Lem’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 moreLem’s latest: Stevens ‘coming to wreck’ Golovkin
Curtis Stevens on Gennady Golovkin: “I’m coming there to wreck him. I’m coming to wreck the wrecking machine.”
read moreLem’s latest: Pelullo wants Bradley, Pacquiao-Rios winner for Provodnikov
Promoter Artie Pelullo calls newl WBO 140-pound titleholder Ruslan Provodnikov “the most exciting fighter in the business.” He wants the Russian bomber to face Tim Bradley in a rematch or the winner of Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios.
read moreQ&A: Weeks on Provodnikov’s KO of ‘warrior’ Alvarado
Referee Tony Weeks on Ruslan Provodnikov’s 10th-round TKO of Mike Alvarado: “I went over to his corner and I asked Mike directly, twice, ‘Are you okay?’ and, ‘Do you want to continue fighting?’ and both times, he said, ‘No,’ so I stopped the fight.”
read moreProvodnikov wears down Alvarado to stoppage
The junior welterweight title bout between Ruslan Provodnikov and Mike Alvarado was a war of attrition that opened up with a pair of knockdowns in the eighth and was sealed by the Russian challenger two rounds later.
read moreProvodnikov KO 10 Alvarado live round-by-round updates
RingTV.com has live round-by-round updates of Ruslan Provodnikov’s 10th-round knockout of Mike Alvarado for Alvarado’s WBO junior welterweight belt. The HBO World Championship Boxing broadcast began at 9:45 p.m. ET.
read morePhoto gallery: Alvarado-Provodnikov weigh-in
Photos from the scales as WBO junior welterweight titleholder Mike Alvarado and challenger Ruslan Provodnikov weighed in for Saturday’s bout outside Denver. Photos by Chris Farina-Top Rank.
read moreAlvarado overweight, has two hours to make it
Mike Alvarado 141 pounds, Ruslan Provodnikov 139.8.
read moreLem’s latest: Provodnikov right at home versus Alvarado
Ruslan Provodnikov’s mother traveled from Russia for what is both her first trip to the U.S. and the first time she will be ringside to watch her son as he battles Mike Alvarado on Saturday.
read moreLem’s latest: Trainer ranks Golovkin right behind Robinson, Hopkins
Trainer Abel Sanchez said Gennady Golovkin “is the best middleweight ever besides Sugar Ray Robinson and maybe Bernard Hopkins.”
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