Photo gallery: Maidana-Lopez open workout
Gallery from the June 5 media workout featuring Marcos Maidana, Josesito Lopez, Alfredo Angulo, Erislandy Lara, Jermell Charlo and Demetrius Hopkins, who will all be fighting this Saturday on Showtime from Carson, Calif.
read moreQ&A: Erislandy Lara
Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara faces Alfredo Angulo in the Showtime-televised co-feature to the June 8 Marcos Maidana-Josesito Lopez fight. “Angulo stands in my way of becoming a world champion and I’m not going to let him derail me from my goal,” Lara told RingTV.com.
read moreMartirosyan-Davis on Garcia-Lopez undercard
On the undercard of a main event featuring RING and WBO featherweight champion Mike Garcia against ex-beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez, junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan will meet journeyman Ryan Davis.
read moreLara: Cotto’s ‘on the list’ after Angulo
Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara says that after he gets Alfredo Angulo to run into his punches on June 8, he would like to face Miguel Cotto in the fall “if the fight presents itself.”
read moreLem’s latest: Froch 167.9, Kessler 166.7
Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler weighed 167.9 and 166.7, respectively, in advance of Saturday’s HBO-televised super middleweight clash.
read moreLem’s latest: Cotto update; Dawson-Stevenson undercard announced
Miguel Cotto could be closing in on a date for his ring return this year, and the list of possible opponents includes a lot of heavy hitters.
read moreLem’s latest: Haye’s hand injury postpones Charr fight
Former heavyweight beltholder David Haye has suffered an injury to his left hand that will force the postponement of his June 29 bout with Manuel Charr, according to The Daily Mail of London.
read moreCharlo-Hopkins added to Maidana-Lopez card
Undefeated junior middleweight Jermell Charlo will take on Demetrius Hopkins as part of the Marcos Maidana-Josesito Lopez card on June 8.
read moreBika-Periban for WBC belt formerly owned by Ward
Well-traveled super middleweight Sakio Bika will face Marco Antonio Periban for the WBC title following Andre Ward’s being declared “Champion Emeritus.”
read moreLem’s latest: Smith-Molina being targeted for July
Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina could challenge IBF beltholder Ishe Smith in July, according to his promoter, Leon Margules.
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