
Dirrell: Floyd Mayweather Will Pick Cotto Apart Like Gatti
Have a conversation with super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell and you can instantly spot the immense respect he has towards his friend and fellow prizefighter Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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Have a conversation with super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell and you can instantly spot the immense respect he has towards his friend and fellow prizefighter Floyd Mayweather Jr.

During a recent episode of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com’s official audio show, trainer Freddie Roach made an appearance to speak on several developments taking place in the sport while also eyeing the near future for his core group of fighters.

It was a chaotic scene in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 10th inside of the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

On Monday afternoon, five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. treated audiences to an inside look at his latest training camp, highlighted by a sparring session with unbeaten middleweight Omar Henry, inside of his personal gym in Las Vegas. Mayweather is prepping for a May 5th assignment against Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto at the nearby MGM Grand and it was surprising to see him give viewers a closer look at his latest regimen given how tightknit the camp often is.

It was a crowded scene on Monday afternoon at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In a fight that flew under the radar, WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco successfully made the first defense of his title on March 17th in Los Mochis, Mexico when he stopped fringe contender Miguel Roman in the fifth round.

I was deeply saddened on Sunday afternoon when I found out that world renowned boxing historian and friend Bert Sugar had passed at age 75.

Three days ago our friends at BoxingScene.com reported that promoter Eddie Hearn, who oversees unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook, would love to match the Sheffield-born fighter with junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana someday.

Given a recent health scare that saw him in the hospital for twenty-one days, I have spoken less and less with renown boxing historian and HBO Sports contributor Bert Sugar over the past few months.

This weekend, HBO’s World Championship Boxing will stage a doubleheader from the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas when WBC junior welterweight champion and Mexican legend Erik Morales defends his belt against tough Philadelphia Danny Garcia while junior middleweight contenders James Kirkland and Carlos Molina square off on the undercard.