Lou DiBella: ‘Ivan Baranchyk has the potential to be a star at 140 pounds’
Promoter Lou DiBella believes his undefeated junior welterweight Ivan Baranchyk, who faces Anthony Yigit on Saturday night, has the potential to be a star.
read moreBest I Trained: Pedro Diaz
Acclaimed amateur and professional coach looks back on some of the finest fighters he’s worked with during a storied career.
read moreThe Travelin’ Man goes to Deadwood…and San Antonio: Part two
Can the ‘Travelin’ Man’ compress time? Sure seems like it. One minute Lee Groves was counting punches in South Dakota then, the next, was flying into Texas.
read moreGuillermo Rigondeaux: ‘Nobody wants to fight me’
With a defense of his WBA junior featherweight title drawing near, former RING champion Guillermo Rigondeaux opens up about a career laden with frustration.
read moreRigondeaux vows to beat both Frampton and Quigg
Guillermo Rigondeaux makes no excuses for his methodical and precise style in the ring, saying if he took advice from fans and media, he would lose.
read moreRoach: Pacquiao, Cotto ‘will never fight’ again
Miguel Cotto said he more or less plans to finish the his career with new trainer Freddie Roach, who trained Manny Pacquiao to knock Cotto out in 2009. Roach said the two “are very good friends now” and will “never fight again.”
read moreRodriguez ‘ready for war’ versus Cotto
Delvin Rodriguez on his fight with Miguel Cotto: “I’ve got to take advantage of this situation because this fight might be my last opportunity to fight such a big fight like this.”
read moreRodriguez ‘very motivated’ for Cotto on Oct. 5
Three-division titleholder Miguel Cotto will return to the ring against Delvin Rodriguez on Oct. 5 in Orlando. The HBO-televised bout will be Cotto’s first fight since losing to Austin Trout last December.
read moreAdvisor: Cotto ‘a free agent’
Miguel Cotto’s advisor on returning to Top Rank: “Nothing negative to say about Golden Boy. They remain, as always, friends. Hopefully, we can do business with them and other promoters in the future.”
read moreLem’s latest: Alexander focused; Guerrero pinata mocks Mayweather
IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander hopes to remain on the May 18 Showtime doubleheader from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City even though his original opponent Kell Brook has pulled out with an injury.
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