Danny Garcia and Paulie Malignaggi set to clash in a battle for Barclays Center bragging rights
“Magic” will be in the air—or in the ring, at least—when Premier Boxing Champions returns to ESPN with a showdown between former 140- and 147-pound champ Paulie Malignaggi and reigning 140-pound kingpin Danny Garcia.
Sammy Vasquez Jr. built a huge following in Pittsburgh, now he’s looking to do so nationally
When Sammy Vasquez Jr. first turned pro, his father used to hand-deliver tickets to his son’s fights to the homes of anyone who wanted them.
Go behind the scenes as Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter prepare to battle in the latest edition of “Corner to Corner”
The Battle for Ohio and the Battle for Texas get heated on the same night when Cleveland’s Shawn Porter challenges Cincinnati’s Adrien Broner, and Houston’s Roberto Garcia takes on Dallas’ Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Erislandy Lara puts on a clinic in shutout decision over Delvin Rodriguez
Erislandy Lara hasn’t always had sterling luck with the judges. Losses to Paul Williams and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez can attest to that. The former tough-luck (or outright befuddling) loss made Lara so angry he came out and flattened Ronald Hearns in a minute and a half.
Carl Frampton vs Alejandro Gonzalez heads PBC card in Texas on July 18
Belfast’s own Carl Frampton is following in the footsteps of so many U.K. greats, and taking his show across the pond when he makes his U.S. and Premier Boxing Champions debut July 18 against Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, in a bout airing on CBS at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
Roberto Garcia finally gets a full, healthy camp in as he prepares for Errol Spence Jr.
Two days before he was supposed to fight Shawn Porter in March, Roberto Garcia sat at a press roundtable in Southern California slumped in his chair, baseball hat pulled low over his eyes, fleece zipped up around his neck despite the moderate spring temperatures.
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.
