Las Vegas has landed amateur boxing’s showcase event, with the Golden Gloves national championships to be contested here next year.
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Boxers J’Leon Love and Matt Garretson tested positive for diuretics after their May 4 fights at the MGM Grand Garden, the Nevada Athletic Commission announced Wednesday.
NEW YORK — Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-earning athlete in American sports for the second straight year.
Las Vegas’ Marco Magdaleno lost his opening bout at the Golden Gloves national championships on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Magdaleno fell by decision to California’s Tavorus Teague at 152 pounds.
Robert Guerrero’s attempt to bring a gun onto an airplane will not land him in jail after all.
Jamey Swanson figures he always can drive a garbage truck. But he’s not always going to be able to be a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s win over Robert Guerrero was an artistic success, but not a box-office smash.
A little over a month after suffering his first professional loss, Las Vegas boxer Diego Magdaleno has decided to part ways with his longtime trainer and manager, Pat Barry.
The right hand that did the majority of the damage Saturday to Robert Guerrero will ultimately determine whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights in September.
If promoters are looking for a name to bill the fight, they could call it “The Battle of the Big Mouths.”
And on the first matchup of a six-fight contract with CBS/Showtime that could earn Floyd Mayweather Jr. $200 million over the next 30 months, we learned a few things:
Using his superior ring generalship and a lethal right hand, Floyd Mayweather Jr. outboxed and outclassed Robert Guerrero on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, winning a 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Garden and keeping his perfect record intact.
Daniel Ponce De Leon’s reign as the WBC featherweight champion was a brief one. Unbeaten Abner Mares saw to that by scoring an impressive technical knockout in the ninth round in his first time fighting at 126 pounds Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
The song has been blasting through the speakers at his gym, and don’t be surprised if Floyd Mayweather Jr. walks to the MGM Grand Garden ring Saturday night as it plays.
“If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighborhood, Who ya gonna call?
