Peterson vows to defeat Khan more convincingly
Lamont Peterson on his upcoming rematch with Amir Khan: “If it comes down to a knockout, then I’ll win by knockout. If it’s a decision, then I’ll be winning a decision. I just know that I’ll control the figtht all the way.”
read morePeterson, Khan support random drug testing for boxing
Lamont Peterson on Olympic style drug testing: “Make it mandatory. Eventually, I think that it should be mandatory for every championship fight. I’m trying to be part of the movement to get that done.”
read moreAbril’s standing, walking, talking tall for Rios bout
Richard Abril believes that he will end the winning streak of Brandon Rios and hand the hard-punching former titleholder his first loss on Saturday night. “I am more Mexican than Rios,” he said.
read moreLem’s latest: Tarver-Kayode, Quillin-Wright part of quadruple-header
Lateef Kayode’s cruiserweight bout with former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver is to headline a Showtime-televised, quadruple-header from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on June 2.
read moreLem’s latest: Mitchell-Witherspoon matches two college grads
Seth Mitchell and Chazz Witherspoon, who fight on April 28, were both high school athletes who earned college scholarships before graduating with degrees in criminal justice and pharmaceuticals, respectively.
read moreLem’s latest: Rios-Abril conference gets heated
Brandon Rios and Richard Abril delivered another heated confrontation during a Monday press conference in Los Angeles, and both fighters are eager to settle matters in the ring on Saturday.
read moreMayweather-Cotto targeted for May 5 at the MGM Grand
Miguel Cotto: “On May 5, stay tuned, because I will convincingly beat Floyd Mayweather.”
read moreMayweather, Koncz offer different accounts of Pacquiao talks
Manny Pacquiao’s advisor, Michael Koncz: “Our counter offer to Floyd Mayweather was a $50 million guarantee, plus the overage on the pay per view would be split 45 percent to 55 percent, with the winner getting 55 percent.”
read moreLem’s latest: Pacquiao-Bradley nearing finalization; Mayweather rips Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao against Tim Bradley may be close to being finalized, Juan Manuel Marquez-Lamont Peterson could be in the works, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. chides Pacquiao as he preps for Miguel Cotto.
read moreMayweather chooses Cotto for his next fight
Floyd Mayweather will fight WBA junior middleweight titleholder Miguel Cotto in his next bout on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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