While promoter Kathy Duva and boxer Sergey Kovalev waited for Andre Ward’s signature to make the rematch official, she was looking at other options to force the light heavyweight champion to sign.
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Cisco Aguilar has been awarded a Bosch Foundation Fellowship and will spend a year overseas studying corporate-sports marketing partnerships.
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is a minus-160 favorite over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs), the plus 140 underdog, in their Sept. 16 middleweight title fight.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez versus Gennady “GGG” Golovkin finally has a date, but no venue yet. Las Vegas is the favorite to land the big fight.
Golden Boy Promotions sure knows how to throw a party when one is needed most, surpassing even the best Cinco De Mayo weekend festivities imaginable by announcing that the one fight fans have waited years for is finally official.
The showdown between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was supposed to be the latest chapter in the All-Mexican ring wars. Instead, the announced crowd of 20,510 at T-Mobile Arena got a glorified tuneup match on Saturday.
Professional boxers posed for photos and autographed gloves for supporters at the Box Fan Expo on Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Robinson Castellanos recorded a corner stoppage against Yuriorkis Gamboa during the Golden Boy on ESPN main event Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The main event at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday was made official when Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez each stepped on the scale at 164 pounds.
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.
Lucas Matthysse will end his 20-month layoff Saturday when he faces Emmanuel Taylor on the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard at T-Mobile Arena.
Oscar De La Hoya and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. fought twice in Las Vegas in the 1990s and find themselves in opposite corners again.
Mike Tyson was a hit with “Undisputed Truth” at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at MGM Grand. His second round performance follows the release of his new book, “Iron Ambition.”
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