Trainer Cunningham touts Alexander’s resume
Trainer Kevin Cunningham on Devon Alexander: “I’ll be sitting down with Al [Haymon] to figure out what the next move is, but if we have to fight our mandatory, which is [Kell] Brook? No problem, and that’s basically me letting the IBF know.”
read moreIBF orders Peterson to face Holt
Former titleholder Kendall Holt is the next in line to face IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson.
read moreTop Rank signs Rigondeaux to multi-fight deal
WBA junior featherweight titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux has signed a multi-fight deal with Top Rank and is expected to return to the ring in December.
read moreLem’s latest: Non-New Yorkers Alexander, Bailey carry ‘Brooklyn Pride’
Welterweight Devon Alexander says that his fists will do the talking against IBF titleholder Randall Bailey on Oct. 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
read morePryor to Broner: Keep talking and winning
Of unbeaten lightweight Adrien Broner, hall-of-famer and fellow Cincinnati native Aaron Pryor says it’s okay to be “a little bit cocky… but you gotta win.”
read moreLem’s latest: Malignaggi, Tyson part of Brooklyn’s boxing legacy
Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi is part of a championship legacy that includes Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Zab Judah.
read moreBailey: Alexander to get ‘ass whooping’
Called an “old-assed fighter” by Devon Alexander’s trainer, Kevin Cunningham, IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey said Cunningham’s “talking is going to end up in an ass whooping for” Alexander.
read moreLem’s latest: Garcia brothers hope to end feud
Robert Garcia and his older brother, Danny, are both respected trainers of champion fighters, but have have been divided by a rift dating back to the early pro days of Victor Ortiz.
read moreBroner: “It’s so hard for us (African American fighters)” to get credit
Adrien Broner on his anticipated showdown with WBC lightweight titleholder Antonio DeMarco and his critics: “They will never give me the credit when it’s due…even if I go in and I knock this guy out in the first round.”
read moreArum eyes Bradley-Peterson II
Bob Arum on a rematch between Tim Bradley and Lamont Peterson: “We’ve sent contracts out, but it’s not a deal until it’s a deal.”
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