Lem’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 moreHBO’s Bradley-Marquez 24/7 airs Sept. 28
24/7: Bradley-Marquez will air on Sept. 28 directly following a World Championship Boxing tripleheader on HBO.
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 moreChavez Jr.: ‘I used something illegal, it was wrong…I got penalized’
Former WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. “was very upset and angry with myself” after testing positivie for marijuana in the wake of last September’s loss to Sergio Martinez.
read moreHaye-Fury, Stevenson-Cloud, Chavez- Vera tripleheader
HBO will broadcast a tripleheader on Sept. 28 featuring former and current titleholders in three marquee divisions fighting in three different countries.
read moreChavez Jr.: Roach to return to his corner
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. says Freddie Roach will be an assistant to Vladimir Baldenebro for his Sept. 28 super middleweight fight with Brian Vera.
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