
Jacobs' Trainer Says They'll Be Ready For Golovkin in Due Time
The last we saw of Danny Jacobs in the ring, he was stopping unbeaten Peter Quillin in less than one round on December 5th at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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The last we saw of Danny Jacobs in the ring, he was stopping unbeaten Peter Quillin in less than one round on December 5th at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York.

After winning the vacant WBO welterweight title by stopping Sadam Ali in nine rounds on March 5th, Jessie Vargas is now in line for a big fight against Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) in the late summer.

Even if it wont be Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in September, Tom Loeffler is making plans for Gennady Golovkin - who is now the WBC middleweight champion - to fight in the early fall.

Super bantamweight Hanzel Martinez was scheduled to face Prosper Ankrah on Friday night at the Casino Del Sol in Tuscon, Arizona as the headliner on CBS Sports Network. But on Wednesday night after his last day of training he was involved in a serious car accident in Tijuana, Mexico, forcing a cancellation of this bout.

For decades the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles was a central hub of boxing (along with many other events) but for the past decade it's been a Korean-American church (Glory Church of Jesus Christ), but they could be re-opening it's door for one night as a boxing venue.

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum was in Hong Kong this past weekend where Top Rank put on a card featuring Ryota Murata and Rex Tso, which is part of their Asian program that was once centered around Macao and brought the likes of Manny Pacquiao to face Chris Algieri, along with other significant title fights.

Veteran promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank isn't putting much stock into the reports/rumors of Floyd Mayweather coming out of retirement to face MMA superstar Conor McGregor that have sprouted up recently and have gained steam in the last week or so.

Saul 'Neno' Rodriguez improved to 20-0-1 (15 KO's) by stopping Daulis Prescott in seven rounds at the Sportsmans Lodge in Studio City, California. It was a solid outing for the 23-year old who hails from Riverside, California.

As Terence Crawford (28-0, 20KOs) and Viktor Postol (28-0, 12KOs) stood face-to-face this past Tuesday afternoon at the formal press conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills to promote their July 23rd unification tilt, one thing was very evident - Postol has a noticeable advantage in height over Crawford, who is listed at 5'8. But this doesnt' faze the defending WBO champion.

In recent days on social media, there have been some rumblings of a summer super middleweight clash between former WBC 160-pound world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and the always dangerous Gabe Rosado.