Karim Mayfield-Thomas Dulorme set for March 29 on HBO
Karim Mayfield and Thomas Dulorme will meet in an intriguing junior welterweight battle on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. The winner should be in line for a meaningful fight at junior welterweight.
read moreBits & Pieces: Hunter opines on boxing, Matthysse, Ward-Rodriguez
2012 Trainer of the Year Virgil Hunter was in attendance at last Saturday’s megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul Alvarez, and had a lot to say about the art of boxing, Matthysse’s lack of “oomph,” and Andre Ward’s next assignment.
read moreRamirez, Magdaleno return on Saturday
Unbeaten prospects Gilberto Ramirez and Jesse Magdaleno will appear on the same UniMas card on Saturday night, Top Rank has announced.
read moreBits & Pieces: A Top Rank boxing weekend
Mark E. Ortega compiled notes on Jessie Vargas, Matt Korobov, Karim Mayfield, Alfonso Gomez and others while covering the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights show in Las Vegas and the UniMas Solo Boxeo card in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday.
read moreMayfield signs with Top Rank
Unbeaten San Francisco-based junior welterweight Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield, who is trained by Virgil Hunter, has signed with Top Rank.
read moreLem’s latest: Rios speaks out; Perez-Forbes card announced
Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios would love to face Mike Alvarado, Danny Garcia or Lucas Matthysse, among others, and laments the rift between his promoter Top Rank and rival Golden Boy.
read moreMayfield outpoints Herrera in tough HBO debut
Unbeaten junior welterweight Karim Mayfield took another step toward contender status by outpointing tenacious gate-keeper Mauricio Herrera in a 10-round HBO-televised bout from Verona, N.Y., on Saturday.
read moreHBO to honor Steward
Trainer Emanuel “Manny” Steward, who died on Thursday at the age of 68, will be the subject of an HBO video on Saturday night at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
read moreLem’s latest: Garcia brothers hope to end feud
Robert Garcia and his older brother, Danny, are both respected trainers of champion fighters, but have have been divided by a rift dating back to the early pro days of Victor Ortiz.
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