After spending the first five years of his career struggling to find consistent work, Jesus “Chuy” Gutierrez may have finally caught a break.
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Imagine Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Deontay Wilder at the top of the podium, a gold medal dangling around their neck, “The Star-Spangled Banner” playing in the auditorium.
We again have foolishly mixed athletic gifts with moral compass, shocked those we admire most for their physical skills in sports aren’t also shining examples of virtue and acceptance.
In 2015, the New York Daily News ran a now-legendary photo of a man “packing” for vacation by stuffing a seemingly endless spread of bundled $100 bills into a designer bag. That man was Floyd “Money” Mayweather.
The past two years have been a series of false starts for Zab Judah that have left him frustrated in his attempt to resurrect his boxing career.
The fight boxing fans have been looking forward to seeing for months has been put on hold. World Boxing Association welterweight champion Keith Thurman pulled out of his March 12 title defense against Shawn Porter Monday after being involved in an automobile accident last Wednesday in Florida.
Bob Arum, the Top Rank chairman who is Manny Pacquiao’s longtime promoter, said Monday there’s no chance Pacquiao’s April 9 fight against Timothy Bradley Jr. at the MGM Grand Garden will be postponed after some of Pacquiao’s opponents claimed he has an unfair advantage in campaigning.
Jessie Magdaleno went back to being a power puncher and the super bantamweight from Las Vegas remained undefeated after knocking out Rey Perez in the seventh round of their scheduled 10-round bout at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix.
Manny Pacquiao’s comments about homosexuals last week cost him an endorsement deal with Nike. But will Pacquiao’s remarks cost him at the box office when he faces Timothy Bradley Jr. on April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden, or from fans who might be deciding whether to buy the HBO Pay Per View telecast?
This summer will be four years since Michael Hunter represented the United States in the Olympics as a heavyweight. By now, the boxer from Las Vegas figured he would be ranked and fighting for world titles in the cruiserweight division.