Canelo Alvarez signs ‘long-term commitment’ with HBO
Former junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who has fought on Showtime since September 2012, has signed “a long-term commitment with HBO,” Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya and HBO Sports president Ken Hershman announced.
read moreBob Arum: Orlando Salido is ‘a very exciting fighter’
It’s never too late to make an impression and that’s exactly what three-time featherweight titlist Orlando Salido has done to Top Rank Promotions’ Bob Arum.
read moreKonstantin Ponomarev 148.6, Cosme Rivera 145.6
The weights are official for Saturday night’s Top Rank Promotions card at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.
read moreNicholas Walters eyes dream fight vs. Nonito Donaire
Featherweight contender Nicholas Walters knows that to be the best, you have to beat the best and he’ll face one of the best 126-pounders in the world, WBA titlist Nonito Donaire on October 18.
read moreBob Arum: Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao ‘seems so logical’
Top Rank’s Bob Arum is stating the obvious: he believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao is the logical fight to be made.
read moreJessie Vargas to face Antonio DeMarco, eyes Manny Pacquiao
Junior welterweight Jessie Vargas has his eye on a match-up with WBO welterweight titlist Manny Pacquiao in the future. Vargas will get his third straight crack at a left-hander on Nov. 22 in Macao, China.
read moreBob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya to be featured on ‘The Fight Game’ Sept. 16
In Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook, we learn that Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya will both be featured on HBO’s “The Fight Game with Jim Lampley” tonight.
read moreTyson Fury-Dereck Chisora II moved to Nov. 29
Originally scheduled for November 22, Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora will square off once again one week later.
read moreGarcia-Postol, Stiverne-Wilder purse bids delayed
To accommodate more time for negotiations, the WBC has postponed purse bids for title bouts between Danny Garcia and Viktor Postol at junior welterweight and Bermane Stiverne and Deontay Wilder at heavyweight.
read moreBob Arum: Matt Korobov-Billy Joe Saunders in talks
Not letting the peculiar nature of Peter Quillin vacating the WBO middleweight title take hold, Top Rank Promotions’ Bob Arum is making moves to promote Matt Korobov vs. Billy Joe Saunders for the belt.
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