Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Canelo Alvarez sheds clothes to make weight for Liam Smith title fight
Canelo Alvarez and his Saturday opponent, Liam Smith, each weighed in at the junior-middleweight limit 154 pounds Friday. Alvarez needed to shed all his clothing to make weight, stepping on the scale…
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Liam Smith has Canelo Alvarez facing British Revolution
Canelo Alvarez?s opponent may be anonymous to most in the U.S., but Liam Smith is part of something powerful overseas. Call it boxing?s United Kingdom invasion. Smith, from Liverpool, is one of…
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Gennady Golovkin posts 23rd straight knockout when Kell Brook corner throws in towel
Despite a game effort by welterweight Kell Brook through four rounds, his trainer threw in the towel following a furious attack from Gennady Golovkin in the fifth. The victory, Golovkin?s 23rd consecutive…
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Robert Guerrero drops split decision to David Peralta
Whether it was the toll of age, an eye on a future fight or slipping talent, Robert Guerrero couldn?t hold off anonymous Argentine journeyman David Peralta on Saturday. The questions now aimed…
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Promoter: Canelo Alvarez has right to weigh financial legacy as Golovkin awaits
Canelo Alvarez is pleading a case that many aren?t buying, but if the experience of a veteran fight man counts, perhaps there should be a different way to look at Alvarez?s balk…
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Bob Arum slams HBO for not distributing Manny Pacquiao’s next pay-per-view
Veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum, criticizing HBO for ?abandoning? Manny Pacquiao ?after sucking him dry for 10 years,? said Thursday he?s mulling self-distributing the fighter?s Nov. 5 pay-per-view fight against welterweight champion…
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Pacquiao finalizing details for November comeback bout against Vargas
Manny Pacquiao?s choice of Jessie Vargas as a comeback opponent in November isn?t so much about the belt or the purse he?ll gain. It is mostly about keeping Pacquiao in position to…
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Promoters squabbling over plans for Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev bout
Andre Ward?s promoter, rapper Jay Z?s Roc Nation Sports, is dragging its feet to commit to staging a Nov. 19 light-heavyweight title fight against Sergey Kovalev at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.…
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Orlando Salido displeased with purse offer for Lomachenko, turns eyes to Takashi Miura
Veteran fight promoter Bob Arum?s mood has been ornery to say the least in recent weeks. Consider Monday an anti-anti-depressant. While Arum was flying to the Philippines to discuss Manny Pacquiao?s next…
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Manny Pacquiao manager: Jessie Vargas will be the Nov. 5 opponent
Manny Pacquiao?s manager said Wednesday that the record eight-division world champion has decided he?ll fight World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas next. Pacquiao?s promoter, Bob Arum, tweeted this week that he…
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Carl Frampton wins brawl with Leo Santa Cruz to claim featherweight title
Leo Santa Cruz threw a whopping 1,002 punches Saturday, and it wasn?t enough to retain his featherweight world title. Northern Ireland?s Carl Frampton, in a display of toughness and courage, overcame the…
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New York’s Irish treat Carl Frampton as their own, not L.A.’s Leo Santa Cruz
Leo Santa Cruz?s wish to venture outside his comfort zone of Southern California for a big fight was met with throaty resistance Friday. A massive throng of Irishmen supporting Santa Cruz?s Saturday…
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Lively Ricky Hatton talks Kell Brook-Gennady Golovkin fight, plus Canelo and Mayweather
The one and only Ricky Hatton, who created two of the more festive fight weeks of the last decade in Las Vegas, showed again Thursday that he knows how to stir things…
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Boxing’s five best fights of 2016 (so far)
Los Angeles has hosted three of boxing?s top fights this year, with an eye toward at least one more likely entry by the time the calendar turns for good. Talks are in…
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Terence Crawford defeats Viktor Postol by decision to unify junior-welterweight titles
The many facial expressions of Terence Crawford said it all Saturday as the unbeaten junior-welterweight added a second belt to his collection. Crawford, flashing a deadly and vicious look of wanting to…
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Terence Crawford’s good fortune to be tested by fellow unbeaten champion Viktor Postol
Terence Crawford found himself in a rare position Thursday night. After accidentally leaving his MGM Grand hotel room key too close to his cellphone, the key stopped working. Crawford, without any identification,…
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Terence Crawford, ‘next American boxing superstar,’ puts his title on the line Saturday
Terence Crawford has shown the potential to become ?the next American boxing superstar,? promoter Bob Arum said. What the 28-year-old Nebraska product has displayed in winning his first 28 fights, 20 by…
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Canelo Alvarez on getting bashed for avoiding Golovkin: “I don’t worry about that stuff”
Canelo Alvarez has heard the torching criticism of his veering from unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin to instead fight little-known 154-pound Liam Smith of England. ?I don?t worry about that stuff,? Alvarez…
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Manny Pacquiao tells promoter Bob Arum he’s willing to un-retire for a fall bout
Manny Pacquiao has said he?s prepared to un-retire and fight again in the fall, just in time to increase interest in one of his promoter?s pay-per-view fights. Pacquiao, 37, was elected to…
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Manny Pacquiao has an Oct. 15 fight date, but can he keep it?
Manny Pacquiao?s promoter has reserved Oct. 15 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for what could be the fighter?s comeback bout from a short-lived retirement. However, promoter Bob Arum attached a sizable…