Gennady Golovkin’s trainer: ‘We have the best fighter in the world’
WBA middleweight beltholder Gennady Golovkin “beats” RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward if they were to meet, according to Golovkin’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, who ranks the 160-pounder behind Sugar Ray Robinson and Bernard Hopkins as the best in the division’s history.
read moreLoeffler: Golovkin vs. Murray not happening
Gennady Golovkin will return on Feb. 1 in Monaco against an opponent to be determined — not Martin Murray, as rumored — according to his promoter, Tom Loeffler.
read moreKirkland: ‘The sky is the limit for me’
James Kirkland on the potential for facing Floyd Mayweather Jr., Canelo Alvarez or Miguel Cotto: “When these fights actually happen, hey, James Kirkland’s going to be the one on top. I can’t wait until these opportunities actually take place.”
read moreLem’s latest: Is Rios the big dog in Pacquiao fight?
Brandon Rios on Manny Pacquiao: “He’s in there with a live dog, he’s not in there with a little puppy… I’m going to be a motherf___ing pit bull mixed with a Great Dane, mixed with a Rottweiler, mixed with a Bull Terrier…”
read moreLem’s latest: Stevens ‘coming to wreck’ Golovkin
Curtis Stevens on Gennady Golovkin: “I’m coming there to wreck him. I’m coming to wreck the wrecking machine.”
read moreKirkland signs with 50 Cent prior to Tapia fight
Junior middleweight James Kirkland will have both a new promoter and trainer when he meets Glen Tapia on the Dec. 7 undercard of Guillermo Rigondeaux-Joseph Agbeko.
read moreLem’s latest: Marquez calls KO of Pacquiao ‘divine justice’
Juan Manuel Marquez calls his triumph over Manny Pacquiao “the best thing that’s ever happened to me in this sport.”
read moreGolovkin-Stevens press tour announced
WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens will be involved in press conferences in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday of next week in advance of their Nov. 2 clash on HBO.
read moreAnyone for Stevens vs. Golovkin or Quillin in New York?
Middleweight puncher Curtis Stevens: “People come because they love to see people get knocked out… I’m a one-punch knockout guy. I have that type of power… I can touch you just one time and it can be lights out.”
read moreLem’s latest: Golovkin growing in viewership
HBO’s 2 Days: Gennady Golovkin has accumulated more than 2.5 million viewers, surpassing last year’s average of 2.1 for the installment in advance of the WBA middleweight titleholder’s bout against Matthew Macklin on Saturday, according to the network.
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