Salido represents Cruz’s toughest fight
Orlando Salido on Orlando Cruz: “I don’t think that he has faced anyone as tough as I am. I don’t think so at all. Daniel Ponce de Leon knocked him out, so I know that I’m going to be his toughest fight.”
read more‘2 Days: Mikey Garcia’ airs Oct. 19 on HBO
RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia will be featured on HBO’s 2 Days in advance of his fight with WBO junior lightweight titleholder Ramon “Rocky” Martinez.
read moreLem’s latest: Bradley aims to retire Marquez
WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley is looking to beat Juan Manuel Marquez into retirement, while the 40-year-old Marquez is trying to become Mexico’s first five-division beltwinner.
read moreDarchinyan: ‘I made Donaire, and I will break him’
Vic Darchinyan will get a shot at revenge against Nonito Donaire six years after Donaire’s left hook knocked him out in the fifth round.
read moreDonaire-Darchinyan II, Garcia-Martinez presser streamed live
Wednesday’s press conference featuring Mikey Garcia and rival Rocky Martinez, plus Nonito Donaire and Vic Darchinyan, was streamed live on Top Rank’s website.
read moreSalido: Experience counts versus Cruz
Mexico’s former two-time featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido plans to continue his dominance against Puerto Rican rivals when he fights Orlando Cruz on Oct. 12. “I think about what I’ve done against Puerto Rican fighters,” said Salido. “I just think I know how to fight them.”
read moreCruz to fight Salido in Griffith’s honor
Openly gay fighter Orlando Cruz said that he will dedicate his Oct. 12 title featherweight bout with Orlando Salido to Emile Griffith, the recently deceased hall of famer who was also open with his sexuality.
read moreLem’s latest: For Rios, a fifth child named after a boxer
Brandon Rios’ wife gave birth to their third child on Monday. The former lightweight titleholder has five children, all of whom are named after professional boxers.
read moreDonaire, M. Garcia, Martirosyan-Andrade in tripleheader
Former RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire and RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia will return to the ring on Nov. 9 as part of a tripleheader on HBO.
read moreLem’s latest: Garcia-Martinez on Nov. 9? Roach fires Ariza
RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia could rise into the junior lightweight ranks to challenge WBO beltholder Roman “Rocky” Martinez.
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