Berto-Lopez, Porter-Garcia debut Al Haymon’s Spike TV series
Al Haymon unveiled a new boxing series on the Spike TV cable network at a Thursday press conference in Santa Monica, California. The debut show on March 13 is a welterweight doubleheader featuring former titleholders Andre Berto and Shawn Porter against Josestio Lopez and Roberto Garcia, respectively.
read moreHaymon, NBC announce boxing series, Danny Garcia-Lamont Peterson
Al Haymon and NBC announced their new boxing series on Wednesday. The first significant fights of the new series includes a March 7 doubleheader in Las Vegas topped by Robert Guerrero-Keith Thurman and Adrien Broner-John Molina, and an April 11 junior welterweight showdown between RING champ Danny Garcia and IBF beltholder Lamont Peterson.
read moreFloyd Mayweather Jr. calls Manny Pacquiao rumors ‘a lie’
Floyd Mayweather has acknowledged the potential for bouts with either Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana, while dismissing the notion of a fight with Manny Pacquiao.
read moreKeith Thurman: ‘I’m ready for the world’
Richard Schaefer: “I think the question is, who can beat Keith Thurman? I don’t there there’s anybody. I just don’t think there is anybody who is going to beat Keith Thurman.”
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 moreWilder: Fans will see the next heavyweight champion
Deontay Wilder is 29-0 with as many knockouts heading into Saturday’s bout with Nicolai Firtha in Atlantic City, N.J.
read moreBroner-Maidana, Golden Boy enter ‘Danger Zone’
A Dec. 14 Showtime Pay Per View clash between Adrien Broner and Marcos Maidana ends an exciting two months of bouts for Golden Boy.
read moreRussell Jr. may be next if Salido fights Lomachenko
Undefeated featherweight Gary Russell Jr., who is the mandatory challenger for WBO titleholder Orlando Salido: “I’m ready for my first world title fight and can not wait for the fight to get made.”
read moreMalignaggi set to sign with Haymon
Paulie Malignaggi: “I’m looking forward to fighting as an Al Haymon fighter, winning as an Al Haymon fighter, and getting the big fights for the big money as a Haymon fighter.”
read moreRosado looks to stay unbeaten in New Jersey vs. Quillin
The WBO middleweight title bout between unbeaten beltholder Peter Quillin and Gabriel Rosado was officially added as the co-feature to the Bernard Hopkins-Karo Murat fight on Oct. 26 in Atlantic City, N.J. Rosado is undefeated in New Jersey.
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