Tim Bradley, Amir Khan to receive highest purse amounts on Saturday
Bank accounts will be a little fuller this weekend – some more than others – as the purse amounts for both HBO and Showtime cards have been announced.
read moreLas Vegas officials to honor Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday
In Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook, we learn that amid the mayhem on Saturday, the city of Las Vegas, Clark County and the state of Nevada will honor Oscar De La Hoya.
read moreLem’s latest: ‘knockout artist’ David Lemieux set for Fernando Guerrero
In Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook, David Lemieux and Fernando Guerrero both pledge victory on Saturday, only Lemieux expects bombs to be thrown from both fighters.
read moreQuebec prospect Mikael Zewski is hungry for the spotlight
Quebec-area welterweight prospect Mikael Zewski will have his third straight start in his native country when he faces Prince Doku Jr. on the Adonis Stevenson-Andrzej Fonfara undercard on Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
read moreDavid Lemieux, Jermell Charlo on Adonis Stevenson-Andrzej Fonfara card
A stacked undercard supports the Adonis Stevenson-Andrzej Fonfara main event for Stevenson’s RING and WBC light heavyweight championship on May 24.
read moreLomachenko stops Ramirez in fourth round of pro debut
Ukrainian two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko scored two knockdowns during his fourth-round stoppage of Jose Luis Ramirez in his professional debut on Saturday.
read moreLem’s latest: Cruz heard ‘gay slurs’ during fights
Openly gay boxer Orlando Cruz on dealing with homophobia in boxing: “I’m in a sport that is very macho. Sometime in the ring, people would should gay slurs at me before I came out.”
read moreVerdejo, Monaghan score first-round KOs
Felix Verdejo and Sean Monaghan scored back-to-back first-round knockouts on Saturday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
read moreHart stops Farr in third round
Philadelphia-born super middleweightt prospect Jesse Hart rose to 7-0 with his fifth knockout against Marlon Farr on the Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux undercard at Radio City Music Hall.
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