Keith Thurman: Soto Karass a stepping stone to Mayweather
Keith Thurman: “You can doubt me as much as you want, but you are going to watch me throughout my career climb that ladder and reach the destination that I foresaw, and the one that I told you about, and that’s Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather.”
read moreThurman to get rid of ‘bloopers’ vs. Soto Karass
Keith Thurman on fighting fellow welterweight puncher Jesus Soto Karass: “I plan on doing what we’re supposed to do, which is hitting and not getting hit, but I also plan on creating that knockout.”
read moreQ&A: Maidana signs with Haymon, wants Broner
Marcos Maidana has signed with advisor Al Haymon, who also manages the Argentine puncher’s next potential foe, WBA welterweight titleholder Adrien Broner. Maidana says he can knock Broner out.
read moreLem’s latest: Soto Karass ‘ready to die in ring’ vs. Berto
Jesus Soto Karass on his fight with Andre Berto: “The bottom line is that I want to win. Yes, I’m going to give a great performance, like I always do. I’m ready to die in the ring like every Mexican.”
read moreHunter: ‘Confidence crucial’ for Berto vs. Soto Karass
Trainer Virgil Hunter on Andre Berto: “When he came out with the shoulder roll and things like that against Guerrero, I had never seen him do it. So I just stressed to him that it was important to him to have his own identity.”
read moreQ&A: Berto discusses trainer Hunter, rival Soto Karass
Andre Berto says that in his upcoming fight with Jesus Soto Karass he wants to be “that complete fighter…the really sharp Andre Berto that can put together that speed and that power and be effective defensively.”
read moreQ&A: Guerrero, post-Mayweather, wants Ortiz
Reflecting on his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Guerrero says he learned “that I can compete with the best fighters in the world” and “gained a lot of experience on what it will take to fight a guy who never stops moving around the ring.”
read moreBerto-Soto Karass, Thurman-Chaves card kicks off
Unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman in advance of his fight with Diego Chaves: “I don’t know if there is another fighter out there that’s hungrier than me. They’ve been feeding me, but I’m still starving.”
read moreLem’s latest: Garcia eyes legacy-building victory
RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia could soon rise into the welteweight division if he is successful on Saturday night against Zab Judah.
read moreGuerrero worships God, not Mayweather
Robert Guerrero on Floyd Mayweather: “You’ve got a lot of people out there who think that Floyd is like a God. He’s got everybody thinking that… nobody can beat him. But… being a big believer in God, there’s a blueprint for everybody.”
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