Vasyl Lomachenko returns to the ring Saturday to defend his WBO junior lightweight title against Jason Sosa in an HBO-televised main event at the new MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum promoted the Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard middleweight championship fight in 1987. Here is an edited, partial transcript of Arum’s interview with reporters.
On Thursday’s 30th anniversary of the vehemently disputed title bout between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard, the third man in the ring, Richard Steele, has a stronger opinion than he did April 6, 1987.
Al Bernstein is more famous as a broadcaster than singer, but his recent show at Tuscany Suites showed his vocal prowess.
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.
Antonio Orozco recorded a fourth-round knockout against KeAndre Gibson on Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on an ESPN-televised main event bout.
Undefeated junior welterweights KeAndre Gibson and Antonio Orozco will meet Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas resident Jorge Linares meets Anthony Crolla in a lightweight championship rematch Saturday at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom. The fight will be televised on Showtime.
Nevada Athletic Commission chairman Anthony Marnell said he doesn’t foresee a regulatory roadblock to a potential boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Gennady Golovkin’s age has come up often leading into his HBO pay-per-view showdown against Daniel Jacobs on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
The biggest skeptic of a potential boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor now believes the megastars will step in the ring.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., golf pro Butch Harmon and former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he will only come out of retirement for a long-rumored boxing match against Conor McGregor and that it’s on the UFC star to make the next move.
Jessie Magdaleno will make his first title defense April 22 against Brazil’s Adeilson Dos Santos. The match is one of three WBO title fights at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Lou Duva, the Boxing Hall of Famer who handled the careers of 19 champions, including heavyweight titlist Evander Holyfield, died Wednesday. He was 94.
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