Is Alvarez-Trout close?
Austin Trout on a potential fight with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “Me and Canelo fighting each other is something that boxing needs. Champion fighting champion, you can’t get any more exciting than that.”
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Schaefer: Guerrero ‘dangerous’ for Mayweather
Robert Guerrero’s promoter believes the rugged welterweight contender will make for a “dangerous” opponent for Floyd Mayweather, whom he meets on May 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay Per View.
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Mayweather enters groundbreaking PPV deal with Showtime/CBS
Floyd Mayweather signed a groundbreaking pay-per-view venture with Showtime and the cable network’s parent company, CBS Corporation, staring with a May 4 fight with Robert Guerrero. Under the terms of the deal, Mayweather could fight six times in 30 months.
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Peterson would be honored to face Mayweather
IBF junior featherweight titleholder Lamont Peterson will defend his belt against ex-titleholder Kendall Holt on Friday. Peterson once sparred with Floyd Mayweather and his trainer, Barry Hunter, says his fighter would be honored to fight the pound-for-pound king.
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Mayweather Jr., Sr. together again?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s on-and-off relationship with Floyd Mayweather Sr. appears to be on again as the pound-for-pound king Tweeted that his father and former coach will train him for his May 4 return to the ring.
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Lem’s latest: Santa Cruz vacates 118-pound belt; Katsidis retires
Leo Santa Cruz has vacated his IBF bantamweight belt in favor of rising into the junior featherweight division.
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Who wins the Salido-Garcia ‘War?’ Ask the experts
Orlando Salido on Mikey Garcia: “Seeing him in the gym today, it was very calm, and the respect is mutual. But in the ring on Saturday night, it’s going to be a war that will please the people.”
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Garcia ‘ready’ for ‘toughest test of career’ in Salido
Unbeaten featherweight challenger Mikey Garcia said WBO beltholder “Orlando Salido is the best featherweight champion in the world, and he has earned the right to be called that.”
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Leonard’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.”
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Q&A: Salido plans to ‘cut down’ Garcia
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.”
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