Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Canelo Alvarez’s purse from fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. won’t be garnished, promoter says
Canelo Alvarez?s purse money from fighting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday night will not be garnished to settle an $8.5-million legal judgment, Alvarez?s promoter said. Tuto Zabala, Alvarez?s former promoter, was…
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Canelo ready to continue boxing’s resurgence against Chavez Jr.
Like his sport, Canelo Alvarez has taken a few punches on the chin from an audience demanding more intense action. Competitive bouts this year have lifted the sport back from the negativity…
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Anthony Joshua taking a champion’s approach to Wladimir Klitschko’s mind tricks
Anthony Joshua grinned through the pats on the back Wladimir Klitschko gave him during the promotion for their Saturday fight, but the youngster also has shown a keen understanding of the gamesmanship…
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Friendly competition inspires three champions defending belts Saturday at StubHub Center
Gilberto Ramirez knows what it means for his close friends Oscar Valdez and Jessie Magdaleno to fight near their training home Saturday with world-title belts, but he?s also competitive enough to raise…
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Oscar Valdez’s Saturday main event can boost his best-of-the-featherweights credentials
Oscar Valdez is in the company of several fight experts who believe the featherweight division is boxing?s best. Saturday night, inside the same StubHub Center ropes where his Southland neighbors Leo Santa…
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Vasyl Lomachenko will use his fists and his mind against Jason Sosa
The pattering of the speed bag, the grunts of a sparring session and the sweat from jumping rope are staple scenes of the boxing gym. For Vasyl Lomachenko, there?s also the quiet…
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Bob Arum: Manny Pacquiao has signed to fight Jeff Horn on July 2 in Australia
Manny Pacquiao has signed a contract to defend his welterweight world title against Australia?s Jeff Horn on July 2 in Brisbane, Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday as he waited for the…
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Oscar De La Hoya, doubting Gennady Golovkin’s drawing power, will redo offer for Canelo fight
Oscar De La Hoya is crafting a new offer to Gennady Golovkin for a super fight in September in light of the poor pay-per-view numbers from Saturday?s fight against Daniel Jacobs. De…
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Mikey Garcia reluctant to enter boxing’s slumping pay-per-view market
Mikey Garcia is an unbeaten world champion like Gennady Golovkin, but as the 29-year-old lightweight assesses boxing?s television landscape, he?d prefer exposure over the chance for a few extra bucks. The boxer…
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De La Hoya: Gennady Golovkin’s thin win doesn’t increase his ‘B’ side value for Canelo Alvarez fight
With negotiations scheduled to resume this week for a Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin fight, promoter Oscar De La Hoya indicated Golovkin?s narrow victory over Daniel Jacobs did nothing to increase his ?B? side…
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Gennady Golovkin finds a new way to win against Daniel Jacobs
Gennady Golovkin?s knockout streak succumbed Saturday night to a man who refuses to cave. Although the judges awarded three-belt middleweight champion Golovkin (37-0) a unanimous-decision victory by scores of 115-112, 115-112, 114-113,…
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Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, Carlos Cuadras building appetite for rematch on Golovkin card
Carlos Cuadras makes a strong case for why he?s worthy of a $1-million purse once he can get Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez back in the ring. Cuadras and Gonzalez produced a fight-of-the-year candidate…
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How Golovkin is channeling Bruce Lee in preparation for Jacobs fight
Officially, Gennady Golovkin will pursue his 17th consecutive middleweight title victory when he faces Daniel Jacobs at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Yet, by Golovkin?s standards, that fight was already won during…
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Gennady Golovkin, Oscar De La Hoya exchange verbal blows over Canelo Alvarez fight
hile both Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez need to win their coming fights to give their long-discussed September showdown the most meaning, it also would help if there were more agreement between…
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After exposing Olympic judges, Ireland’s Michael Conlan gains Conor McGregor’s support for pro debut
It?s not the Olympic rings that define Michael Conlan. It?s the defiance embodied by the double middle fingers he shot at Olympic judges who were ultimately fired that set the tone for…
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Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson aims to launch a rapid pro-boxing ascent on April 22 StubHub Center card
It hasn?t taken Shakur Stevenson, 19, long to find the fast track to stardom. The 2016 Olympic boxing silver medalist attended his introductory news conference as a pro Tuesday at the Manhattan…
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Manny Pacquiao will not fight Amir Khan as he?d hoped on April 22
Manny Pacquiao will not fight in the United Arab Emirates as he?d hoped on April 22, and Amir Khan is now seen as an opponent who?ll have to wait until the second…
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Gennady Golovkin doubts Canelo Alvarez’s intentions, but not Daniel Jacobs’ validity
Gennady Golovkin said that, for the first time in as long as he can remember, ?I don?t know who wins? when he meets fellow World Boxing Assn. middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs on…
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After Australia fight falls through, Manny Pacquiao is looking for a date with Amir Khan
Manny Pacquiao has joined most of the boxing masses in turning his back on a proposed April 21 fight in Australia against Jeff Horn, reporting on Twitter late Wednesday that he?s in…
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Female photographers capture combat sports’ personal (and bloody) moments
Women aren?t only headlining more main events in combat sports these days. They?re also surrounding the cage and ring, turning in some of the finest photography in both mixed martial arts and…