Gennady Golovkin is pursuing a 50-50 split for a potential Sept. 15 bout in Las Vegas against Canelo Alvarez, whose two positive drug tests forced cancellation of the spring fight at T-Mobile Arena.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially-charged conviction.
Molina tested positive for dexamethasone, a corticosteroid which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency for in-competition use, in a routine test after the IBF heavyweight title bout at Manchester Arena.
Adonis Stevenson will defend his 175-pound title Saturday against Badou Jack on a Showtime-televised main event from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The broadcast starts at 7 p.m.
Floyd Mayweather collected $101,250 playing on a “Ten Play Draw Poker” machine on Sunday.
Vasiliy Lomachenko recorded 10th round technical knockout over Jorge Linares.
Las Vegas resident Jorge Linares faces Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday when the two technicians meet on an ESPN-televised main event from Madison Square Garden in New York.
Ishe Smith has another home bout Friday against Tony Harrison at Sam’s Town, but the former junior middleweight champion isn’t happy with the location after his last fight in Las Vegas.
Al Bernstein will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, along with Forrest Griffin, Jim Reitz, Armon Gilliam, Rossi Ralenkotter and the Las Vegas Thunder hockey team.
Gennady Golovkin unleashed a vicious onslaught in the second round to knock out Vanes Martirosyan before an announced crowd of 7,837 Saturday night at the StubHub Center.