Malignaggi: Mayweather’s move rivals that of Tyson
WBA welterweight beltholder Paulie Malignaggi looks forward to calling Floyd Mayweather’s bout on Showtime Pay Per View, and would also welcome the opportunity to fight on his undercard.
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 moreWeeks among officials chosen for Peterson-Holt
Veteran referee Tony Weeks will work Friday night’s title bout between IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson and ex-beltholder Kendall Holt.
read moreFighter retires, saying ‘It is the end of Ricky Hatton’
Ricky Hatton following Saturday night’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko: “No matter how upsetting it is, I have got to be a man and say, ‘It is the end of Ricky Hatton.'”
read moreSchaefer: Hatton still deserves a shot at Malignaggi
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer contends that Ricky Hatton still is deserving of a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi despite Saturday’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, whom Malignaggi stopped in April.
read moreSenchenko’s body shot KOs Hatton in ninth round
Vyacheslav Senchenko’s ninth-round body shot stopped Ricky Hatton for the third time in his career and the first before his hometown fans at the Manchester Arena in England.
read moreLem’s latest: Wilder, Russell return; Golovkin-Oosthuizen in talks
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder will pursue his 26th knockout in as many victories without a loss against unbeaten Kelvin Price on the Dec. 15 Amir Khan-Carlos Molina undercard.
read moreMalignaggi eyes Hatton, Chaves
Although WBA welterweight beltholder Paulie Malignaggi has been mandated to face unbeaten Diego Chaves, he prefers a rematch with Ricky Hatton.
read moreLem’s latest: Malignaggi says boxing’s ‘craft’ is ‘not appreciated’
Paulie Malignaggi: “Floyd Mayweather gets no appreciation, but he’s just so dominant, that they have to just deal with it…I’m not saying that I’m as dominant as Floyd, but I consider myself to be a real craftsman of the sport. I’m a true craftsman of boxing.”
read moreLem’s latest: Roach touts trainer Brown
Trainer Eric Brown guided middleweight Peter Quillin to a title-winning decision over Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam before coaching WBA junior welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi to a split-decision over Pablo Cesar Cano.
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