HBO’s Real Sports features Melson’s fight for paralyzed loved one
Junior middleweight prospect Boyd Melson shares about his paralyzed “soul mate” Christian Zaccagnino on Tuesday’s Real Sports on HBO: “One of my biggest fears is me waking up and seeing her at 60 years old and she’s still in a wheelchair.”
read moreMelson to be featured on HBO’s Real Sports
Popular New York City-based junior middleweight Captain Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson will be featured on HBO’s Real Sports on Tuesday, April 16, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
read moreLem’s latest: Golden Boy reaches new deal with Fox
A new deal between Golden Boy and Fox Sports will result in a new Monday boxing series and allow fans to rewatch classic bouts from the promoter’s fight library featuring Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Bernard Hopkins, among others.
read moreGarcia: Judah’s ‘just another guy in my way’
Echoing the famous words of Mike Tyson, Danny Garcia says his opponents “think they’re going to beat me until we get into that ring. Until they get hit.”
read moreGarcia ‘ready to go’ for Judah
Danny Garcia on Zab Judah’s perceived advantage in the ring: “When you get hit, it don’t matter how much experience you’ve got. If you can’t take the punch, that’s the only thing that matters.”
read moreLem’s latest: Pacquiao to return in September?
Manny Pacquiao according to the Manila Standard: “I never avoid anyone. I don’t choose easy fights. I will fight anybody, anytime, anywhere.”
read moreBuffer to be profiled on HBO’s debut of ‘Cornered’
Ageless Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer will be profiled on HBO’s debut series “Cornered” on March 5.
read moreHarrison sparring with D. Garcia
Unbeaten 18-year-old welterweight Dusty Harrison, of Washington, D.C., trained alongside undefeated 24-year-old junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia, of Philadelphia.
read moreLeonard’s skinny on Alvarez, Broner, Garcia, Rios, Russell Jr.
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.”
read moreGarcia-Judah done for Jan. 19 possibly at Barclays Center
THE RING, WBA and WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia is set to face Zab Judah, a former six-time titleholder, in a Showtime-televised headliner on Jan. 19. A return to Barclays Center in Brooklyn is a consideration, but not a certainty.
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