Former world boxing champion Zab Judah was sentenced by the Queens County Court to a three-month prison sentence for refusing to pay alimony. 39-year-old boxer had to pay $120,000 in order to avoid punishment, but he could not collect "even a part of this amount."
WBA Super World Super Middleweight champion George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs) is hungrier than ever and wants to cross off more achievements on his bucket list. First, he has to get pass ‘ballsy’ Jamie Cox (24-0,13 KOs) in a Muhammad Ali Trophy quarter-final clash October 14 at The SSE Arena Wembley in London.
Take an in-depth look at Canelo Alvarez and Gennady ''GGG'' Golovkin leading up to their fight for middleweight supremacy.
Alexander Khyzhniak (75 kg) won 4:1 over the American Troy Isley and reached the World Cup final, which is taking place these days in German Hamburg. In a duel for the gold medal of the world championship, which will be held on September 2 in the evening session, Khyzhniak will meet Abilhan Amankul from Kazakhstan.
Per the California State Athletic Commission here are the purses from Saturday's night's Golden Boy-promoted HBO card at the StubHub Center in Carson:: Miguel Cotto $750,000, Yoshihiro Kamegai $192,732, Rey Vargas $50,000, Ronny Rios $75,000.
According to UFC president Dana White, the number of PPV buys of Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor fight were 6.5 million. "PPV of Mayweather fight with McGregor were bought by 6.5 million people," White stated in one of the social networks.
Unified super lightweight champion Terence Crawford left the vacant his IBF title, as the Federation began to demand from the American for mandatory defense against Sergei Lipinets. Crawford's promoters Top Rank plan for their fighter meeting against Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn rematch winner, that is tentatively scheduled for November.
WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) and Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) have gone out of their way to not insult each other in advance of their September 16 PPV showdown at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. But their trainers Eddy Reynoso (Canelo) and Abel Sanchez (GGG) finally picked up the pace a little bit.
Floyd Mayweather is confident that Conor McGregor’s future is in the UFC and not boxing, as he thinks the Irishman would be comprehensively defeated and kayoed much quicker by younger boxers. “Conor McGregor is a hell of a fighter and I want to see him continue to stay in the UFC and do what he does best,” Mayweather told ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna.
One of the most promising Ukrainian heavyweights Oleksandr Teslenko received the date of his next fight. On October 14, in Canada, Teslenko will fight for eleventh time in the professional ranks. The name of his opponent is still unknown.
