Lem’s latest: Jermain Taylor faces Candelo on Broner-Maidana card
Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor will face Juan Carlos Candelo on the undercard of the Dec. 14 main event featuring Adrien Broner against Marcos Maidana.
read moreLem’s latest: Steward remembered on Lampley’s ‘Fight Game’
The late Emanuel “Manny” Steward trained Thomas Hearns, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko and Mike McCallum among his seemingly endless list of current and former world champions.
read moreTrainer: Golovkin will have a ‘short night’ vs. Stevens
Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez says that undefeated WBA middleweight beltholder will make short work of Curtis Stevens should a deal come to fruition for the duo to meet on Nov. 2 on HBO.
read moreLem’s latest: Haye may train with Wilder for Fury fight
Unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder may have to choose between serving as a sparring partner for David Haye or being ringside for a scouting report on the Seth Mitchell-Chris Arreola fight on Sept. 6.
read moreKlitschko granted extension on Stiverne purse bid
WBC heavyweight titleholder Vitali Klitschko, who is 42, has been granted an extension to an unspecified date for the pursebid to make his mandatory defense against Bermane Stiverne.
read moreLem’s latest: Golden Boy reaches new deal with Fox
A new deal between Golden Boy and Fox Sports will result in a new Monday boxing series and allow fans to rewatch classic bouts from the promoter’s fight library featuring Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Bernard Hopkins, among others.
read moreSanchez KOs July on Peterson-Holt card
Cruiserweight Elvin Sanchez rose from the canvas in the second round of Friday night’s third-round knockout of previously undefeated Venroy July.
read moreLem’s latest: Weeks makes DC. debut; attorney on Peterson-Holt card
Referee Tony Weeks will make his East Coast debut with Friday night’s Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C.
read moreQ&A: Mitchell faults man in mirror for loss to Banks
Heavyweight Seth Mitchell on his second-round knockout loss to Johnathon Banks: “Sometimes, you’ve got to point the finger at yourself.”
read moreJones to replace Steward as HBO analyst
Former world titleholder Roy Jones Jr. will take over for the late Emanuel Steward as HBO’s analyst for World Championship Boxing and its Pay Per View broadcasts for the rest of 2012.
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