Weigh-in has alien, short cake, kick-ass threats
Bernard Hopkins vows to march on at 48 years old against Karo Murat, Deontay Wilder tries to earn his 30th knockout without a loss, and Peter Quillin and Gabriel Rosado trash talk in advance of Showtime’s Saturday tripleheader.
read moreLem’s latest: Rosado calls Golovkin’s gloves ‘suspect’
Gabriel Rosado says Gennady Golovkin’s Grant brand gloves had less cushion across the knuckle area than the ones he wore during his seventh-round stoppage loss to Golovkin in January.
read moreQuillin battles tough decision before Rosado fight
Peter Quillin on his wife’s miscarriage: “My sacrifice in this camp was being away from my wife while she was going through a tough time.”
read moreWilder has Steward in mind going into Firtha bout
“I want to keep his memory alive,” said Deontay Wilder of the late Emanuel Steward, who believed he could become America’s next heavyweight champion.
read moreLem’s latest: Stevens ‘coming to wreck’ Golovkin
Curtis Stevens on Gennady Golovkin: “I’m coming there to wreck him. I’m coming to wreck the wrecking machine.”
read moreLem’s latest: Pelullo wants Bradley, Pacquiao-Rios winner for Provodnikov
Promoter Artie Pelullo calls newl WBO 140-pound titleholder Ruslan Provodnikov “the most exciting fighter in the business.” He wants the Russian bomber to face Tim Bradley in a rematch or the winner of Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios.
read moreLem’s latest: Trainer ranks Golovkin right behind Robinson, Hopkins
Trainer Abel Sanchez said Gennady Golovkin “is the best middleweight ever besides Sugar Ray Robinson and maybe Bernard Hopkins.”
read moreStevens ready to ‘destroy’ Golovkin
Curtis Stevens on Gennady Golovkin: “I’m moving faster, I’m quicker than I expected. I’m just ready. I’m just ready to go in there and destroy him.”
read moreQuillin has something to prove versus Rosado
Undefeated middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin, who defends his WBO belt against Gabriel Rosado on Oct. 26 on Showtime, says his is still looking for his “career-defining” fight.
read moreBaysangurov-Hernandez added to Golovkin-Stevens card
A fight between former WBO junior welterweight beltholder Zaurbek Baysangurov and Freddy Hernandez has been added to the Gennady Golovkin-Curtis Stevens card on Nov. 2.
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