
Naseem Hamed Says Mayweather Was Smart Not To Fight Him
From 1998 to 2000, British boxing legend Naseem Hamed and pound-for-pound fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr. were the shining stars of their respective divisions.

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From 1998 to 2000, British boxing legend Naseem Hamed and pound-for-pound fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr. were the shining stars of their respective divisions.

Former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi believes Manny Pacquiao never intended to retire from the sport of boxing - and only announced his retirement to snatch a few headlines from his career rival, Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired last September.

WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) is expected to have a lot of support at O2 Arena in London, according to his promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions.

One of the more anticipated fights in the middleweight division is going to fall in line in the next few weeks - if everything goes as planned. On September 10th at the O2 Arena in London, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) will defend his titles against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, who is heading up by two divisions.

According to former two division world champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs), there is no guarantee that he's moving up to 160-pounds in fall - and in fact there is guarantee of a fight in December.

Former two division world champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez issued a warning to UFC featherweight world champion Conor McGregor, who recently took at aim at the Mexican superstar.

Anaheim, CA - A new Cinderella story was created when Argentina's David Emanuel 'El Pirata' Peralta (26-2-1, 14 KOs) defeated former world champion Robert 'The Ghost' Guerrero, (33-5-1, 18 KOs) in a huge upset on Saturday night.

K2 Promotions' Tom Loeffler, who promotes WBA/WBC/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), had a smile on his face when discussing some of the recent verbal taunts from retired former super middleweight champion Carl Froch.

According to Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), they would have no issue with fighting Andre Ward (30-0, 15KOs) at the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds.

A few days ago, Chris Eubank Sr., father and manager of Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18KOs), lashed out at WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight king Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs). Eubank Sr. was angered over the fallout in their fight negotiations.