Showtime announced its latest boxing schedule that will feature seven marquee fights. The list is loaded with world champions and top contenders in numerous divisions.
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Jessie Vargas said reading trainer Dewey Cooper’s poetry helps him stay relaxed while training for his fight against Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Claressa Shields, who captured gold in Rio de Janeiro and in London, will make her professional debut on the Sergey Kovalev-Ward undercard.
The highly anticipated rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz is a done deal, according to the Northern Ireland fighter, and all signs point to the bout landing in Las Vegas.
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.
Most fighters tend to tone down the sparring sessions with less than three weeks to go before a big fight, but Jessie Magdaleno is just getting started.
Professional Boxer Adrien Broner was cited for battery by Las Vegas police Sunday morning at a nightclub.
Andre Ward ranks fourth on Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound list, but he will get a chance to claim the top spot when he meets Sergey Kovalev, who’s No. 2 on the list, on Nov. 19 at T-Mobile Arena.
Jessie Vargas was coming off a crushing loss to Timothy Bradley last year when he and his father, Jose, sat down to discuss their potential new trainer.
The first card on the “Sin City Showdown” boxing series was supposed to be headlined by former junior welterweight contender Ashley Theophane, but the English boxer was pulled Friday for undisclosed reasons.
HBO has had a down year after making budget cuts to the boxing schedule. HBO is trying to salvage the year with three fights most boxing fans want to see after Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s injury opened up the network’s pockets.
Jeremy “J-Flash” Nichols remained undefeated at Knockout Night at the D after defeating Marquis Hawthorn by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the welterweight bout 40-36 on Friday.
A Las Vegas-based jeweler claims in a lawsuit that champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. owes the company $1.4 million for a diamond necklace.
The Knockout Night at the D series returns Friday to the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. Erik Ruiz faces Hanzel Martinez in the main event.
Vasyl Lomachenko will defend his WBO junior lightweight title against Nicholas Walters on Nov. 26 at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
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