From the outset of the promotion in early March, Robert Guerrero has said that God had a plan for him to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. and hand Mayweather his first loss as a professional.
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J’Leon Love was ringside Feb. 23 when Ishe Smith won the IBF junior middleweight title in Detroit. He’s hoping to one day follow in Smith’s footsteps and win a belt of his own.
The rhetoric has toned down somewhat. But the confidence remains unabated. And the message is still the same, even if he delivers it differently these days.
Here we go again. Top Rank and Golden Boy tentatively plan to hold pay-per-view fight cards on the same night — Sept. 14 — and it appears the Nevada Athletic Commission will approve both of them.
Now that he has a championship belt, Ishe Smith wants to defend it in front of his hometown fans.
Despite the pandemonium of a normal Floyd Mayweather Jr. media day, he appeared calm Wednesday as he prepares for his May 4 WBC welterweight title defense against Robert Guerrero.
The subject was distractions, and Robert Guerrero, a self-professed expert on the matter, was making a convincing case on how to deal with them before his May 4 fight against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand Garden.
The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously approved a boxing license for reigning WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Monday, clearing the way for him to compete May 4 against Robert Guerrero at the MGM Grand Garden.
Don King rarely promotes fights in Las Vegas anymore, but the 81-year-old Hall of Famer will be at Treasure Island on Friday as lead promoter for the WBA interim lightweight title fight between Angelo Santana and Carlos Cardenas.
Diego Magdaleno’s game plan in his first world championship fight was simple: use his boxing skills and avoid getting hit by one big shot.
The day Diego Magdaleno has dreamed about since he first laced on a pair of boxing gloves at 7 years old has arrived. But he never thought he would have to go halfway around the world to realize that dream.
No boxing trainer in his right mind would turn down an opportunity to develop a world champion. But that wasn’t Pat Barry’s primary reason for getting into the business 32 years ago.
A new era of amateur boxing begins Monday in Spokane, Wash., where USA Boxing’s National Championships will be contested under new rules.
Showing tremendous heart and desire and displaying his boxing skills, Mike Alvarado avenged his Oct. 13 loss to Brandon Rios Saturday at Mandalay Bay Events Center, winning a 12-round unanimous decision and capturing the WBO interim junior welterweight title.
The last time Brandon Rios stepped on a scale at Mandalay Bay, the results weren’t good.
