Lem’s latest: Golovkin lands; Kovalev gears up for Campillo
WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin has a defense against Gabriel Rosado slated for Saturday night at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
read moreQ&A: Salido plans to ‘cut down’ Garcia
WBO beltholder Orlando Salido says featherweight rival Mikey Garcia “has never faced a fighter who applies the type of pressure that I do,” adding, “I’m going to give him trouble from the first bell to the last.”
read moreLem’s latest: Verdejo on Garcia-Salido card; Wach admits to doping
Puerto Rican junior lightweight Felix Verdejo will be after his second straight win against an opponent to be determined on the undercard of a Jan. 19 clash between Orlando Salido and Mikey Garcia at Madison Square Garden.
read moreQ&A: R. Martinez promises ‘fireworks’ against Burgos
Puerto Rican WBO junior lightweight beltholder Rocky Martinez on his clash with Mexico’s Juan Carlos Burgos: “I’m looking forward to giving the fans a great fight, and a great show, and I think that we could steal the show that night.”
read moreLem’s latest: Lopez returns, Kessler-Froch II?
Former beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez wiill try to rebound from his second knockout loss to Orlando Salido when he returns to the ring on Feb. 2 against Aldimar Silva Santos in Lopez’s native Puerto Rico.
read moreQ&A: Golovkin predicts early-to-middle rounds KO of Rosado
Unbeaten middleweigt beltholder Gennady Golovkin on fighting Gabriel Rosado: “First round, hard work, hard fight. Second round, hard work… by the fifth round, I will knock him out.”
read moreQ&A: Trainer Sanchez calls Golovkin ‘a puncher, not a boxer’
Trainer Abel Sanchez calls WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin a “Mike Tyson-esque kind of individual that goes out there to kind of search and destroy.”
read moreRosado-Ayala added to Jennings-Topu NBC Sports Net show
Streaking junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado will go for his eighth consecutive win against former middleweight title challenger Elvin Ayala in the 10-round co-feature of an NBC Sports Network show from Philadelphia on Dec. 8.
read moreLem’s latest: Tapia died of heart-related issues
An autopsy has determined that former five-belt, three-division champion Johnny Tapia died of heart problems related to his medication.
read moreLem’s latest: Best KO on Alvarez-Lopez card gets $100,000
Birthday knockouts have become a tradition for WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez, and this Sept. 15 — Gonzalez’s 31st birthday — he’ll be looking to collect a $100,000 bonus against Daniel Ponce de Leon.
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