“Gentleman Jim” Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons were among those who went into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday during a gala affair at — where else? — Caesars Palace. The “Home of Champions.”
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The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. Or more ironic.
Tonight at Caesars Palace, Muhammad Ali will be honored as a member of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s class of 2015, a star-studded group that includes Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Johnson, Joe Gans, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Lennox Lewis, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Johnny Tapia and Gene Fullmer.
During an interview on ESPN “SportsCenter” on Thursday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was asked his thoughts about Rousey recently winning an ESPY award for Fighter of the Year.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has everything planned out. Come Sept. 12, he’s going to beat Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Garden to remain undefeated. Then, at age 38, he will bid boxing farewell, having equaled heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record as the best ever.
Whether you cheered for Marvelous Marvin Hagler or Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis, there will be a champion for just about every fight fan at the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame gathering Saturday night at Caesars Palace.
Those savvy business types who have so brilliantly crafted the illusion that Floyd Mayweather has engaged a catalog of deserving and worthy opponents in the past decade just might have met their match in Andre Berto.
And the winner is … Andre Berto. At least on Tuesday he was. Berto was chosen as Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s opponent on Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden on Showtime Pay Per View.
Joel Casamayor remembers the last time he stood before Fidel Castro.
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 an exclusive club, and B.J. Flores is a member. There’s a select group of boxers who moonlight as announcers while still competing in the ring.
Sergey Kovalev isn’t going to compare himself to Floyd Mayweather Jr. But as a fellow world champion, Kovalev believes he has earned a certain amount of respect.
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