(Photo credit: Sumio Yamada) By Paul Strauss: What’s a silly movie made in 1966, starring Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers and Buster Keaton got to do with this Saturday night’s HBO PPV fight night at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV? » Read Full Article
JC Chavez Jr. set the trap…has Maravilla already taken the bait?
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By Joseph Herron: Great trainers insist to every fighter who walks through their gym to leave all emotion at the door. » Read Full Article
Would Chavez Jr. be popular if he didn’t have a famous father?
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By Michael Collins: In looking at how average WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. » Read Full Article
Khan possibly interested in Matthysse fight
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By Michael Collins: Amir Khan mentioned interim WBC light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse (32-2, 30 KO’s) as someone that he might be interested in fighting on December 15th when Khan fights next. » Read Full Article
Sergio Martinez wants Chavez Jr. to suffer slowly and painfully on Saturday
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By Dwight Chittenden: If things go the way that Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) envisions them to be this Saturday, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. » Read Full Article
Bradley stunned that Pacquiao will be facing Marquez next
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By Marcus Richardson: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley is less than pleased with the news that Manny Pacquiao won’t be fighting him next in a rematch to try and avenge his loss to Bradley from last June. » Read Full Article
Arum close to finalizing Pacquiao-Marquez 4, Roach not happy
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By Michael Collins: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is close to putting the finishing touches on a fourth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. » Read Full Article
Macklin-Alcine: Mack the Knife Aims to Return to Winning Ways in Vegas
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By Padraig Ivory: Irish fight fans will be hoping Matthew Macklin can deliver a performance that may warrant a temporary change of venue name to the Thomas and Mack the Knife Centre this September 15th in Las Vegas as he takes on the test of Joachim Alcine. » Read Full Article
Pacquiao’s next opponent could be picked this week for December 8th fight
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By Rob Smith: Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz is reporting that negotiations are complete with the potential opponent for Pacquiao’s next fight on December 8th in Las Vegas, and the only thing that is needed now is Top Rank promoter Bob Arum’s final decision. » Read Full Article
Hollywood Fight Night Trainer Spotlight: Eric Brown
-The Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California is known more as the home of Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach’s stable of World Chamion fighters. » Read Full Article