Adrien Broner faces Mikey Garcia for a junior welterweight showdown on Saturday.
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Former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev filed a protest letter to the Nevada Athletic Commission and requested to have his technical knockout loss to Andre Ward on June 17 at the Mandalay Bay reversed to a no contest.
Fans who purchased a ticket to Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor have a very valuable item.
Former Las Vegas boxing referee Joe Cortez joined Conor McGregor’s camp before fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Floyd Mayweather told the twin tapper Sean & John he would visiti “Absinthe,” and followed through Thursday night.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin have opened training camps for their HBO pay-per-view middleweight showdown Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena.
The Westgate and CG Technology sports books each reported ticket ratios of 15-1 in favor of Conor McGregor and the ratio is almost 40-1 at MGM Resorts, which has taken more than 2,500 wagers on McGregor and only 65 on Floyd Mayweather.
Inspired by Conor McGregor’s recent prediction that he’ll knock out Floyd Mayweather Jr. “inside four rounds,” the Westgate sports book posted a prop on their Aug. 26 boxing match.
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor wrapped up the four-day promotional tour for their boxing match in Las Vegas in August with another foul-mouthed press conference, this time in front of thousands of fans at the Wembley Arena in London.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum had nice things to say about the UFC when discussing his ESPN deal Wednesday after the Vasyl Lomachenko-Miguel Marriaga news conference.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. tossed $1 bills in Conor McGregor’s face. McGregor waved Jay Z’s new CD in Mayweather’s direction and quoted a Biggie Smalls lyric as some sort of warning shot.
UFC star Conor McGregor made fun of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s tax problems Wednesday during the second stop of their four-city tour to promote their boxing match Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena.
Jeff Horn quickly turned from a physical education school teacher to a worldwide known legend killer in a three-year span after winning a controversial unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao.
MGM officials announced Tuesday that they came to an agreement with the Big3 basketball league to move its championship game to the MGM Grand Garden on Aug. 26, clearing T-Mobile Arena for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
Between the format and Conor McGregor’s microphone apparently being shut off during Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s rants, the cross-talk was limited. But the boxer’s father was willing to fill in for his son during McGregor’s individual session with reporters.
