Danny Garcia media day highlights
Danny Garcia, who was joined by his father and trainer Angel, took part in a media day event for which the aforementioned quotes are attributed. Garcia will be looking for his record fifth main event victory at Barclays Center on Saturday, August 1 when he takes on former world champion,
Andre Ward says he is ready right now for Gennady Golovkin
Andre Ward recently hit the ESPN studios to do what those in the business call “the car wash” in which he went through all of the media avenues on the ESPN campus interjecting opinions he has on current sports topics. Just like what happens whenever Ward does media, Gennady Golovkin, a dominant
Fairfield, CA’s Avila to co-main event HBO Latino card on August 8th
Manuel “Tino” Avila (17-0 7 KOs) of Fairfield, CA will take on former world title contender Yoandris “El Nino” Salinas (21-1-2 14KOs) of Miami, Fl for the NABF super bantamweight title which will now be the co-main event of HBO Latino broadcast on August 8th headlined by Johan Perez vs.
Team Golovkin pushing for David Lemieux fight
WBA “super” middleweight champion WBC interim middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin and his team are pushing for a title fight against IBF middleweight champion, David Lemieux. The reason being both fighters have little options at the current moment, although Golden Boy Promotions, Lemieux’s promoter, has stated that they’d like to see
Jack-Groves postponed, rumored to be on Mayweather-Berto undercard
The fight between super middleweight WBC champion Badou Jack and mandatory challenger George Groves, scheduled to take place on Aug. 22 in Las Vegas and be televised on Showtime, has been postponed although no reason has been given. As first reported by ESPN.com, no one close to the situation with either Mayweather
This week’s boxing schedule
July 24th, Friday Mexico City, Mexico, Telemundo, tape delay – Romulo Koasicha vs. Guillermo Avila, 12 rounds, featherweights; Martin Casillas vs. Roberto Pucheta, 8 rounds, bantamweights A decent couple of bouts for diehard boxing fans who enjoy the lighter weight classes, the main event features a battle of two guys
Klitschko signs new TV deal that guarantees five more fights
Per Sky Sports, the best heavyweight in the world Wladimir Klitschko has agreed upon a five fight extension with RTL, a Germany broadcast channel. Klitschko who is gearing up for a fight on October 24th against heavily touted Tyson Fury, a man who stands three inches taller than Klitschko at
Matthysse-Postol set for October 3rd
It is now official as Argentine puncher Lucas Matthysse will be taking on Ukrainian volume Viktor Postol in a styles clash to determine the next WBC junior welterweight champion vacated by Danny Garcia earlier this year. The news was first reported by ESPN.com, who also in their report explained that the deal
TMZ Sports says Mayweather-Berto is ‘a done deal’
It looks like Amir Khan might be out of luck, again…again. This afternoon TMZ Sports announced that Mayweather-Berto is ‘a done deal’. The bout scheduled for September 12th is being speculated to end up on CBS. Below is the official statement from TMZ Sports It’s on … Floyd Mayweather
Arum feels Pacquiao has been ‘unprofessional’ and is ‘not an active fighter right now’
Top Rank Inc CEO Bob Arum had some choice words for Manny Pacquiao after the Macau, China card last Saturday after watching Argentina’s Cesar Cuenca beat China’s ‘IK’ Yang to win the IBF junior welterweight title. A report from The National, an English newspaper in Abu Dhabi who offered onsite