NSAC approves Tim Bradley-Diego Chaves for Dec. 13
Former two-division titlist Tim Bradley will return to the ring against Argentine Diego Chaves on Dec. 13 in a welterweight bout.
read moreCanelo Alvarez signs ‘long-term commitment’ with HBO
Former junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who has fought on Showtime since September 2012, has signed “a long-term commitment with HBO,” Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya and HBO Sports president Ken Hershman announced.
read moreBob Arum: Orlando Salido is ‘a very exciting fighter’
It’s never too late to make an impression and that’s exactly what three-time featherweight titlist Orlando Salido has done to Top Rank Promotions’ Bob Arum.
read moreTim Bradley-Diego Chaves close for Dec. 13
A deal is close for two-division titlewinner Tim Bradley to face Diego Chaves in a welterweight bout on Dec. 13 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum informed RingTV.com on Thursday.
read moreOscar De La Hoya: ‘I’ve talked to Al Haymon about various possibilities’
Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya stated that he has “talked to Al Haymon about various possibilities” for matching his boxers against those from Top Rank during an interview on Tuesday night’s episode of HBO’s “The Fight Game with Jim Lampley.”
read moreBob Arum: Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao ‘seems so logical’
Top Rank’s Bob Arum is stating the obvious: he believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao is the logical fight to be made.
read moreJessie Vargas to face Antonio DeMarco, eyes Manny Pacquiao
Junior welterweight Jessie Vargas has his eye on a match-up with WBO welterweight titlist Manny Pacquiao in the future. Vargas will get his third straight crack at a left-hander on Nov. 22 in Macao, China.
read moreBob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya to be featured on ‘The Fight Game’ Sept. 16
In Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook, we learn that Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya will both be featured on HBO’s “The Fight Game with Jim Lampley” tonight.
read moreDe La Hoya talks Golden Boy’s future, Cold War’s end, Alvarez’s next fight
While promoting the Mayweather-Maidana rematch in Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya spoke about his efforts to thaw the cold war with Top Rank, making fights the fans want, Canelo Alvarez’s next bout, working with Al Haymon, and Golden Boy’s arbitration with Richard Schaefer.
read moreAndrade-Korobov to fight for vacant WBO 160-lb. belt, Arum not happy
The WBO ordered its 154-pound beltholder Demetrius Andrade to fight Matt Korobov for the middleweight belt vacated last week by Peter Quillin. The decision didn’t sit well with Korobov’s promoter Bob Arum, who is upset with Andrade’s co-promoter Artie Pelullo.
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