Q&A: Russell says Mares is ‘tailor-made’ for him
Unbeaten featherweight prospect Gary Russell Jr. says he wants to challenge the unbeaten elite likes of Abner Mares or Yuriorkis Gamboa.
read moreLem’s latest: Gamboa-Perez on Dawson-Stevenson card
Olympic gold medalist and former featherweight beltholder Yuriorkis Gamboa will meet Colombia’s Darley Perez in an HBO-televised lightweight match on June 8 in Montreal.
read moreMayweather-Guerrero: Over a million PPV buys
Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza: “Floyd Mayweather is still, without question, the No. 1 pay per view star in boxing, and, actually, in all of sports.”
read moreMayweather, Guerrero, Mares pass post-fight drug tests
Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Guerrero, Abner Mares and Daniel Ponce de Leon all tested negative following their post-fight drug tests on May 4.
read moreMayweather on Fallon’s show
Floyd Mayweather was a guest on the Jimmy Fallon Show on Tuesday night to talk about last Saturday’s unanimous-decision win over Robert Guerrero.
read moreLem’s latest: Mayweather-Guerrero re-airs on Saturday
Floyd Mayweather’s unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero will be re-aired on Saturday night on Showtime. The Abner Mares’ WBC featherweight title-winning TKO of Daniel Ponce de Leon will also re-air on the cable network.
read moreLem’s lastest: Macklin vows a beat-down for Golovkin
Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin claims that he will handle unbeaten WBA titleholder Gennady Golovkin in similar fashion to how Bernard Hopkins knocked out then-undefeated Felix Trinindad in the 12th round.
read moreLem’s latest: Brook injured again prior to Alexander fight
Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook has suffered yet another foot injury that could jeopardize his scheduled challenge to IBF beltholder Devon Alexander for the third time.
read moreQ&A: Mares to ‘please the crowd’ vs. Ponce de Leon
Former WBC 122-pound titleholder Abner Mares on his upcoming fight with Daniel Ponce de Leon on the Mayweather-Guerrero card: “I’m taking this big step and I hope that we can steal the show that night.”
read moreLem’s latest: All-Access: Canelo vs.Trout Preview
“I’m going to win. Without a doubt, I’m going to win. This fight is personal because Trout beat my brother,” Saul Alvarez said of his April 20 championship match with Austin Trout in Showtime’s All-Access: Canelo vs. Trout Preview.
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