Eddie Chambers and the cruiserweight conundrum
Smaller heavyweights like Eddie Chambers face mismatches in the top division, but the more appropriate cruiserweight division goes virtually unnoticed by U.S. audiences. So what’s a man to do?
read moreAdamek an older but wiser heavyweight
Tomasz Adamek’s trainer, Roger Bloodworth, sees the aging former light heavyweight and cruiserweight titleholder as trouble for any of the younger heavyweight contenders.
read moreLem’s latest: Rios says ‘its my time’ to beat Pacquiao
Having already named all of his four children after boxers, Brandon Rios plans to do the same with his fifth, whose arrival he expects before his November clash with Manny Pacquiao.
read moreChambers signs with Main Events
Heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers has signed with Main Events and will fight as a cruiserweight.
read moreAdamek eyes ‘hard’ fight against Walker
Tomasz Adamek’s trainer, Roger Bloodworth, said Travis Walker’s “got a good right hand, and if you get touched by that right hand, you could go.”
read moreLem’s latest: Rahman back in the title hunt
Hasim Rahman is back after wrist surgery and is in training for his Sept. 29 shot at WBA heavyweight titleholder Alexander Povetkin.
read moreAdamek aims to keep his streak going against Walker
Former titleholder Tomasz Adamek has not lost at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., in nine appearances heading into his Sept. 8 heavyweight bout with Travis Walker.
read moreTomasz Adamek banking on speed against Eddie Chambers
Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek focused on increasing his hand and foot speed during his camp for quick-fisted “Fast” Eddie Chambers, who he fights on June 16 in an NBC Sports Net-televised bout from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
read moreLem’s latest: HBO debuts “Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out” in April
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be profiled on HBO’s “Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out” in April in advance of his May 5 showdown with Miguel Cotto.
read moreLem’s latest: Alvarez-Chavez Jr. go head-to-head; Williams vulnerable; Goosen shaken by earthquakes
Saul Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will make title defenses on Sept. 17, Paul Williams’ vulnerability encourages rivals and promoter Dan Goossen experiences two earthquakes in a day.
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