Click for full Audio of the Floyd Mayweather Jr Conference Call FLOYD MAYWEATHER CONFERENCE CALL Floyd Mayweather Jr faces Manny Pacquiao in a 12-round welterweight world championship fight on Saturday, May 2 at MGM Grand in Las Veags. Question: On SportsCenter the other night, you were talking about your place in boxing history and you…
Last Friday night in Hinckley, Minnesota, super bantamweight Adam Lopez scored a sensational second round stoppage over Phillip Adyaka at the Grand Casino. The bout was part of the off-tv undercard of a CBS Sports Network televised card. Lopez landed a booming right in round two that sent Adyaka on his back. Adyaka got to…
Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has recalled his dramatic rise to the top on the eve of his world title defence against undefeated Bryant Jennings. The Ukrainian superstar will make his return to US soil for the first time in seven years when he takes on the slick Philadelphian at the iconic Madison Square Garden in…
truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively present the Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series set to debut Friday, May 1, at 10 p.m. ET. The new boxing series, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will launch on the eve of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view…
The official weigh-in for the world championship matchup between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is set for Friday, May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Due to the expected demand for access to this event, fans will be required to purchase a ticket ahead of time in order to attend the weigh-in….
Former two-division champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) returns to the ring in his hometown to face the skilled Danny O’Connor (25-2, 9 KOs) as the televised co-feature for Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike TV on Friday, May 29 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT live from Barclays Center. This fight…
A Memorial Day weekend showdown takes center stage when Olympic stars battle it out, as 2004 Bronze medalist for the United States Andre Dirrell (24-1, 16 KOs) meets 2008 Gold medalist for Great Britain James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs) in an IBF super middleweight title bout as Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC comes to…
Rocky Fielding will face Bryan Vera in a huge Super Middleweight clash in the summer. The popular Liverpool man faces the Texan on a date and a venue to be confirmed next week, as Fielding looks for a big win on his CV to serve notice of his intentions at world level. Fielding returned to…
For his fourth consecutive fight on HBO, “The Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov garnered over 1 million viewers. His contest with Lucas Matthysse averaged 1.243 million viewers and peaked at an outstanding 1.380 million for the clash, which is now a leading candidate for 2015 Fight of the Year. The bout comes on the heels of…
Former two-time world cruiserweight champion and current Heavyweight contender Steve “USS” Cunningham has signed with adviser Al Haymon. Cunningham of Philadelphia is excited about the prospects for his future. “I’m looking forward to working with Al, he’s a genius at what he does,” said Cunningham. “I’ve been watching him for several years and seeing all…
Paul Smith will face Andre Ward on June 20 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on BET in the United States. Smith has landed a date with the unbeaten WBA Super Middleweight king following his impressive performances taking Arthur Abraham deep in two challenges for the…
Over the last three years, he has fixed the foundation of his career. He moved abroad, and is now based in the Netherlands. He changed his job, and is now a project manager at Brugmann University Hospital in Brussels. He also got married to a Dutch girl, bought a house and last but not least,…