Las Vegas’ Jessie Vargas will risk his WBO welterweight title against Kell Brook, the IBF champ, on Aug. 27 in England.
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Bob Bennett isn’t going to comment on the nonsense that is anyone believing a Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Conor McGregor fight has the slightest chance of happening, no matter how rich a payday it might generate for all involved.
Erislandy Lara, the reigning World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion, is confident he will defeat Vanes Martirosyan Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas after their first fight in 2012 ended in a draw.
Vanes Martirosyan will get a second crack against arguably the best junior middleweight in boxing when he and Erislandy Lara headline a tripleheader Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Bob Arum of Top Rank had sued Al Haymon of Haymon Boxing for $100 million in July over antitrust violations along with violating the federal Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.
