Golden Gloves nationals Vegas bound
Las Vegas has landed amateur boxing’s showcase event, with the Golden Gloves national championships to be contested here next year.
Boxing
Two boxers on May 4 MGM card test positive for diuretics
Boxers J’Leon Love and Matt Garretson tested positive for diuretics after their May 4 fights at the MGM Grand Garden, the Nevada Athletic Commission announced Wednesday.
Mayweather again named top-earning U.S. athlete
NEW YORK — Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-earning athlete in American sports for the second straight year.
Las Vegan Magdaleno loses opener at Golden Gloves national championships
Las Vegas’ Marco Magdaleno lost his opening bout at the Golden Gloves national championships on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Magdaleno fell by decision to California’s Tavorus Teague at 152 pounds.
Boxer Guerrero gets fine, no jail for trying to carry gun on Vegas-bound flight
Robert Guerrero’s attempt to bring a gun onto an airplane will not land him in jail after all.
Three locals head to Golden Gloves national tourney
Jamey Swanson figures he always can drive a garbage truck. But he’s not always going to be able to be a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
Mayweather-Guerrero fight draws 1 million PPV
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s win over Robert Guerrero was an artistic success, but not a box-office smash.
After loss, Las Vegas boxer Magdaleno cuts ties with longtime trainer
A little over a month after suffering his first professional loss, Las Vegas boxer Diego Magdaleno has decided to part ways with his longtime trainer and manager, Pat Barry.
Mayweather plans to fight again in September, but hand could be issue
The right hand that did the majority of the damage Saturday to Robert Guerrero will ultimately determine whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights in September.
Trash talk part of show with Broner, Malignaggi
If promoters are looking for a name to bill the fight, they could call it “The Battle of the Big Mouths.”
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Distractions don't deter champion's dominance
And on the first matchup of a six-fight contract with CBS/Showtime that could earn Floyd Mayweather Jr. $200 million over the next 30 months, we learned a few things:
Mares takes belt from Ponce de Leon in WBC featherweight fight
Daniel Ponce De Leon’s reign as the WBC featherweight champion was a brief one. Unbeaten Abner Mares saw to that by scoring an impressive technical knockout in the ninth round in his first time fighting at 126 pounds Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
Mayweather stays undefeated, dominates Guerrero by unanimous decision
Using his superior ring generalship and a lethal right hand, Floyd Mayweather Jr. outboxed and outclassed Robert Guerrero on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, winning a 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Garden and keeping his perfect record intact.
Manager takes middle road with fighters
Frank Espinoza can’t lose tonight.
Dirrell sluggish in return to ring, but wins unanimous decision
Anthony Dirrell didn’t expect to be perfect after being out of action for 17 months. But the super middleweight from Flint, Mich., was good enough Friday to stay undefeated.
Guerrero's exhaustive pursuit finally pays off
In those times over the past few years when media from all dots on a global map heard from Robert Guerrero’s people, I would think of the Inyo National Forest, which covers parts of California and Nevada and stretches some 2 million acres.
Mayweather ready to face 'The Ghost' after long layoff
The song has been blasting through the speakers at his gym, and don’t be surprised if Floyd Mayweather Jr. walks to the MGM Grand Garden ring Saturday night as it plays. “If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighborhood, Who ya gonna call?
After long layoff, Dirrell ready for Mouton at Cosmopolitan
He survived cancer. He bounced back from a motorcycle accident. So when Anthony Dirrell says he’s a blessed individual, believe it.
Surprise, surprise: Mayweather just fine
Whew. I’m sure glad Dr. Robert Voy’s prognosis that day in June 2012 proved wrong. So is boxing.
Through ups and downs, fathers helped sons to world titles
Thousands of dads train their kids to fight, strapping on a pair of oversized boxing gloves and showing them the rudiments of the sport in the garage, the backyard or a gym. From that, a handful have the aptitude to take their sons to the professional level. And from that number, a select few are able to guide their prodigy to a world title.
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