Lem’s latest: Malignaggi vows ‘no love taps’ with Judah
Paulie Malignaggi says he is motivated to defeat Zab Judah, despite the fact that the Brooklyn natives are friends. Malignaggi and Judah headline a Showtime-televised card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday.
read moreAlexander-Porter: The kid gloves are off
IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander defeated Shawn Porter once when they were amateurs, but says that he will be more dominant over his former rival when they meet as pros on Dec. 7 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
read moreSchaefer: Alexander-Khan ‘close’
A potential clash between Amir Khan and Devon Alexander is close to being finalized, said Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
read moreAlexander, trainer make case for Mayweather
Devon Alexander: “I would match up very well against Floyd Mayweather. It’s skills versus skills. I don’t think that Floyd wants to deal with that.”
read moreAlexander to make ‘statement’ versus Purdy
IBF welterweight beltholder Devon Alexander said that he wants “to send a statement to everybody at 147” that he’s “a force to be reckoned with” by defeating Lee Purdy on Saturday, perhaps by knockout.
read moreBerto leaves long-time trainer Morgan
Two-time welterweight titleholder Andre Berto has ended an association with trainer Tony Morgan that began when he was 9, according to Morgan.
read moreSchaefer: Hatton still deserves a shot at Malignaggi
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer contends that Ricky Hatton still is deserving of a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi despite Saturday’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, whom Malignaggi stopped in April.
read moreAlexander’s trainer: ‘Khan can be next’
Amir Khan eyes the Devon Alexander-Kell Brook winner
read moreQ&A: Bailey praises Alexander, wants Zaveck
Knockout artist Randall Bailey: “I want to fight guys that want to fight and guys that feel the same way that I feel. I don’t want to go 12 rounds … I want those Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns types of fights.”
read moreTrainer Cunningham touts Alexander’s resume
Trainer Kevin Cunningham on Devon Alexander: “I’ll be sitting down with Al [Haymon] to figure out what the next move is, but if we have to fight our mandatory, which is [Kell] Brook? No problem, and that’s basically me letting the IBF know.”
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