Mar

Broner-Malignaggi possible for June?

WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi calls WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner “a very winnable fight for me.” Malignaggi says Golden Boy Promotions has proposed the matchup.

Roach: Bradley to run like Gump from Provodnikov

26

Feb

Roach: Bradley to run like Gump from Provodnikov

by Lem Satterfield

Rising junior welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov will take his experience as a sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao into the ring against Tim Bradley on March 16.

Malignaggi: Holt should move to welterweight

25

Feb

Malignaggi: Holt should move to welterweight

by Lem Satterfield

Kendall Holt after Friday night’s loss to Lamont Peterson: “My body just wasn’t responding. My body and my mind just weren’t on the same page. My body wanted to do one thing, and my mind said do something else.”

24

Feb

Schaefer: Sky is limit for Peterson

by Lem Satterfield

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said of IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, “I think that there are going to be many great fights ahead for him.”

Peterson stops Holt in the eighth round, eyes Matthysse

23

Feb

Peterson stops Holt in the eighth round, eyes Matthysse

by Lem Satterfield

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson overcame a slow start to stop ex-beltholder Kendall Holt at 1:42 of the eighth round after flooring him in the fourth and sixth rounds on Friday night.

Peterson continues to roll with the punches

22

Feb

Peterson continues to roll with the punches

by Lem Satterfield

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson will end a 14-month ring absence when he meets Kendall Holt tonight: “There will be no ring rust. None whatsoever,” said Peterson. “I look sharp in the gym. I feel good.”

Q&A: Holt says stamina, weight no problem vs. Peterson

22

Feb

Q&A: Holt says stamina, weight no problem vs. Peterson

by Lem Satterfield

Kendall Holt on Friday’s bout with Lamont Peterson: “This fight, I’m going to set things up and make things happen. I have had some good sprints, some good boxing and I am ready to go a good, hard 12 rounds.”

Broner: Peterson-Holt ‘a helluva’ fight. Ask the experts

21

Feb

Broner: Peterson-Holt ‘a helluva’ fight. Ask the experts

by Lem Satterfield

Boxing expert Rich Marotta says Lamont Peterson’s defense against Kendall Holt “should rank pretty high on the entertainment scale.”

Q&A: Broner on Mayweather, Showtime, HBO, Peterson

20

Feb

Q&A: Broner on Mayweather, Showtime, HBO, Peterson

by Lem Satterfield

Does Adrien Broner want to be on the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero undercard? Lem Satterfield spoke to the WBC lightweight titleholder about that and other subjects at the final presser for the Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight.

Q&A: Schaefer discusses Mayweather’s move to Showtime

20

Feb

Q&A: Schaefer discusses Mayweather’s move to Showtime

by Lem Satterfield

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Floyd Mayweather’s move to Showtime ends the days when the network could not compete with rival U.S. cable giant HBO.