Everyone makes weight for Lara vs Rodriguez, Beterbiev vs Johnson
On a gray, occasionally rainy day in Chicagoland, the atmosphere inside the Virgin Hotel was convivial, filled with bright, coordinated T-shirts of fighter’s teams, brighter matching tracksuits and the brightest of all: Erislandy Lara’s underpants.
Robert Guerrero helping families with chronically ill children
Five years ago, Robert Guerrero temporarily left the sport of boxing to take care of his ailing wife, Casey, who was suffering from leukemia. She made a full recovery, but not all families are so fortunate. Now, Guerrero is helping out in the name of one that wasn’t.
Sergio Mora breaks down Erislandy Lara vs Delvin Rodriguez
Erislandy Lara faces down Delvin Rodriguez on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Spike TV (9 p.m. ET/PT). How does the Latin Snake, Sergio Mora, see it going down?
Shawn Porter keeps the home fires burning for Adrien Broner fight
Plenty of fighters crave the Spartan, distraction-free confines of a training camp far from their hometowns. For Shawn Porter, though, it was an easy choice to keep his camp where he makes his home, and where he’ll be fighting Adrien Broner—in Las Vegas, the last city in the country anyone could describe as “Spartan.”
KO King: Artur Beterbiev’s Greatest Hits are short and not so sweet
Artur Beterbiev has never experienced the feeling that he’s currently speaking of. “I go until the ref says ‘stop’ or the other person is on the floor and doesn’t get up,” he explains through an interpreter. “Or else I don’t feel that I finished the fight.”
From Cuba to world champion: Arduous defection continues to drive Erislandy Lara
Erislandy Lara was among 35 passengers on a speedboat navigating the tumultuous, bone-chilling Yucatán Channel, a 135-mile strait between Cuba and Mexico that tossed the vessel like a tiny toy in a hot tub.
A tale of two cities: Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter reignite the Battle for Ohio. Here’s how things stand thus far.
Cleveland has given us so much, namely rock ‘n’ roll, Chef Boyardee and the padded bicycle seat. Cincinnati, care to retort?
The Moment: Robert Guerrero vs Aron Martinez
Aron Martinez literally had Robert Guerrero on the ropes early in Saturday’s 147-pound battle.
