Roy Jones Jr. isn’t sure when he’s going to stop fighting. Might be one more fight. Might be two. But right now, he’s not sure.
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About 18 months ago, camp staff decided “we needed a different program,” said Russell Terry, one of the program’s three coaches and the older brother of NBA champion and Milwaukee Bucks guard Jason Terry.
After Golden Boy Promotions was approved last month by the Nevada Athletic Commission to reserve T-Mobile Arena for Sept. 17, the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Liam Smith bout will now be moving to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Jermall Charlo defends his IBF junior middleweight title against Austin Trout on Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, and twin brother Jermell seeks the vacant WBC 154-pound title against John Jackson.
Canelo Alvarez said he will not be pressured into making a fight with Gennady Golovkin under “artificial deadlines.” The WBC had set a May 23 deadline for a deal to be struck or the fight would go to a purse bid.
Andre Ward, the former super middleweight world champion, has moved up to light heavyweight and will fight at 175 pounds for the first time March 26 against Sullivan Barrera at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
As soon as you enter Shawn Porter’s business, you’re asked — politely, yet firmly — to remove your shoes. Not every gym makes that request. But as Porter’s father and lead trainer, Kenny, points out, this is a high-performance center, not a gym.
At first, Freddie Roach thought someone was pulling a prank on him. It was early in the summer of 2013. His cellphone rang, and he took the call. At the other end was veteran middleweight Miguel Cotto.
Adrien Broner, a former welterweight champion from Cincinnati, faces another former welterweight champion from Ohio in Shawn Porter of Akron on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in the main event of the Premier Boxing Champions on NBC card.
The stakes were raised significantly Monday for the Jessie Vargas-Timothy Bradley fight on June 27 fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. The two will be fighting for the World Boxing Organization welterweight title, which Floyd Mayweather Jr. vacated after winning the belt from Manny Pacquiao on May 2.
Leo Santa Cruz, the World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion, will fight on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view portion of the undercard May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden. Santa Cruz will meet Zsolt Bedak of Hungary.
It took months to finalize the Jan. 17 title fight between Bermane Stiverne, the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, and undefeated Deontay Wilder, but it won’t take long to sell the fight to the public, primarily because there’s less than a month to do so.
Manny Pacquiao didn’t need the huge bouquet of flowers he was holding to feel welcome in this gambling enclave, where he will be fighting at an odd hour Sunday against an opponent who has to already feel as though he won boxing’s biggest lottery.
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