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Potentially thousands of tickets are still available for Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 08 Aug 2017
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor are both apt to flaunt their wealth outside the boxing ring and UFC octagon.
And with ticket prices set for their Aug. 26 fight at one of the highest price points in sports history, both fighters are counting on those attending to do the same.
Ringside Read Full Story >>>Conor McGregor's coaches had a peculiar reason for not hiring more qualified boxing trainers to prepare for the Floyd Mayweather fight
By Scott Davis, Business Insider, Tue, 08 Aug 2017
Like Conor McGregor himself, the Floyd Mayweather bout will be the first boxing match for McGregor's coaches also.
According to a profile of McGregor's upbringing in Dublin, Ireland from ESPN's Wright Thompson, McGregor's coaches have never "cornered" a boxing match.
John Kavanagh, McGreg Read Full Story >>> Conor McGregor has no chance against Floyd Mayweather, UFC rival says
Fox News, Tue, 08 Aug 2017
Jose Aldo, the former UFC featherweight champion who once lost to Conor McGregor in a single punch, said Monday that his rival has zero chance of beating undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather when the two fighters meet later this summer.
"There is no way McGregor can defeat Mayweather," Aldo said. Read Full Story >>> Vasyl Lomachenko Is Much More Experienced Than You Realize
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
The fandom is over the top with the emergence of boxing?s next must-see fighter. He is Vasyl Lomachenko 9-1 (7), the current holder of the WBO junior lightweight title. This past weekend Lomachenko completely dominated an outclassed Miguel Marriaga 25-3 (21) who withdrew from the fight after the sev Read Full Story >>> Nicholas Walters Faces Arturo Reyes on Crawford-Indongo
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
BoxingScene.com has been advised that former featherweight champion Nicholas "Axeman" Walters (26-1-1) will return to the ring on August 19th against Arturo Santos Reyes (19-8) at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The fight will take place underneath the super lightweight unification Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor becomes biggest in boxing betting history with ?11.3million wagered to ONE bookmaker
The Sun, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
It is now the most bet on boxing event in Betfair history.
The last record of ?8.9m in bets was set by Mayweather when he collided with Filipino slugger Manny Pacquiao in 2015.
Betfair are predicting a staggering ?50M of wagers will have been placed on the fight in total by the time the first Read Full Story >>> Jeff Horn: Sweat and blood await as he prepares for Manny Pacquiao rematch
By Phil Lutton, The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
These are good days for Jeff Horn. He drives a shiny new sponsor-supplied Lexus, instead of a Camry that has been around the block at Acacia Ridge one too many times.
His new-found fame has opened doors he never realised existed prior to his ownership of the WBO welterweight belt, won in such mem Read Full Story >>> Jeff Horn vs Manny Pacquiao 2017: 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' fight has finally arrived
By Andrew Webster, Blayney Chronicle, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
Brisbane schoolteacher Jeff Horn stripped off, made weight and then eyeballed 11-time world champion Manny Pacquiao for the last time ahead of Sunday afternoon's WBO welterweight showdown before 50,000 people at Suncorp Stadium.
"I finally thought to myself, 'I'm not smiling'," the unassuming 29- Read Full Story >>> Why the heavyweight division could REALLY use a World Boxing Super Series right about now
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
As fans look forward to the start of the first two World Boxing Super Series tournaments in a few weeks? time, the heavyweight division has gone into a whirlwind since the retirement of Ukrainian great Wladimir Klitschko.
The eight-man competitions, where the winner walks away with not only the g Read Full Story >>> Horn wants random drug testing for Pacquiao rematch
Rappler, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
MANILA, Philippines ? The camp of Jeff Horn says they will request a random drug testing protocol prior to a rematch with Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, according to Horn's trainer Glenn Rushton.
After the underdog Horn pulled off a shocking win against Pacquiao last month to clinch the W Read Full Story >>> Zayats defeats Vanttinen by decision in M-1 Challenge 82 main event
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
HELSINKI, Finland (August 6, 2017) - Russian light heavyweight Mikhail Zayats defeated Marcus "Caveman" Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night's M-1 Challenge 82 main event, which headlined the first M-1 Global ev Read Full Story >>> Middleweight Iron Men: GGG, Canelo and Others
By Jeffrey Freeman, The Sweet Science, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
It?s never a good thing for a fighter to look past his next opponent but for fans and boxing writers it?s perfectly acceptable to consider what comes down the road. In the middleweight division, all eyes are currently fixed on September 16 in Las Vegas. It?s a month and a half to go before we know w Read Full Story >>> Cotto: I Want To Finish My Career in The Best Possible Way
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto is looking to face the biggest name possible when he ends his career, before the year is out.
The first order of business is a ring return later this month, when Cotto takes on Japan's Yoshihiro Kamegai for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title Read Full Story >>> Welterweight class may be deepest, but other divisions are catching up
By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
The welterweight division deservedly earns plaudits as boxing?s deepest division.
From the career-resuming Floyd Mayweather Jr. to current sanctioning-body belt holders Keith Thurman and Errol Spence to the still relevant Manny Pacquiao and established contenders Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, th Read Full Story >>> Sparring partner says Conor McGregor 'whimpers like a girl' after body shots
By David Rivers, Daily Star (UK), Mon, 07 Aug 2017
Paulie Malignaggi has been sparring with the Irishman as the UFC star prepares to face Floyd Mayweather on August 26 in Las Vegas.
Now Malignaggi has revealed details about the pairs' bitter sparring sessions.
He tweeted: "This coming week I'll actually start to discuss a bit what happened Tue Read Full Story >>> Vasyl Lomachenko is not No1 pound-for-pound... yet
By Alex Rea, Sport 360, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
Turning bullying into an art form, Vasyl Lomachenko forced yet another fighter to quit on Saturday as he retained his WBO super-featherweight title with a tortuous display of genius against Miguel Marriaga.
For the third straight fight, the Ukrainian teased and tormented his opponent into surrend Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs McGregor: No, it's still not going to be competitive
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
In the latest installment of the soap opera that is "Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor", former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi recently left the UFC training facility for good and is now refusing to work with the Irish underdog any further, citing a lack of professionalism and an Read Full Story >>> ?Sky?s the limit? for Sultan, says trainer
By Josef T. Ramos, The Manila Times, Mon, 07 Aug 2017
Jonas Sultan?s trainer Edito Villamor said if his ward beats compatriot Johnriel Casimero on September 16 in their International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight title eliminator bout, it will open for greater opportunities for Sultan.
?If he beats Casimero, it?s going to be sky?s the limi Read Full Story >>> TIM BRADLEY?S RETIREMENT STATEMENT
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 06 Aug 2017
There always comes a point in life where we have to make choices that no matter how much we know the right option, it still leaves us filled with mixed emotions.
I have spent the past couple days trying to find th Read Full Story >>> Adios Klitschko: Wlad the Inhaler
By John Gatling, NYFights.com, Sun, 06 Aug 2017
Vlad The Inhaler once had a knight killed for holding his nose at the stench of 20,000 impaled men, women and children during a festival.
Understand that one of two things would?ve happened if this most tyrannical man was beside me at ringside in Madison Square Garden for Wladimir Klitschko V Sul Read Full Story >>>
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