Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum will not be surprised if the funds to promote the Manny Pacquiao v Amir Khan in the UAE on May 20 do not materialise but if it does he will assist in making it a tremendous world wide event but he said he is not holding his breath.
Due to two failed drug tests, the WBC has suspended heavyweight Alexander Povetkin from participating in any WBC-sanctioned bouts indefinitely and fined him $250,000. On April 27, 2016, Povetkin tested positive for Meldonium and on December 6, 2016, he tested positive for Ostarine.
The 33 year-old Tony Bellew, stepping up to heavyweight for the first time, bids to shock former two-weight world champion David Haye and the Londoner’s charge towards a possible world title fight against Anthony Joshua or Wladimir Klitschko.
Super middleweight contender Martin Murray and Gabriel Rosado have participated in six world title fights between them but are a combined 0-5-1, including each suffering a knockout loss to middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
Unbeaten WBC bantamweight champ Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-0-2, 19 KOs) successfully kept his belt as he decked Mexican Carlos Carlson (22-2, 13 KOs) five times and halted him at 0:57 in the seventh round on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. The 34-yer-old Japanese southpaw, making his twelfth defense, sent him to the canvas—twice in the fifth, once in the sixth and twice more in the final seventh.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum remains unsure if the proposed Manny Pacquiao-Amir Khan fight in the United Arab Emirates will happen, but he said that if it does it will not be on April 23 (April 22 in the United States) as the fighters have said it would be.
Welterweight world champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia participated in a media workout at world famous Gleason’s Gym Wednesday afternoon in advance of their primetime showdown that headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, this Saturday, March 4 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Watch some of the best moments in the career of undefeated superstar Gennady Golovkin. Golovkin vs. Jacobs happens Saturday, March 18 live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT.
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Argentine slugger Lucas Matthysse, who is returning from a 19-month layoff caused by injury, will take on Emmanuel Taylor in a 10-round welterweight fight on the Canelo Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard, Golden Boy Promotions announced Tuesday.
