Monday 1 July 2013

Who's winning the HBO-Showtime slugfest? (Yahoo! Sports)

HBO's split with Golden Boy has made Showtime more competitive, but fans are benefiting the most.

Saturday 29 June 2013

Gennady Golovkin too talented for his own good in nasty KO win over Matthew Macklin (Yahoo! Sports)

Golovkin's one weakness: His brutality is scaring off the best fighters in his division.

Golovkin stops Macklin in 3rd round (The Associated Press)

LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) -- Undefeated German middleweight Gennady Golovkin stopped English challenger Matthew Macklin in the third round Saturday night to successfully defend his WBA and IBO titles.

Chavez's fine for pot slashed to $100,000 (The Associated Press)

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Nevada State Athletic Commission has slashed boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s fine over a failed drug test from $900,000 to $100,000.

Friday 28 June 2013

Xiong successfully defends WBC strawweight title (The Associated Press)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- China's Xiong Zhao Zhong picked himself up off the canvas to outpoint Denver Cuello of the Philippines on Friday night to retain the WBC strawweight title.

Nevada Athletic Commission reduces Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s fine for positive marijuana test (Yahoo! Sports)

The commission is showing a willingness to embrace a tiered system of penalties for positive drug tests.