-decision by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after failing a post-fight drug test.

May

Lem’s latest: Love tests positive for diuretic after Rosado bout

by Lem Satterfield

Undefeated middleweight prospect J’Leon Love and super middleweight Matthew Garretson tested positive for banned diuretics following their fights on the May 4 undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero fight.

May

Referee Mora rises from career low

by Lem Satterfield

“I really felt like there was a death…I knew that I had made a horrible call in the 11th round,” Nevada referee Russell Mora told RingTV.com of his failure to penalize Abner Mares for clear low blows in the first Joseph Agbeko fight.

Apr

Lem’s latest: Mayweather: ’30 Days in May’ airs Wednesday

by Lem Satterfield

Showtime’s one-hour documentary 30 days in May gives a glimpse of Floyd Mayweather’s 87-day jail stay in the Clark County Detention Center last year in advance of his May 4 showdown with Robert Guerrero. The show airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Feb

Chavez suspended nine months, fined $900,000

by Lem Satterfield

Former WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. can resume his fighting career after June 15, in accordance with a nine-month suspension handed down on Thursday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission as a result of his positive drug test for marijuana use.

Feb

Bey tests positive for testosterone

by Lem Satterfield

Unbeaten lightweight prospect Mickey Bey has tested positive for high levels of testosterone following his third-round knockout of Robert Rodriguez on Feb. 2 in Las Vegas, Nev.

Jan

Lem’s latest: Chavez case review, Williams update

by Lem Satterfield

Julio Cesar Chavez’s positive post-fight drug test case will be reviewed in February; Plus, a Paul Williams update and a look at 6-foot-5 junior middleweight prospect Alantez Fox.

Jan

Chavez Jr.’s attorneys to update NSAC on Tuesday in Las Vegas

by Lem Satterfield

Attorneys for former WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will address his positive post-fight drug test for marijuana as well as his future before the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday.