Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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David Lemieux gets chance for WBO middleweight title Dec. 16 vs. Billy Joe Saunders
Canada?s David Lemieux will have an opportunity to regain a middleweight title Dec. 16 after his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, struck a deal Tuesday for Lemieux to fight England?s Billy Joe…
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Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz both win tune-up fights impressively to set up March rematch
When a reporter suggested to Abner Mares last week that he?s likely risen to favored status over Leo Santa Cruz, given the way Santa Cruz seemingly has dodged him this year, Mares…
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Orlando Salido gets title shot at countryman Berchelt, going head to head with Lomachenko bout
Popular veteran super-featherweight boxer Orlando Salido has landed both a title shot at Mexican countryman Miguel Berchelt and a chance to take away some of rival Vasyl Lomachenko?s audience. ?It?ll come down…
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Alvarez-Golovkin fight generated 1.3 million pay-per-view buys
The Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin middleweight title fight produced 1.3 million pay-per-view buys, the best showing between two world champion boxers since Floyd Mayweather?s record-setting 2015 triumph over Manny Pacquiao. The figure was…
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Jorge Linares retains WBA lightweight title with split-decision victory over Luke Campbell
Jorge Linares dug deep in his veteran bag of boxing skills Saturday night and discovered a way to edge England?s Luke Campbell by split decision. Linares was awarded victory by scores of…
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A look inside boxing judging with an eye toward fixing it
Oscar De La Hoya had one question after hearing judge Adalaide Byrd?s 118-110 scorecard favoring his fighter Canelo Alvarez over unbeaten, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in Saturday?s fight in Las Vegas: ?What…
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Judge Adalaide Byrd expected to be sidelined for the rest of 2017 following Golovkin-Alvarez scorecard
Adalaide Byrd, the Nevada fight judge who turned in a highly criticized scorecard favoring Canelo Alvarez in his Saturday night draw against middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin, is expected to be sidelined…
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Canelo vs. GGG round-by-round live updates: Classic fight ends in a draw
LAS VEGAS ? Throwing heavy leather and showing unbending upper-body strength, Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez staged a fight for the ages Saturday that the judges called a draw. Golovkin (37-0-1) retains…
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Will Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin live up to the hype? Everyone seems to think so
he attention to detail that has defined the careers of Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin was seen again Friday when each weighed in precisely at the middleweight limit of 160 pounds. Now…
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Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez don’t talk trash, or much else, before fight
Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez said little, but their words were similar Wednesday when they rose behind the microphone at their final pre-fight news conference. ?I don?t want to talk too much,?…
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Restrictions placed on reporters during training camp could affect pay-per-view buys for Canelo-Golovkin
If the greatest impact on the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin pay-per-view sales on HBO is the dollars used up by the Aug. 26 Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight, another significant blow will be…
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin: Here’s all you need to know about the fight
Even as he trained for Conor McGregor last month, Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s thoughts turned to Saturday?s anticipated middleweight title fight between unbeaten, three-belt champion Gennady Golovkin and his challenger from Mexico, Canelo…
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Gennady Golovkin starts fight week in unusual fashion
Middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin is considered by some to be the best in the world at his profession, a job that requires its participants in deciding moments to turn away from…
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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai erases doubts with KO of Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai removed any doubt about whether he?s a champion Saturday, knocking out Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez in the fourth round at StubHub Center. Sor Rungvisai, after edging former pound-for-pound No. 1…
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Training for fight, featherweight champion Oscar Valdez also takes on Trump’s hard line on immigration
Oscar Valdez has enough to concern himself with as he readies for an ESPN-televised main event Sept. 22 in Tucson, near where he was raised, along the U.S.-Mexico border. The unbeaten World…
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Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez gets a chance to avenge his only defeat in bout against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai at StubHub Center
In the same night, Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez lost his unbeaten record, his world-title belt and his lofty standing in the pound-for-pound rankings. ?I felt I won the fight,? Gonzalez said of his…
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Promoters aim to give the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin fight a throwback feel
There might be better ways to spend a Sunday than being crammed inside a smoky Los Angeles warehouse, wearing a wool suit for the better part of 16 hours in 100-degree heat.…
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Oscar De La Hoya breathes sigh of relief after Mayweather-McGregor fight
Oscar De La Hoya had some harsh things to say about Floyd Mayweather?s boxing match against UFC champion Conor McGregor, but now that the spectacle is over, he?s relieved to not be…
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Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather offer one last bit of drama before settling it in the ring
Conor McGregor?s ability to visualize and realize the impossible has gotten him to this stage, a place where victory would elevate him to otherworldly status among sporting figures. Unfortunately for McGregor, the…
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Mayweather-McGregor is a battle for supremacy between boxing and mixed martial arts
Floyd Mayweather Jr. sought to educate Conor McGregor about the difference between a lifetime commitment to boxing and McGregor?s recent dalliance. ?One thing you should know about boxing: If you give it,…