Interviews

By Sean Crose “No,” Gennady Golovkin said to me after I asked if he felt boxing’s biggest names were avoiding him. “I understand my situation.” How many other fighters in Golovkin’s position would be as reasonable, or as humble? The man is a monster in the ring, after all, the …

By Sean Crose There was definitely love for Marcos Maidana during the final LA stop of the press tour to promote “Mayhem,” his rematch with pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather. For Argentinan flags abounded at the gathering. Yet Mayweather came out in a button down shirt and sports coat …

By Sean Crose One simply couldn’t be blamed for thinking Monday’s oddly hostile press conference between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana at Times Square was a product of marketing rather than of emotions. After all, the pay per view numbers for the first Mayweather-Maidana fight were rumored to have been …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 8th to July 15th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Erislandy Lara: There Is No Way I Lost to Canelo After landing more punches and connecting …

By Ivan G. Goldman The Red Sea will part and allow the super-fight the whole world craves to enter the pay-per-view Promised Land. So says Floyd Mayweather, Sr. Floyd Junior’s father, trainer, and close advisor told a reliable Boxing Insider source that Team Mayweather is indeed shooting for a super-fight …

By Sean Crose It was almost worth the wait. After hanging around for nearly seventy-five minutes, fans and journalists got to witness the Times Square press conference announcing September’s Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana rematch get positively wild. Photo: Mayweather Promotions Twitter Oh, it was a fairly pedestrian affair at first. Madiana …

By Sean Crose A lot of boxing fans were furious with judge Levi Martinez’ scorecard for the Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara bout on Saturday night. Truth be told, these fans had a right to be furious. To pick Canelo as the winner – which Martinez did – was one thing. To …

TICKETS FOR “MAYHEM: FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MARCOS MAIDANA 2” ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE TUESDAY, JULY 15 AT 1 P.M. ET/10 A.M PT LAS VEGAS (July 14, 2014) – Tickets for the biggest rematch in recent memory, “MAYHEM: Mayweather vs. Maidana 2,” go on sale tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15 …

By Kirk Jackson What a fight between the top junior middleweight contenders Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Erislandy Lara. Photo: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy As predicted, there was a clash of styles, in which resulted as an evenly matched bout. This was a battle of speed, power, endurance and intelligence. This match-up …

By Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez left his locker room Saturday night in a way which was reminiscent of 20s heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey. Head down, hair unkempt, five o’clock shadow clearly present, the young man from Guadalajara looked more like a dark, brooding warrior than he did a knight in …