Interviews

By Ivan G. Goldman In order for Marcos Maidana to win Sept. 13, say the oddsmakers, he can’t let Floyd Mayweather make it to the final bell. They’re so confident Maidana won’t win by decision they’ll put up $1,000 against your $100 wager. The same oddsmakers will pay only $700 …

by Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Despite the fact that just a week ago, Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor shot his own cousin five times and landed him in the hospital in critical condition, he will still be permitted to fight Sam Soliman on October 8. There has still been no public …

By Sean Crose “Will God not let me in heaven,” Floyd Mayweather asked during a Wednesday conference call with the media, “because I don’t read like a news anchor?” Judging from some recent comments from the internet and beyond, you would think He would. The mocking and meanspirited “reading challenge” …

FLOYD MAYWEATHER, 11-Time World Champion “This is a remarkable turnout and I appreciate the media who came out today. I’ve had a tremendous training camp and worked very hard. I’m mentally and physically prepared. I’m doing this fight for the fans. The fans have been with me for 18 years. …

By Ivan G. Goldman Tyson Bruce wrote an article on this site, “Boxing in 2014: A Waste of Time, Talent and Money,” that is, I think, a fair assessment of some of the disappointments we’ve endured thanks to terrible matches that do get made and great matches that don’t get …

By Sean Crose In order to understand just how prominent a boxing writer ESPNs Dan Rafael is, one need only glance at the endless barrage of criticism other boxing writers fire his way across the internet. Everything from the man’s attitude to his weight is employed as a source of …

By Sean Crose Okay, so maybe they’ll never be BFFs, but Floyd Mayweather and controversial fitness guru Alex Ariza are most certainly in some form of cahoots. A photo appeared on the internet Friday showing Ariza helping Mayweather stretch before a 3 am run. It wasn’t the odd hour that …

By Sean Crose Julio Caesar Chavez Jr has passed on yet another fight – this time against super middleweight champ Andre Dirrell. It also appears that Chavez Jr doesn’t want to fight British superstar Carl Froch, either – even though Froch has shown a genuine interest in fighting him. That …

Kelly Swanson Thanks, everybody, for calling in today. This is awfully exciting. We’re just weeks away from “MAYHEM: Mayweather vs. Maidana 2” and we’re very fortunate to be joined today on this conference call by Marcos Maidana along with his trainer, Robert Garcia. We also have on the line, Eric …

By Ivan G. Goldman Word comes from the WBC that instant replay will now be available to review some calls in WBC, WBA, and IBF championship fights. The WBC said the three sanctioning groups agreed to it when they met last June in Cancun, Mexico. The instant replay recourse, said …