Lem’s latest: What’s next for Mayweather?
Richard Schaefer on Floyd Mayweather Jr.: “The good news is that when you are the pound-for-pound king, the list of guys that want to fight you never seems to get shorter, it always seems to get longer.”
read moreLem’s latest: Mayweather, Alvarez to wear Grant gloves
Both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez will be wearing 10-ounce Grant gloves when they meet at the MGM Grand tonight in Las Vegas. Mayweather will wear blue gloves, Alvarez will wear green.
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 moreLem’s latest: ‘I’m effin’ Floyd Mayweather!’
Floyd Mayweather Jr. dumped a load of F-bombs after being told that Canelo Alvarez’s sparring partners have been leaving camp after suffering injuries at the hands of the red-headed Mexican.
read moreMares requests likely rematch with Gonzalez
Abner Mares has requested an immediate rematch Jhonny Gonzalez, who stopped him in the first round this past Saturday to take the three-division titleholder’s WBC featherweight belt.
read moreEspinoza on All-Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo, Mares-Gonzalez
Stephen Espinoza on the numbers generated by All Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo: “Well over half a million people saw the first episode of All Access on the premiere night, which is a very good number.”
read moreQ&A: Mares wants Gonzalez rematch or Santa Cruz showdown
Abner Mares told RingTV.com that his stunning loss to Jhonny Gonzalez “woke up the beast that I had inside of me.” Mares says he’ll get right back in training and target Gonzalez for a rematch or Leo Santa Cruz.
read moreSchaefer eyes Gonzalez-Russell in the fall
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer wants to match unbeaten prospect Gary Russell Jr. against newly crowned WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez in November or December.
read moreLem’s latest: Russell wants Gonzalez, then Mares
Unbeaten featherweight Gary Russell says he’d planned on facing Abner Mares later this year, but after Saturday’s result he’s targeting the man who took Mares’ title by first-round knockout.
read moreGonzalez beats Mares with stunning first-round KO
Just when you thought you’d seen the knockout of the night, Jhonny Gonzalez defied all expectations and nabbed the upset with a first-round knockout of Abner Mares on Saturday in Carson, Calif.
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