Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Boxing promoter Dan Goossen dies at 64
Boxing promoter Dan Goossen, who first staged bouts at the Reseda Country Club and later walked one of his fighters into the Staples Center ring for a world heavyweight title bout, died…
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Mayweather whets appetites for Pacquiao match
The first words out of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s mouth following his picking apart of Marcos Maidana were, "The saga continues ? ." The story of Mayweather's unbeaten record goes on, as does…
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Mayweather retains title with unanimous decision over Maidana
hampion Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained unbeaten with a unanimous-decision victory over Marcos Maidana in another hard-hitting and strategic fight for the world welterweight championship on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden…
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Oscar De La Hoya meets again with Bob Arum, ‘Canelo’-Cotto on table
The end of boxing?s cold war is at hand. The healing between promoters Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum continued this week with a personal meeting in Las Vegas and momentum…
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Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach bent on beating Chris Algieri
Freddie Roach is bitter and vows that his fighter this time, Manny Pacquiao, will be much better against Chris Algieri. Roach in June trained junior-welterweight world champion Ruslan Provodnikov for his trip…
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Manny Pacquiao says fans want to see him fight Floyd Mayweather Jr.
While unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues to pound the idea that he's this generation's best fighter, the nemesis he's never fought, Manny Pacquiao, is happily proceeding with his life and career. Yes,…
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Chris Algieri thinks he can beat Manny Pacquiao
hris Algieri wears stones around his wrist and neck that he believes increase the positive energy around him. "They're for tranquillity, power and self confidence," the New Yorker said Tuesday in Hollywood,…
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Nonito Donaire will be on Golovkin fight card in October
Gennady Golovkin?s 17-fight knockout streak will have some power-punching company Oct. 18 at StubHub Center in Carson. Fight promoter Tom Loeffler said middleweight world champion Golovkin?s bid to become the first man…
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Gennady Golovkin will fight at StubHub Center in Carson on Oct. 18
Gennady Golovkin, the middleweight world champion and knockout artist who trains in Big Bear, will fight in Southern California for the first time on Oct. 18 when he meets Mexico?s Marco Antonio…
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Bernard Hopkins’ move to HBO a ‘Canelo’ precursor?
Barring a stunning upset Saturday night, the extended HBO blackout of fighters connected to Oscar De La Hoya?s Golden Boy Promotions is due to end in the fall. And with that, De…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. opens door to chasing 50-0 record
Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Thursday hedged on ending his boxing career at the close of his six-fight Showtime contract that is scheduled to expire after a planned bout in September 2015. Now…
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez victory a big one for Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya and his company Golden Boy Promotions have been effectively under siege in recent weeks following the departure of his chief executive and friction with the sport?s most powerful…
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez does enough to beat Erislandy Lara
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez was charged again Saturday with running down an elusive, defense-minded fighter, and this time he found him enough to claim victory. Alvarez was kept away by a jabbing, backpedaling…
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Ruslan Provodnikov wants to impress, earn fight with Manny Pacquiao
Ruslan Provodnikov is moving toward the tricky moment of needing to call out his stablemate Manny Pacquiao. Before that, he can just concentrate on what he does best: throw power punches in…
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is in Oscar De La Hoya’s corner
There might be a power struggle going on at Golden Boy Promotions, but there?s no doubt about who the company?s prized boxer is aligned with. Mexico?s Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez said Tuesday he?s…
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Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer doesn’t want to deal with Bob Arum
There?s a substantial difference of opinion between the man who runs Golden Boy Promotions and the former world-champion boxer the Los Angeles-based company is named after. A day after Golden Boy President…
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Knockout specialist Keith Thurman stars in StubHub card
Keith Thurman has had 20 knockouts in 22 fights, which is eye-grabbing by itself, and now he?ll have a Showtime and StubHub Center main event audience to boost his reputation. Thurman, a…
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Manny Pacquiao-Canelo Alvarez? Oscar De La Hoya, Bob Arum are talking
Oscar De La Hoya?s Golden Boy Promotions hasn?t worked on a fight of substance with his former promoter and on-again, off-again rival, Bob Arum of Top Rank Promotions, in five years. But…
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Promoter: Bob Arum doesn’t want Manny-Pacquaio-Floyd Mayweather fight
Golden Boy Promotions Chief Executive Richard Schaefer, who said he returned from a spring-break vacation with his family Monday, said he doesn?t believe rival promoter Bob Arum truly wants to make a…
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Manny Pacquiao’s camp pushing for talks with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao may not have returned entirely to his dominance of a half-decade ago in beating Timothy Bradley, but the performance easily had enough credibility to ?go there? once…