Super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will return to 168 pounds to defend his title Sept. 17 against Gennady Golovkin. The fight most likely will be in Las Vegas.
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Jessie Magdaleno won a unanimous decision over Edy Valencia on the undercard of the Janibek Alimkhanuly-Danny Dignum interim middleweight title fight at Resorts World Las Vegas.
UNLV will review several recommendations after the death of a student who participated in a charity boxing match hosted by a fraternity last year.
Canelo Alvarez finally met his match in Dmitry Bivol, a 31-year-old Russian light heavyweight who proved at T-Mobile Arena that pound-for-pound greatness has its limits.
Dmitry Bivol outboxed Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez to win a unanimous decision and silence the pro-Alvarez crowd at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 knockouts) on Saturday faces another undefeated champion, his fourth such foe in his last five fights.
Dmitry Bivol takes on Canelo Alvarez in the main event Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Canelo Alvarez’s promoter said Wednesday that Las Vegas is “definitely the front-runner” to host the third fight between Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin this fall.
Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s pound-for-pound king, will challenge WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for his belt Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Stevenson outclassed the game Valdez and earned the win by scores of 118-109, 118-109 and 117-110.
Nico Ali Walsh needed just 2 minutes, 50 seconds Saturday night to turn a chorus of boos into a cacophony of cheers inside MGM Grand Garden.
WBO junior lightweight champion Skakur Stevenson will fight WBC champ Oscar Valdez in the main event of a Top Rank card Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
Because he marred his last outing Sept. 10 against Robson Conceicao with a subpar performance — and a preceding positive test for a banned substance — Oscar Valdez seeks redemption.
Mike Tyson took his skills out of the ring Wednesday night when he repeatedly punched a passenger on a plane that was set to take off from San Francisco to Florida.
Floyd Mayweather says he’ll put $20M on the line if an NFL team is willing to sign former Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown.