Manny Pacquiao has agreed to terms to defend his welterweight title against junior welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser, told ESPN.com on Monday. Junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley Jr. will not be an easy opponent for Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, [...]
Manny Pacquiao, finally, has his opponent for a June 9 fight. Not Floyd Mayweather that the boxing world should have, but Timothy Bradley, fighting at Welterweight for the first time in his career, coming in with an undefeated record but a small chance of winning anything but a lot of money. Timothy Bradley was one of [...]
Undefeated middleweight champ, Julio Cesar Chávez Jr arrival at the hotel in San Antonio. Chávez Jr will defend his WBC title against Marco Antonio Rubio this next Saturday, February 4 at the Alamodome, San Antonio, TX. It isn’t Marco Antonio Rubio’s lack of height that may hurt him this Saturday night in challenging WBC middleweight [...]
Relive all the action from the Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s second show on Fox, featuring 2 title-eliminator fights in Rashad Evans vs Phil Davis and Michael Bisping vs Chael Sonnen. Also on the main card: Demian Maia vs Chris Weidman. Rashad Evans unanimously outpointed fellow former Big Ten wrestler Phil Davis in a 5-round light heavyweight [...]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday returns to America’s Second City for another potential landmark event. UFC on Fox 2, which will serve as the promotion’s sophomore effort on the Fox network, will emanate from the United Center in Chicago. In the main event, former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans continues his quest to regain [...]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has challenged Manny Pacquiao to fight him on May 5. The WBC welterweight champion’s plans to fight on that date in Las Vegas looked to be dead and buried when he was sentenced to prison. But his 90-day term was deferred and the 5-division world champion looks set to finally agree terms [...]
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. pleading guilty to reduced battery domestic violence charges and the ensuing sentence carrying a three months term in a Las Vegas jail, it most likely means saying goodbye to his proposed May 5 fight date. A Las Vegas judge Wednesday sentenced boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to 90 days in jail for his [...]
Andre Ward staked his claim as the top 168-pound division fighter, using his speed and a combination of lefts to defeat Carl Froch in a unanimous decision Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in the Super Six super middleweight tournament final. Andre Ward, calm and unbloodied after 12 rounds of assaulting Carl Froch with all variety of lefts, [...]
American and European fans alike pour in to the Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesars Palace Atlantic City on Friday December 16th for the Andre Ward and Carl Froch Super Six Finals weigh in. Carl Froch weighs in just under the 168lb limit at 167.5 and Andre Ward makes the 168 limit right on the dot weighing [...]
Fight week for the Super Six World Boxing Classic Final is in full swing! SHOWTIME Sports and Gus Johnson report from NYC where Andre Ward and Carl Froch met the press. Andre Ward was on time for the Super Six Final press conference at the Edison Ballroom Tuesday afternoon. But he found himself waiting for [...]