Insults are encouraged in boxing to promote a fight, but there’s a line, and Isaac Dogboe and his father, Paul, crossed it.
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Las Vegas native Jessie Vargas and Adrien Broner fought to a majority draw Saturday in the main event of a Showtime-televised tripleheader at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Max Ornelas entered the ring Friday sporting scarlet and gray trunks with the letters UNLV stitched on the right side. It was the perfect homecoming that ended with Ornelas strapping his first boxing belt over his stylish trunks.
Jessie Vargas will face Adrien Broner on Saturday for a Showtime-televised main event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The catchweight fight of 144 pounds will follow the Jermall Charlo-Hugo Centeno bout.
Ornelas will headline a Roy Jones Jr. Boxing card Friday at Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus that is scheduled to air on beIN Sports at 7 p.m.
It’s too bad because just when you thought momentum had swung back to a healthier version of athletes caught doping and legitimately punished in the battle against performance-enhancing drugs, backbones became brittle yet again.
Gennady Golovkin will make a title defense May 5 against Vanes Martirosyan.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s suspension for an anti-doping violation was reduced to six months Wednesday by the Nevada Athletic Commission, clearing the path for a rematch bout against Gennady Golovkin later this year.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez announced Friday that he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. The Mexican boxer said on his social media account he will be sidelined three to four weeks.
There won’t be a major boxing event in Las Vegas during Cinco de Mayo weekend for the first time in a decade. Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin won’t be fighting at the MGM Grand Garden for May 5.