Floyd Mayweather is planning on fighting Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo.
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Gennady Golovkin, the WBA/WBC/IBF champion, will attempt to tie Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive successful middleweight title defenses when he fights Vanes Martirosyan on Saturday.
Floyd Mayweather has the perfect 50-0 record (27 knockouts), but he wasn’t perfect on his path to superstardom. A look back at how Mayweather became arguably the best fighter of his generation and one of the richest athletes ever.
The Westgate sports book posted their NBA 2017-18 season win totals and the Boston Celtics opened with the second-highest total (56.5) behind the defending champion Golden State Warriors (67.5).
Former two-division champion Paulie Malignaggi was furious after photos of him sparring against the MMA superstar at the UFC Performance Institute leaked Thursday on social media.
Morales won’t need to worry about making weight when he gets his favorite dessert from Caesars Palace next week. The fighter known as “El Terrible” will have a raspado on one hand and a Hall of Fame plaque on the other.
South Point oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro said the most egregious boxing decision he has seen was a draw between Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez in September 1993 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Former unified featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa headlines Friday’s Golden Boy on ESPN card at the MGM Grand.
While the focus mainly has been pointed directly at Julio Chavez Jr. this week, those in the Canelo Alvarez camp have said all the right things about GGG being next in line.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. had a quick downfall after losing to Sergio Martinez at the Thomas & Mack Center five years ago. Chavez hopes to return to the top with an upset over Canelo Alvarez.
Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev will clash for a second time June 17 on an HBO pay-per-view main event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Andy Vences recorded a unanimous technical decision over Casey Ramos in a back-and-forth lightweight fight Friday night at the TI.
Las Vegan Jessie Vargas gets a golden opportunity to face Manny Pacquiao and gain national fame with an upset win Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Manny Pacquiao will engage WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center, some seven months after defeating Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision.
Dewey Cooper might be unknown as a boxing coach, but he’s not easy to forget. The muscular trainer, who speaks like a sensei but sounds like rapper Busta Rhymes, is a former kickboxing champion and cruiserweight contender.
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