Lem’s latest: Mayweather-Alvarez undercard fills out
The anticipated Sept. 14 Showtime Pay Per View event co-headlined by Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez and Danny Garcia-Lucas Matthysse will be joined by a third title fight between Ishe Smith and Carlos Molina, as well as a welterweight bout matching Ashley Theophane against Pablo Cesar Cano.
read moreCan Judah be ‘super’ against ‘swift’ Garcia?
Zab Judah will attempt to restore his “Super” nickname against RING champion Danny Garcia, a fighter who is 10 years younger. Seventeen boxing insiders give their picks on Saturday’s Showtime-televised junior welterweight championship.
read moreGarcia: Judah’s ‘just another guy in my way’
Echoing the famous words of Mike Tyson, Danny Garcia says his opponents “think they’re going to beat me until we get into that ring. Until they get hit.”
read moreGarcia ‘ready to go’ for Judah
Danny Garcia on Zab Judah’s perceived advantage in the ring: “When you get hit, it don’t matter how much experience you’ve got. If you can’t take the punch, that’s the only thing that matters.”
read moreBuffer to be profiled on HBO’s debut of ‘Cornered’
Ageless Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer will be profiled on HBO’s debut series “Cornered” on March 5.
read moreLem’s latest: Vazquez-Burns; Mayweather touts Bundrage-Smith
IBF lightweight beltholder Miguel Vazquez will face WBO counterpart Ricky Burns as part of an EPIX-televised quadrupleheader on March 16.
read moreBoxing luminaries attend Fight Night For Children
Michael Buffer attended Thursday night’s Fight Night For Children in Washington, D.C., alongside boxing legends such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Aaron Pryor, Pernell Whitaker, James “Buster” Douglass and Ray Mancini.
read moreArum, Peterson may attend ‘Fight Night For Children’
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, and former undisputed 140-pound champion Aaron Pryor are among those expected to attend Thursday’s “Fight Night For Children” charity event at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.
read moreBundrage, manager Steward part ways
IBF junior middleweight titleholder Cornelius Bundrage on his separation from manager Manny Steward: “It’s just time to move on. So I’m putting it out there that I need a new manager, a new promoter, and that I need to be with somebody that’s going to help me to get the big fights.”
read moreLem’s latest: Did Pacquiao’s marital woes affect Marquez fight?
Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, believes the fighter’s marital troubles might have factored in to his sub-par performance against Juan Manuel Marquez in November.
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