The Nevada Athletic Commission is seeking a one-year suspension that won’t allow Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to fight anywhere in the United States. He twice tested positive for the banned substance Clenbuterol in February.
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Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker will fight Saturday on a Showtime-televised main event in front of 70,000-plus fans at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
The fate of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch won’t be determined until April 10, but MGM Resorts International is already prepared for a canceled fight.
Boxing superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been temporarily suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission, executive director Bob Bennett said in a statement Friday.
Vasiliy Lomachenko will move up to lightweight and challenge long-reigning WBA champion Jorge Linares on an ESPN-televised main event May 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The 42-year-old boxer was sentenced Thursday to time served and probation.
Alvarez attributes his failed doping test last month to tainted meat in his native Mexico, but Golovkin doesn’t believe him.
Terence Crawford was scheduled to challenge WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn on April 14 at Mandalay Bay, but the ESPN-televised card was postponed after Crawford sustained a hand injury during sparring.
Police say former professional boxing champion Vinny Paz has been arrested at his Rhode Island home in connection with a domestic incident.
Jessie Vargas will face former four-division champion Adrien Broner on April 21 in a Showtime-televised main event from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight will be at a catchweight of 144 pounds.
Joey Giambra, boxing’s “Uncrowned Champion” who fought the best middleweights the 1950s had to offer without ever getting a title shot in that division, died Friday in Las Vegas. He was 86.
It was announced Monday that Canelo Alvarez, training for his unified middleweight world title match against Gennady Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena, tested positive and has blamed tainted meat in Mexico for his dirty sample.
Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez had a drug test come back positive two months before his rematch against Gennady Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena.
Deontay Wilder survived a pummeling from Luis Ortiz, then knocked out the challenger in the 10th round Saturday night to retain his WBC heavyweight title.
Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz headline the Showtime-televised heavyweight event on Saturday.
