Victor Salazar
320 articles · The Boxing Voice
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Hopkins: It Will Take a Hell of a Guy To Beat Golovkin
During his career, Bernard Hopkins had a historic reign in the middleweight division and one that is unmatched as he still stands as the only fighter to unify the WBO/WBA/WBC/IBF world titles.…
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Hopkins Vows GBP Will Continue Matching Stable Tough
On October 3rd, one of Golden Boy?s flagship fighters Lucas Matthysse was stopped by Viktor Postol. This past weekend another star fighter in the Golden Boy stable, David Lemiuex, was stopped by…
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Loeffler: GGG is Biggest Fight For Cotto, Canelo in 2016
New York, NY - Depending on the final buyrate figures for Gennady Golovkin?s first venture into the pay-per-view market, his likely million dollar live gate at a sold out Madison Square Garden…
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De La Hoya: GGG Did Good, Gonzalez More Impressive
While it could be debated as to whether or not the middleweight unification between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux belonged on a pay-per-view platform, there was no debating the atmosphere that was…
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Loeffler: Golovkin Was Much More Tentative With Lemieux
New York, New York - When people think of IBO/IBF/WBA middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, many associate power as his primary asset. On Saturday night he showed an excellent jab, which controlled…
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HBO Sports Exec on The Rise of Gennady Golovkin
New York - HBO Sports Executive Peter Nelson remembered the day when the Managing Director of K2 Promotions, Tom Loeffler, walked into his office with Kazakh middleweight Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (33-0,31 KO's).…
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Cotto Firm, Nobody Will Force Him To Face GGG/Lemieux
New York- Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KO?s) embarks on possibly the most important fight of his career when he opposes the younger and bigger Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KO?s) on November…
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Rigondeaux wants catch-weight; Lomachenko rejects
Are we closer to a potential clash between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Vasyl Lomachenko? A few days ago Gary Hyde, Rigondeaux?s manager, issued a statement that Rigondeaux was willing to fight Lomachenko at…
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Bar Set Too High For Keith Thurman?
Was the bar set too high for Keith ?One Time? Thurman this weekend? Even before his fight with Luis Collazo, he was deemed boxing?s next big star per the PBC on ESPN…
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Mayweather can be beaten like any fighter, says Hunter
When the names Andre Berto and Karim Mayfield were dropped as possible Mayweather opponents in September for what might be Mayweather?s last possible fights, many reporters weren?t taking Mayweather serious. But Mayweather…
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Bradley-Vargas: The Battle To Belong
Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KO?s) is out to prove he belongs. Timothy ?Desert Storm? Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KO?s) is trying to prove he still belongs. The two will clash in a welterweight…
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Mayweather: I already said, I?m fighting Berto or Mayfield
?I can only write a check for 100 million for one fighter.? As Floyd Mayweather Jr. was holding court with the media members after the Shawn Porter-Adrien Broner fight, more of the…
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Calderon: Canelo Will Be a Hard Fight For Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto?s future path in boxing will likely lead him to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in the fall. Should he win that fight, there could be a future showdown with Gennady Golovkin. Former…
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Mayweather still plans to retire in September
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0) defeated Manny Pacquiao this past May, there wasn?t much more the pound-for-pound stalwart could do to top that in his resume. In terms of boxing, he beat…
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Arum Has Interest in Staging Pacquiao-Khan in Dubai
Speaking with a few Top Rank personnel at the final presser for this weekend?s HBO?s Boxing After Dark even in New York, the discussion of the company heading over to Dubai appeared…
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WBC President on Cotto-Canelo ?I think it?s close and will happen with the approval of the mandatory, Golovkin.?
So just how big is the fight between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez. Most industry experts would predict a 7 figure pay-per-view buy rate with a massive gate depending on the venue.…
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Scully: You Saw Cotto’s Response on Fighting Golovkin
Trainer John Scully gave nothing but praise to WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs) for his performance this past Saturday night, when the Puerto Rican star knocked out Daniel Geale in…
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Kell Brook ?If anyone is getting that Mayweather fight it?s me?
News broke yesterday when La Times Boxing writer Lance Pugmire reported that the Mayweather sweepstakes for September were down to two men, Amir Khan and Kell Brook. Khan?s name has been mentioned…
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Cotto on Golovkin and Canelo Implies Catch-weights Not ?a big issue?
Until Miguel Cotto fights Canelo Alvarez or Gennady Golovkin, the questions will continue to come to him about those fights. Today at the final press conference for his fight with Daniel Geale,…
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Pacquiao would kill Malignaggi, says a candid Roach
Is Manny Pacquiao coming back to the ring and for how long? Pacquiao is recovering from surgery from a torn rotator cuff and most likely will be out until 2016. The rumors…