GGG opens training camp for bout vs. Alvarez
[ad_1] Unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin has officially opened training camp. Golovkin has returned to trainer Abel Sanchez’s Summit Gym high in the mountains of Big Bear Lake, California, to prepare for his hotly anticipated showdown with former champion Canelo Alvarez, whom he squares off with in the main event of an HBO PPV […]
Selby retains IBF belt with points win
[ad_1] 6:12 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show LONDON — Lee Selby has had a terrible week and a successful defence of his IBF world featherweight title via a unanimous points […]
Figueroa drops Guerrero five times on way to a KO victory
[ad_1] Welterweight Omar Figueroa Jr. returned with a vengeance from a 19-month layoff, dropping Robert Guerrero five times in a third-round knockout victory in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Fox on Saturday night at the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The Long Island arena was […]
Berchelt routs Miura via unanimous decision
[ad_1] Junior lightweight world titleholder Miguel Berchelt boxed circles around former titlist Takashi Miura and rolled to a lopsided decision in the HBO main event Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Berchelt and Miura set up the mandatory fight by both winning hard-fought battles on the same Jan. 28 card, with Berchelt inflicting […]
Mayweather: 'My legacy is already set'
[ad_1] NEW YORK — First came a half-hour of trash talk, cursing and ridiculous showmanship on Thursday night before 13,165 cheering fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor roared through a profanity-filled, over-the-top commercial for their Aug. 26 junior middleweight megafight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Where: T-Mobile […]