05 May 2016

Bernard Hopkins wonders why media is giving Golovkin a pass

In a video with Elie Seckbach, Bernard Hopkins let the world know how he feels about Gennady Golovkin “I made concessions to Oscar [de la Hoya] to come down, being the undisputed middleweight champion to come down to 158 lbs, because Bob Arum from Top Rank offered me a lot

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04 May 2016

Andre Ward to return in July in Oakland, CA

According to ESPN.com, Roc Nation Sports and HBO are working on bringing Andre Ward back on July 9th or July 16th at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. Apparently, the more realistic date is the 16th which would be one week before the Terence Crawford-Viktor Postol pay-per-view. This bout would

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23 Apr 2016

Sergey Kovalev- Isaac Chilemba set for July 11th in Russia

WBO, WBA and IBF light heavyweight world champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs) returns to his home country of Russia to defend all three of his belts against Isaac “Golden Boy” Chilemba (24-3-2, 10 KOs) on Monday, July 11 in Ekaterinburg. The fight will take place on the opening

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29 Mar 2016

Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera pulls in a million viewers

Andre Ward made his return to HBO after two years with an impressive and fun bout against Sullivan Barrera that netted an average of 1,064,000 viewers on the premium channel. The fight which had a little over 9,000 fans in attendance seemed to capture nationwide attention as the main event peaked

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02 Feb 2016

Main Events throws shade at Adonis Stevenson via social media

This morning it was announced that Amir Khan will fill the void of the May 7th traditional pay-per-view slot and face “Canelo” Alvarez. This made news since Khan is advised by Al Haymon, the same person whom in particular advises Adonis Stevenson, who seemingly will never fight Sergey Kovalev. After

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30 Jan 2016

Kovalev, Mikhaylenko win on HBO main card

In the main event of the HBO broadcast held at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (29-0-1 26KOs) stopped Jean Pascal (30-4-1 17KOs) in a bitter rematch that turned personal in the build up to the fight in which race, an issue often avoided in public was the

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29 Jan 2016

Weights from Montreal (HBO card)

Venue: Bell Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Time: 9:45PM EST TV: HBO Sergey Kovalev 174.6 vs. Jean Pascal 174.3 (WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight championship) Dmitry Mikhaylenko 146.7 vs. Karim Mayfield 147

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12 Dec 2015

Sullivan Barrera now IBF light heavyweight #1 contender

Sergey Kovalev has a new foe on the horizon as in an IBF light heavyweight eliminator Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over Karo Murat (27-3-1, 17 KOs), who is most known for losing to Bernard Hopkins, on Saturday night at the Glendale Civic Auditorium in Glendale,

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06 Oct 2015

Kovalev out until 2016

WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) was scheduled to fight for the first time as a champion in Russia, his home country, in December, but the fight has been postponed.  As for right now, the focus will be a fight in 2016

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29 Jul 2015

Kovalev averages a million viewers last Saturday

  Sergey Kovalev may still struggle at the gate in terms of drawing power, his presence on television are creating ratings in an upward trajectory. Though Kovalev fought in front of 2,000 people last weekend, his three round domination of  Nadjib Mohammedi averaged 1.014 million viewers on premium cable (HBO). On the

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