May

Viktor Postol caps Marquez-Alvarado undercard with Selcuk Aydin KO

Tall, lanky Ukrainian Viktor Postol stopped Selcuk Aydin at 2:52 of the 11th round of a junior welterweight fight on the Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado card to solidify his position as the WBC’s No. 1-ranked contender.

Nov

Keith Thurman: Soto Karass a stepping stone to Mayweather

by Lem Satterfield

Keith Thurman: “You can doubt me as much as you want, but you are going to watch me throughout my career climb that ladder and reach the destination that I foresaw, and the one that I told you about, and that’s Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather.”

Oct

Thurman to get rid of ‘bloopers’ vs. Soto Karass

by Lem Satterfield

Keith Thurman on fighting fellow welterweight puncher Jesus Soto Karass: “I plan on doing what we’re supposed to do, which is hitting and not getting hit, but I also plan on creating that knockout.”

Aug

Q&A: Maidana signs with Haymon, wants Broner

by Lem Satterfield

Marcos Maidana has signed with advisor Al Haymon, who also manages the Argentine puncher’s next potential foe, WBA welterweight titleholder Adrien Broner. Maidana says he can knock Broner out.

Jul

Lem’s latest: Soto Karass ‘ready to die in ring’ vs. Berto

by Lem Satterfield

Jesus Soto Karass on his fight with Andre Berto: “The bottom line is that I want to win. Yes, I’m going to give a great performance, like I always do. I’m ready to die in the ring like every Mexican.”

Jul

Hunter: ‘Confidence crucial’ for Berto vs. Soto Karass

by Lem Satterfield

Trainer Virgil Hunter on Andre Berto: “When he came out with the shoulder roll and things like that against Guerrero, I had never seen him do it. So I just stressed to him that it was important to him to have his own identity.”

Jul

Q&A: Berto discusses trainer Hunter, rival Soto Karass

by Lem Satterfield

Andre Berto says that in his upcoming fight with Jesus Soto Karass he wants to be “that complete fighter…the really sharp Andre Berto that can put together that speed and that power and be effective defensively.”

Jul

Q&A: Guerrero, post-Mayweather, wants Ortiz

by Lem Satterfield

Reflecting on his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Guerrero says he learned “that I can compete with the best fighters in the world” and “gained a lot of experience on what it will take to fight a guy who never stops moving around the ring.”

May

Berto-Soto Karass, Thurman-Chaves card kicks off

by Lem Satterfield

Unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman in advance of his fight with Diego Chaves: “I don’t know if there is another fighter out there that’s hungrier than me. They’ve been feeding me, but I’m still starving.”