Jul

‘Honor & Glory’ undercard fighters analyze Canelo-Lara

JuanMa Lopez, Tomoki Kameda, Mauricio Herrera, Johan Perez, and other fighters on Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara undercard shared their thoughts on the main event matchup and their own fights at Wednesday’s public workouts at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Jul

Lem’s latest: Erislandy Lara in ‘war’ with ‘enemy’ Canelo Alvarez

by Lem Satterfield

In Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook, we get the full rundown on what to expect this Saturday in a stacked card supporting the junior middleweight main event between Saul Alvarez and Erislandy Lara.

Jul

Photo gallery: Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara arrive in Las Vegas

by The Ring

Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara arrived by limousine at the MGM Grand, along with combatant pairs Abner Mares-Jonathan Oquendo, Juan Manuel Lopez-Francisco Vargas and Johan Perez-Mauricio Herrera, for Saturday’s Showtime PPV card. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.

Jul

Abner Mares: referee correctly stopped Jhonny Gonzalez fight

by Lem Satterfield

As Abner Mares looks toward facing Jonathan Oquendo on July 12, he admits that the referee who stopped his contest against Jhonny Gonzalez last August made the right call.

Jun

‘More intelligent’ Abner Mares to fight Jonathan Oquendo

by Lem Satterfield

On July 12 Abner Mares will be in the ring for the first time since his wild, first-round KO loss to Jhonny Gonzalez a year ago, and he’ll do so with a new trainer in his corner.

Jun

Could Abner Mares sign with Al Haymon?

by Lem Satterfield

In contrast to a recent report, despite no longer under the management of Frank Espinoza, former three-division titlist Abner Mares hasn’t signed with Al Haymon – yet.

May

Abner Mares-Jonathan Oquendo added to Alvarez-Lara PPV card

by Lem Satterfield

Abner Mares will face Jonathan Oquendo in his first fight under trainer Virgil Hunter on the Showtime PPV undercard of the July 12 Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara main event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Monday.

Aug

Lem’s latest: Mares-Gonzalez card announced

by Lem Satterfield

Olympians Dominic Breazeale and Joseph Diaz Jr., as well as unbeaten junior welterweight Antonio Orozco, have been added to Saturday’s Abner Mares-Jhonny Gonzalez card.