Mar

Adrien Broner: Fighting for the crowd ‘doesn’t pay my bills’

Responding to the boos heard during his fight against John Molina on Saturday night, Adrien Broner insisted he fought like he did for a reason but every game plan will be different.

Mar

Tony Harrison halts Antwone Smith in two rounds

by Doug Fischer

Tony “Superbad” Harrison ran his knockout streak to nine with a systematic and brutal dismantling of Antwone Smith that led to a second-round TKO in the main event of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” at the Grand Ballroom in the MGM Grand.

Mar

Joseph Diaz Jr. delights his fans with a third-round TKO of Juan Luis Hernandez

by Michael Rosenthal

Joseph Diaz Jr. did exactly what he had hoped to do in the main event of the first L.A. Fight Club card on Friday at the Belasco Theater: Put on a show for about 1,000 hometown fans.

Mar

Zolani Tete trashes predictions, knocks out Paul Butler in eight

by Tom Gray

South African Zolani Tete scored a spectacular and dominant eighth-round knockout over Paul Butler to retain his IBF junior bantamweight title in Liverpool, England, making a mockery of the oddsmakers who labeled him an underdog.

Mar

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans from around the globe share their thoughts on the Keith Thurman-Robert Guerrero welterweight fight, the “PBC on NBC,” Roman Gonzalez, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., mythical matchups and much more in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Mar

Brendan Ingle: The legacy lives on

by Gareth A Davies

For 50 years, revered trainer Brendan Ingle has churned out the likes of Naseem Hamed, Johnny Nelson, Herol Graham, Ryan Rhodes, Junior Witter and Kell Brook from the famous Wincobank gym in Sheffield, England.

Mar

Molina ready for braggadocious Broner

by Coyote Duran

Junior welterweight John Molina Jr. has so much – and so many – to fight for when he faces Adrien Broner Saturday on NBC’s ‘Premier Boxing Champions.’

Mar

Styles, not the ABCs, make fights, says Freddie Roach

by Coyote Duran

Is there any merit to the ‘Fighter A beats fighter B beats fighter C’ theory? Can it be applied to the May 2 super-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao? Michael Woods asked Freddie Roach these very questions.

Mar

Paul Butler bursting with confidence ahead of Tete clash

by Coyote Duran

Former IBF bantamweight titlist Paul Butler isn’t just ready and raring to go against IBF junior bantamweight beltholder Zolani Tete this Friday night. He’s already made post-fight plans for world recognition.

Feb

Tyson Fury looks like real title threat while stopping Christian Hammer

by Doug Fischer

Tyson Fury’s measured eighth-round stoppage of Christian Hammer on Saturday in London adds further credence to the idea that the once-laughable Englishman is now one of the best heavyweights in the world. The fight was tune-up ahead of a projected title shot against either Wladimir Klitschko or Deontay Wilder.