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Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) defended his trio of light heavyweight titles and cemented his status as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter with a stunning eighth-round TKO of Kovalev at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

(MUST LISTEN FOR BOXING FANS) Floyd Mayweather steals the spotlight from the TRUE G.O.A.T. Andre Ward and the real life Drago Sergey Kovalev with his announcement of McGregor vs Mayweather.

There were a lot of words which resulted in Sergey Kovalev leaving with his trainer John David Jackson and manager Egis Klimas in the middle of Thursday’s Mandalay Bay press conference. What happened next and how the Andre Ward and Guillermo Rigondeaux face off happened, what was said, you have to HEAR it….

When, where is the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight? Mayweather vs. McGregor will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Aug. 26. How to watch Mayweather-McGregor fight, PPV price Mayweather vs. McGregor will be available on Showtime boxing pay-per-view with live streaming available for various devices. Prices were not available at the time of publishing. Mayweather vs. McGregor odds The opening moneyline tabbed Mayweather as a huge favorite at -2,250 with McGregor at +950. It quickly dipped to -1,100 for Mayweather and +700 and the early wagers had the line down to -800 for Mayweather and +500 for McGregor. What does that mean? For the laymen, it means that a $100 bet on McGregor would win $500 plus the original wager back if he were to win. But in order to win $100 with a Mayweather victory, someone would have to place a wager of $800. Mayweather vs. McGregor purse UFC president Dana White previously stated Mayweather could pocket around $100 million for the fight, with McGregor hauling in around $75 million. That would be a record payday for McGregor. The pay-per-view is expected to gross around $475 million. Tale of the tape, records MayweatherMcGregor Records49-0, 26 KOs21-3, 18 KOs Height/Weight5-8, 1475-9, 154 Reach73 inches74 inches Age4028

"Without getting too much into that, what was stated that [Jackson] did, he did that and more," Ward said during an appearance on CBS Sports' "In This Corner" podcast. "Much, much more." The first time the story was brought to light seemed to come in the release of HBO's half-hour preview show last week, which featured a reveal from Jackson during an interview about what went wrong during the first fight. "I'm going to let the fans know a basic truth of the first fight," Jackson said. "Honestly, Sergey brought another guy in from Russia [into the corner] to speak and during the fight I was limited to what I could say. So how are you going to limit me on what I am going to say when I devised a plan for you to fight this kid? "So now you go to another guy and I don't know what he's telling you. I've never seen him fight. First time in my life [I had ever seen him], so I know he's not a boxer."

WOW!!! UNBELIEVABLE BOXING TRAINER FREDDIE ROACH SAID THE FOLLOWING. ROACH SAID HE DIDN’T WANT THE CRAWFORD FIGHT BECAUSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR., PACQUIAO'S PREVIOUS BOUTS AGAINST BLACK BOXERS DIDN’T SELL WELL IN THE US. FILIPINO AGAINST MEXICAN SELLS WELL, BUT FILIPINO AGAINST BLACK? IT DOESN’T SELL WELL IN AMERICA,” SAID FREDDIE ROACH. “(CRAWFORD) HAS AUDIENCE, YES. IN NEBRASKA, (WHERE HE COMES FROM).”

Oscar De La Hoya May 25 at 12:04pm · Facebook Mentions · To my fellow #boxing fans: I write in the hopes that together we can protect the sport of boxing. With each passing day, it looks more and more likely that the circus known as Floyd Mayweather Vs. Conor McGregor will be coming to town in the near future. As undercard fights start to take form, athletic commissions give their blessings in exchange for millions of dollars and the fighters start counting even more cash, one group will eventually be left to make sure this farce doesn’t occur. We, the fans, who are the lifeblood of our sport. Boxing is starting to dig out of the hole that Floyd and Manny Pacquiao shoveled by waiting seven years to put on a fight that ended up being as dull as it was anti-climactic. 2017 has started off as a banner year for boxing. Joshua vs. Klitschko; Thurman vs. Garcia; Golovkin vs. Jacobs; Canelo vs. Chavez. All four of these fights – and many more -- have brought the fight game back and reinvigorated interest from the ever-elusive casual fan. But if you thought Mayweather/Pacquiao was a black eye for our sport – a matchup between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters that simply didn’t deliver -- just wait until the best boxer of a generation dismantles someone who has never boxed competitively at any level – amateur or professional. Our sport might not ever recover. I fully understand the initial attraction from any fan of combat sports. McGregor is almost certainly the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter. Floyd is Floyd — the most dominant boxer of his time. But success in one sport does not guarantee success in another. Far from it. And let’s be clear, these are two different sports -- from the size of the gloves fighters wear, to the size and shape of the ring, to the fact the one sport allows combatants to use their legs to strike. Think about it, beyond Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, what other athlete has successfully competed in two sports in the modern age? And Jackson and Sanders both played both baseball and football throughout their high school and college careers before going professional. Furthermore, it’s not like McGregor would be fighting a good fighter, let alone a mediocre one. He would be fighting the best. To use a bit of an extreme analogy, I happen to be a pretty good golfer. Could I potentially hold my own on one of the second-tier tours? Maybe. But would I be able to compete with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Speith or Sergio Garcia? Of course not. Nor would I think to try. Now, I know critics will say that I’m only writing this letter because my company is promoting what will be the culmination of an outstanding boxing year when Canelo Alvarez takes on Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September, and I don’t want anything to distract attention away from that fight. But my interest is in the health of boxing as a whole. It always has been. And if Floyd were to come out of retirement to take on someone like Keith “One–time” Thurman, Errol Spence or some other top welterweight, not only would I applaud the fight, I’d be the first one on line for a ticket. That kind of fight is what the fans – and I am a fan first -- deserve. Which brings me back to the circus. Floyd’s and Conor’s motivation is clear. It’s money. In fact, they don’t even pretend it’s not. But it’s also a lack of consequences for when the fight ends up being the disaster that is predicted. After this fight, neither of them will need us anymore. Floyd will go back to retirement -- presumably for good this time with another nine-figure paycheck -- and Conor will go back to the UFC. It’s a win-win for them. It’s a lose-lose for us. We’ll be $100 lighter and we will have squandered another opportunity to bring boxing back to its rightful place as the sport of kings. At this point, only we can shut the circus down by making it clear that we won’t pay to see a joke of a fight and telling our casual-fan friends that they shouldn’t either. Sincerely, Oscar

Eddie Hearn Retweeted Kell Brook‏: @SpecialKBrook Thank you to all the fans for your support! What a great fight, gutted about the result congratulations to @ErrolSpenceJr #iWillBeBack

Michael Gerard Tyson (/ˈtaɪsən/; born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old.[4] Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in two rounds, and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987. This made Tyson the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.

Julio Chávez Jr., the son of boxing legend Julio César Chávez, was robbed of his $40,000 dollar watch and his $3 million dollar fight check the same night he lost to Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas. Video has been released of the night in question showing Julio Jr. partying with the three women who apparently robbed him. His wife says he was drugged. After the sad showing he put on against Alvarez, it’s not surprising three strippers could work him over as well.

Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin was signed, sealed and delivered well before a punch was even thrown between Canelo and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Now that's confidence. And it turned out to be rewarded as Canelo walked over, under, around and through Chavez Jr. for 12 rounds at the sold-out T-Mobile Arena and turned the fight into something of a joke. And as soon as it ended, the cat was out of the bag. No joke. Canelo and Triple G will get it on on Mexican Independence weekend, Sept. 16, as Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya said, "anywhere in the world."

http://boxrec.com/boxer/348759 (Saul Canelo Alvarez) http://boxrec.com/boxer/214371 (Julio Cesar Chavez Jr) - Friday weigh-in results and predictions for weight on Saturday night - Nacho Beristain admits chips are stacked against him in this fight! - Could Canelo's jealously of WBC relationship with Chavez family distract him on this night? - Chavez Sr. says this is one of the biggest moments of his life, is that a distraction? - They say Straights land before hooks, can Chavez change that saying? - Predictions

Chavez has had well-documented difficulties making weight, even when he competed at the super middleweight limit of 168 pounds. The 31-year-old Chavez (50-2-1, 32 KOs, 1 NC) hasn’t fought at a weight this low since he lost a middleweight title fight to Sergio Martinez 4½ years ago, either.

What a heavyweight fight for the ages, and what a night at the national football stadium as Anthony Joshua ­finished Wladimir Klitschko after 11 dramatic rounds.

Today is fight night. The wait is over. The countdown to the Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko is now merely hours away. It's the match-up that the world has been waiting for and in front of a packed 90,000 house at Wembley the two giants of the sport will lock horns later tonight. Do you still not know how to watch the fight? Well, you're in luck. We have all the information you need to plan your evening's entertainment and how you can pay to watch the big one. Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko: Follow live updates round by round When is the fight? It's tonight of course. The wait is almost over. Who will win between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko? What time is it likely to start? The fight start time largely depends on how quickly the undercard fights take to finish. However, expect the ring walk at around 10pm with the fight starting soon after. What TV channel is it being shown on? Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. Joshua vs Klitschko live stream and TV channel detailsView photos Joshua vs Klitschko is a must-watch this weekend More How can I watch? For those with Sky: Subscribers can purchase the fight online here, through their box or online the telephone - 03442 410 888. If you're calling from the Republic of Ireland, it's: 0818 220 225. How long until Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko? For those without Sky: With Sky Sports Box Office you can watch the fights live via your PC/Desktop/MAC, NOW TV box, iPhone, iPad, Android phone or Android tablet. It's simple to sign up, pay and watch - create an account and pay at www.skysports.com/boxofficelive. Anthony Joshua's professional wins in pictures: Is Wladimir Klitschko next? Who else is showing it? RTL are broadcasting the fight in Germany, while Showcase and HBO are showing the fight in the US. Who is on the undercard? Joe Cordina vs TBC (four x three mins Super-Featherweight Contest) Josh Kelly vs Faheem Khan (four x three mins Super-Welterweight Contest) Lawrence Okolie vs Russell Henshaw (four x three mins Cruiserweight Contest) Katie Taylor vs Nina Meinke (10 x two mins WBA Inter-Continental Lightweight Championship) Luke Campbell vs Darleys Perez (12 x three mins WBA World Lightweight Championship Eliminator) Scott Quigg vs Viorel Simon (12 x three mins IBF World Featherweight Championship Eliminator)