(SportsNetwork.com) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced Monday that he will next fight fellow welterweight titleholder Marcos Maidana on May 3. “I will be fighting Marcos Maidana May 3rd on Pay-per-view Showtime/CBS,” Mayweather said on his Twitter account. The fight will […]
Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – When LeBron James triggered a week’s worth of headlines and sports radio palaver with musings about which players belonged on his historical hoops “Mount Rushmore,” I instinctively thought, “Hey, maybe I can get some mileage […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Some see a happy return for “Canelo.” Others think he’s bitten more than he can chew. Which, of course, makes the only man to ever share a ring with each of them – former IBF welterweight champion Kermit […]
Huixquilucan, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Adrian Hernandez retained his WBC light flyweight title with a third-round technical knockout of Janiel Rivera Saturday night. Hernandez (29-3-1, 18 KOs), who was coming off a fourth-round TKO of Atsushi Kakutani on Aug. 31, hasn’t […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – I dig Victor Ortiz. OK. I said it. Unlike many colleagues in the new world of “I’ve gotta find someone to rip” sports journalism — and contrary to those who navigate the comment rolls from the cozy confines […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Mikey Garcia remained unbeaten and kept his WBO super featherweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Burgos Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden Theater. Garcia won by scores of 118-110 on […]
Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – Lamont Peterson thrilled the home crowd by keeping his IBF light welterweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Dierry Jean at the DC Armory Saturday night. Peterson (32-2, 16 KOs), who won by scores of […]
Stuttart, Germany (SportsNetwork.com) – Marco Huck scored a sixth-round TKO over challenger Firat Arslan on Saturday to retain his WBO cruiserweight title. Huck (37-2-1) claimed a unanimous-decision win over Arslan back in November of 2012, but didn’t require all 12 […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Maybe Lamont Peterson really believes it. To be sure, his pointed answers to the obvious questions would have one think he’s put what happened the last time he got into a professional boxing ring – a devastating three-round […]
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Abner Mares will have to wait for his rematch with WBC Featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez after suffering a rib injury. Mares, a former three-division world champion, suffered the injury during training. The bout was scheduled […]