White sets deadline for McGregor-Mayweather
Andrew Karlov
May 12, 2017, 5 a.m.

UFC president Dana White has stated his intention to expedite negotiations for a proposed boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, saying that Sunday is "absolutely" his deadline to wrap up a deal with McGregor before beginning talks with Mayweather's team.

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Olympian Aloyan wins title in debut (video)
Andrew Karlov
May 12, 2017, 2:59 a.m.

2016 Olympian super flyweight silver medalist Mikhail Aloyan won his professional debut over Yader Cardoza of Nicaragua on Friday night at the Arena in Kemerovo, Russia. It was an impressive display by Aloyan who controlled the action in route to a 10 round unanimous decision. The official scores were ...

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Johnson-Derevyanchenko eliminator ordered
Andrew Karlov
May 11, 2017, 4:50 p.m.

While unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin's next title defense will come against Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 16 in the biggest fight of the year, the winner will own a slew of title belts and have the mandatory defense obligations that go along with them. One defense requirement ...

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Sources: Canelo, Chavez held secret weigh-in
Andrew Karlov
May 11, 2017, 12:15 p.m.

There was such concern from the Canelo Alvarez camp about whether Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. would make weight for their heavily anticipated fight on Saturday night in Las Vegas that their contract stipulated the fighters hold a secret weigh-in to determine any possible financial penalties minutes before the ...

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Camp Life: Terence Crawford. Preview
Andrew Karlov
May 11, 2017, 9:27 a.m.

Take a journey to Colorado, where unified jr. welterweight champ Terence Crawford prepares for his debut May 20th in the big room of Madison Square Garden against the fearsome Felix Diaz. Live on HBO World Championship Boxing.

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Golovkin opens as favourite over Alvarez
Andrew Karlov
May 11, 2017, 6:04 a.m.

The biggest fight in boxing, Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin, may not yet have a venue but punters are already laying down money on the middleweight clash – and unified champion ‘GGG’ is the current favourite.

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Beterbiev seeking to cut ties to promoter
Andrew Karlov
May 11, 2017, 3 a.m.

IBF #2, WBA #3, WBO #3, WBC #5 light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev has posted on Instragram that he wants out from his arrangement with Montreal promoter Yvon Michel.

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Klitschko: "I know I could beat Anthony Joshua"
Andrew Karlov
May 10, 2017, 3:50 p.m.

Wladimir Klitschko knows he could beat Anthony Joshua and looks set to make a decision on a potential rematch before the end of the month, according to his manager Bernd Boente. The 41-year-old traded knockdowns with Joshua in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium last month before ...

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Wlodarczyk promises to KO Gevor
Andrew Karlov
May 10, 2017, 12:38 p.m.

On May 20 in Poznan, Poland, former IBF/WBC cruiserweight champion Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (52-3, 37 KO) will try to come step closer to another championship title bout. In a final IBF eliminator, he’ll be facing undefeated Noel Gevor (22-0, 11 KO) from Germany. “I know what to expect ...

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Aloyan debuts in ten-rounder Thursday
Andrew Karlov
May 10, 2017, 9:23 a.m.

The highly anticipated debut of 2016 Olympian Mikhail Aloyan will take place tomorrow. The site of the event will be the Arena in Kemerovo, Russia. The promoter of the event will be Patriot Promotions (Vlad Hrunov). Aloyan won the silver medal at the 2016 games representing Russia. He will ...

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