WBO orders Burns-Crawford, Stieglitz-Abraham III
Unbeaten lightweight contender Terence Crawford has been made the mandatory challender to WBO beltholder Ricky Burns. The WBO has also ordered a third match between its super middleweight titleholder Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham.
read moreAdrien Broner calls Marcos Maidana ‘one-dimensional’
Adrien Broner plans to “light up” Marcos Maidana “like a Christmas tree” on Dec. 14. Broner, the WBA welterweight beltholder, defends his title against the hard-punching Maidana in the headliner of a Showtime card in San Antonio.
read moreMayweather to Alvarez: ‘I’m not Lopez. I’m not Trout.’
Floyd Mayweather Jr. says if anyone thinks that Canelo Alvarez’s knockdown success in his past two fights will mean anything on Saturday, think again.
read moreLem’s latest: Alvarez finds smaller is better for sparring
Canelo Alvarez believes that he will “find a way” to land his shots against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday and the defending junior middleweight champ says sparring with lighter-weight fighters helped make him sharp enough to do so.
read moreDargan discusses sparring with Alvarez
Karl Dargan, one of Canelo Alvarez’s sparring partners for the upcoming fight with Floyd Mayweather, said the undefeated Mexican star “never really hurt me” even as he called him “one of the strongest guys I’ve boxed.”
read moreAlvarez: ‘Talker’ Mayweather is ‘very, very worried’
Canelo Alvarez on Floyd Mayweather’s tactics: “I’m not saying that he’s a dirty fighter…but he’s a fighter that has a lot of experience, and, obviously, yes, he does use his elbows and forearms.”
read more