Bob Arum’s Muhammad Ali comparisons have been heard by the boxing world and were brought up to Vasyl Lomachenko during his Tuesday media workout at Top Rank Gym. Lomachenko fights Nicholas Walters at The Cosmopolitan on Saturday.
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The hard-hitting Jamaican Nicholas Walters has the daunting task of stopping rising star Vasyl Lomachenko on Saturday inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Claressa Shields, who captured gold in Rio de Janeiro and in London, will make her professional debut on the Sergey Kovalev-Ward undercard.
Sugar Ray Leonard versus Roberto Duran II will be in the spotlight again when the film “Hands of Stone,” the biopic of Duran’s legendary career, is released in theaters on Friday.
Las Vegan Augie Sanchez is headed to the Olympics as an assistant coach for the U.S. boxing team. Sanchez credits his success to his former trainer and father-in-law, Pat Barry.
Keith Thurman defended his WBA welterweight title Saturday night with a 12-round unanimous decision over Shawn Porter in a fierce bout.
A proposal to let professional fighters compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is “ridiculous” and “foolish,” former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson said Wednesday.
After Jessie Vargas won the vacant WBO welterweight title March 5 over Sadam Ali, he called out Timothy Bradley Jr., who previously owned the belt. Bradley had handed Vargas his only loss in June when they fought for the title.
It took several months but Jessie Vargas finally has his fight against Sadam Ali.
Beibut Shumenov of Kazakhstan won his Premier Boxing Champions interim cruiserweight title fight against B.J. Flores on Saturday night in the Pearl Theatre at The Palms.
The first time Sergey Kovalev fought in Las Vegas, it took him just 5 minutes, 39 seconds to leave his mark, stopping Douglas Okola in the second round.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is at the point where he has to make a decision regarding his next fight. A source with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday that everything is expected to be finalized in the next week.
Jessie Vargas is still upset over how his June 27 WBO welterweight title fight with Timothy Bradley ended at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
It’s unlike Timothy Bradley to talk trash before a fight. But when Erik Morales, the trainer for Jessie Vargas, called Bradley old, the 31-year-old fired back, saying he will “whup” Vargas when they fight for the vacant World Boxing Organization welterweight title Saturday.
Las Vegas lightweight Diego Magdaleno returns to the ring Friday, meeting Jose Gonzalez in the main event of Top Rank’s boxing card in Hidalgo, Texas. The fight is for the vacant World Boxing Organization international lightweight title.
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