Aug

Cotto, Pacquiao, Roach team up

Former ring foes Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto are each being trained for their upcoming bouts by Freddie Roach. The two future hall of famers met recently at Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif.

Feb

Chavez suspended nine months, fined $900,000

by Lem Satterfield

Former WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. can resume his fighting career after June 15, in accordance with a nine-month suspension handed down on Thursday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission as a result of his positive drug test for marijuana use.

Jan

Q&A: R. Martinez promises ‘fireworks’ against Burgos

by Lem Satterfield

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.”