Jan

Leonard recalls Pacquiao-Marquez IV

Sugar Ray Leonard on Juan Manuel Marquez’s stoppage of Manny Pacquiao: “When someone goes down, face-first like that…let me tell you, I was very, very concerned about Pacquiao.”

Lem’s latest: Arum to suggest Pacquiao have head examined

11

Jan

Lem’s latest: Arum to suggest Pacquiao have head examined

by Lem Satterfield

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum will suggest that Manny Pacquiao have a neurological examination despite calling two doctors’ “eye-balling” assessments of Parkinsons’ disease in the fighter “ludicrous.”

Leonard’s skinny on Alvarez, Broner, Garcia, Rios, Russell Jr.

10

Jan

Leonard’s skinny on Alvarez, Broner, Garcia, Rios, Russell Jr.

by Lem Satterfield

Sugar Ray Leonard on Adrien Broner: “I’ve been watching this kid, man, and this kid, man, he’s a talent. That kid has it. He’s one of those rare fighters that has the entire package. He has everything.”

Lem’s latest: Rios speaks out; Perez-Forbes card announced

09

Jan

Lem’s latest: Rios speaks out; Perez-Forbes card announced

by Lem Satterfield

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.

09

Jan

Q&A: Salido plans to ‘cut down’ Garcia

by Lem Satterfield

WBO beltholder Orlando Salido says featherweight rival Mikey Garcia “has never faced a fighter who applies the type of pressure that I do,” adding, “I’m going to give him trouble from the first bell to the last.”

T. Marquez looks to rebound from Viloria loss

08

Jan

T. Marquez looks to rebound from Viloria loss

by Lem Satterfield

Former flyweight beltholder Hernan “Tyson” Marquez looks to rebound from a 10th-round knockout loss to Brian Viloria on March 23.

Peterson-Holt in play for Feb. 22 in Washington, D.C.

04

Jan

Peterson-Holt in play for Feb. 22 in Washington, D.C.

by Lem Satterfield

IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson could face Kendall Holt on Feb. 22 at the D.C. Armory.

Marquez gets his revenge, knocks Pacquiao cold in the sixth round

09

Dec

Marquez gets his revenge, knocks Pacquiao cold in the sixth round

by Lem Satterfield

Juan Manuel Marquez’s shocking sixth-round knockout avenged his two losses and a draw to Manny Pacquiao in shocking fashion on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.