HBO, Showtime fall dates to clash
Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that “there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing.”
read moreHBO lands Mitchell-Banks, Broner on Oct. 6 from Atlantic City
Unbeaten Adrien Broner on his inability to land an opponent thus far for Oct. 6: “Don’t nobody want to grab that rope to hang themselves, man. But anybody can get it. Everybody that’s anybody can get it.”
read moreRios: Alvarado brawl will conjure Corrales-Castillo, Gatti-Ward
Unbeaten former lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios on his Oct. 13 clash with undefeated 140-pound contender Mike Alvarado: “It’s going to be a very violent, very bloody fight. It’s going to be a can’t-miss fight.”
read moreWard inspired Shields, first U.S. women’s boxing Olympic champ
Far in advance of Thursday’s history-making Olympic gold medal-winning performance, Claressa Shields was offered encouragement by RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward, an Olympic gold medalist in 2004.
read moreWard recalls Olympic gold medal glory
Andre Ward on winning an Olympic gold medal: “To accomplish a goal that big was surreal. Standing on that podium and hearing the national anthem play for me was surreal.”
read moreKessler extends contract with Sauerland Events
Three-time super middleweight titleholder Mikkel Kessler has extended his contract with Sauerland Events through 2014.
read moreWard, wife welcome birth of newest child
RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward’s fourth child, Micah, was born on Thursday.
read moreBute or Froch? Can the experts pick a winner?
Saturday’s super middleweight clash between IBF titleholder Lucian Bute and Carl Froch is a close call, as evidenced by the narrow selection of the winner by RingTV.com’s expert voting panel.
read moreWard-Dawson “close,” approved for title by WBC for Sept. 8
RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward could defend his WBA and WBC belts against RING and WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson on Sept. 8.
read moreDirrell recovering after motorcycle accident, surgery on broken leg
Anthony Dirrell, an unbeaten super middleweight contender and cancer survivor, is recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered in a motorcycle accident on Friday.
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