Erislandy Lara puts on a clinic in shutout decision over Delvin Rodriguez
Erislandy Lara hasn’t always had sterling luck with the judges. Losses to Paul Williams and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez can attest to that. The former tough-luck (or outright befuddling) loss made Lara so angry he came out and flattened Ronald Hearns in a minute and a half.
Carl Frampton vs Alejandro Gonzalez heads PBC card in Texas on July 18
Belfast’s own Carl Frampton is following in the footsteps of so many U.K. greats, and taking his show across the pond when he makes his U.S. and Premier Boxing Champions debut July 18 against Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, in a bout airing on CBS at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
Roberto Garcia finally gets a full, healthy camp in as he prepares for Errol Spence Jr.
Two days before he was supposed to fight Shawn Porter in March, Roberto Garcia sat at a press roundtable in Southern California slumped in his chair, baseball hat pulled low over his eyes, fleece zipped up around his neck despite the moderate spring temperatures.
Everyone makes weight for Lara vs Rodriguez, Beterbiev vs Johnson
On a gray, occasionally rainy day in Chicagoland, the atmosphere inside the Virgin Hotel was convivial, filled with bright, coordinated T-shirts of fighter’s teams, brighter matching tracksuits and the brightest of all: Erislandy Lara’s underpants.
Sergio Mora breaks down Erislandy Lara vs Delvin Rodriguez
Erislandy Lara faces down Delvin Rodriguez on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Spike TV (9 p.m. ET/PT). How does the Latin Snake, Sergio Mora, see it going down?
Shawn Porter keeps the home fires burning for Adrien Broner fight
Plenty of fighters crave the Spartan, distraction-free confines of a training camp far from their hometowns. For Shawn Porter, though, it was an easy choice to keep his camp where he makes his home, and where he’ll be fighting Adrien Broner—in Las Vegas, the last city in the country anyone could describe as “Spartan.”
Erislandy Lara finds the turning points in his Greatest Hits
Erislandy Lara has been at a crossroads before, and every time he’s learned something about himself. His first loss taught him that judges don’t always get it right. The fight after that taught him the value of fighting angry. And the first time he went down in a fight, he learned that he has what it takes to get up off the deck.
Spike TV finds ‘The American Dream’ in Lara vs Rodriguez Lights Out
Spike TV is back with another episode of Lights Out, following Erislandy Lara through training camp in Texas and Delvin Rodriguez through his hikes in Connecticut.