Donaire, M. Garcia, Martirosyan-Andrade in tripleheader
Former RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire and RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia will return to the ring on Nov. 9 as part of a tripleheader on HBO.
read moreChavez-Vera, Stevenson-Cloud, on Sept. 28
The postponed Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera fight has been moved to Sept. 28 as part of a split-site HBO doubleheader paired with a defense by RING light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson against Tavoris Cloud.
read moreDoctor: Chavez withdrew to avoid father’s mistake
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s decision to not to face Brian Vera after suffering a cut during sparring was apparently motivated in part by his father’s 1996 bout against Oscar De La Hoya, which he lost by fourth-round knockout after a sparring wound over his left eye opened early and bled profusely.
read moreChavez Jr.’s cut postpones Vera fight
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. apparently suffered a cut over his right eye during sparring, which will force the postponement of his Sept. 7 super middleweight bout with Brian Vera.
read moreLem’s latest: Bradley-Marquez, Alvarado-Provodnikov, Pacquiao-Rios tourney?
The upcoming bouts in October veaturing Juan Manuel Marquez versus Tim Bradley and Mike Alvarado against Ruslan Provodnikov, followed by the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight in November, could lead to a round robin between the welterweights and 140 pounders.
read moreAndrade: ‘I will be crowned champion’ versus Martirosyan
Demetrius Andrade on fellow unbeaten 154-pound contender Vanes Martirosyan, who he fights on Sept. 7: “I was a 2008 Olympian and he made it in 2004. I will show him that if I was around in 2003 and 2004, he would not have made the team.”
read moreMartirosyan-Andrade on Sept. 7 Chavez-Vera card
Junior middleweights Vanes Martirosyan and Demetrius Andrade, both undefeated, will fight for the WBO’s vacant title underneath the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera main event in Los Angeles.
read moreStevens: ‘I would take Golovkin out’
Would hard-hitting middleweight Curtis Stevens like to face undefeated WBA titleholder Gennady Golovkin?: “He’s a power-puncher and I’m a power-puncher. Why not?”
read moreLem’s latest: Chambers’ cruiserweight debut; Lewkowicz signs Cuellar
Former heavyweight Eddie Chambers will debut as a cruiserweight on Aug. 3 against South Africa’s hard-hitting Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu.
read moreMartirosyan-Andrade on Pacquiao-Rios card?
The Vanes Martirosyan-Demetrius Andrade fight could land on Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios card.
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