Lem’s latest: Andre Ward’s best is yet to come, says trainer
Trainer Virgil Hunter says the best is yet to come from THE RING and WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward.
read moreMendez-Barthelemy slated for Jan. 3
Argenis Mendez will put his IBF junior lightwelght belt on the line against Rances Barthelmey on Jan. 3 in the main event of ESPN2’s first Friday Night Fights broadcast of 2014.
read moreLem’s latest: Bradley-Marquez Face Off, Tyson wants trash talk
Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez will be featured in an episode of Face Off with Max Kellerman in advance of their pay-per-view fight for Bradley’s WBO welterweight belt on Oct. 12.
read moreLem’s latest: Mares-Gonzalez card announced
Olympians Dominic Breazeale and Joseph Diaz Jr., as well as unbeaten junior welterweight Antonio Orozco, have been added to Saturday’s Abner Mares-Jhonny Gonzalez card.
read moreSeemingly still bitter Tyson says he ‘forgives’ King
Mike Tyson is excited about promoting his first boxing show, which will be televised on this week’s Friday Night Fights, but when asked if he can learn anything about the business from former promoter Don King, the former heavyweight champ got a little bitter. “I can learn how to manipulate my fighters and take advantage of them and tell them lies,” Tyson said.
read moreTyson’s big month: Induction, promoting
Mike Tyson will be inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday, and promote his first show under Iron Mike Promotions on Aug. 23 in Verona, N.Y.
read moreLem’s latest: Tyson to be inducted into NVHOF on Aug. 10
Mike Tyson will be inducted into the Nevada Hall of Fame on Aug. 10, along with former titleholder Mike McCallum and the late Diego Corrales.
read moreLem’s latest: Chambers’ cruiserweight debut; Lewkowicz signs Cuellar
Former heavyweight Eddie Chambers will debut as a cruiserweight on Aug. 3 against South Africa’s hard-hitting Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu.
read moreLem’s latest: Ward to call Kessler-Froch II
Andre Ward, who has faced and defeated both Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch, wiill be a ringside commentator for Saturday’s rematch between the super middleweight rivals.
read moreLem’s latest: Lopez returns, Kessler-Froch II?
Former beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez wiill try to rebound from his second knockout loss to Orlando Salido when he returns to the ring on Feb. 2 against Aldimar Silva Santos in Lopez’s native Puerto Rico.
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