1,759 stories on BoxingScene are published under the Steve Kim byline.
Every story follows our editorial policy. To report a mistake, use our corrections form; for anything else, contact us.
Coming of their victory over Adrien Broner on June 20th, former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter and his father/trainer are looking to go big game hunting in the welterweight division. "I'd like to see a big name, I don't want to take a step back," said Kenny Porter earlier this week.
Currently Francisco Vargas is the top rated 130-pound contender in the WBC. Their champion is Japanese standout, Takashi Miura. Joel De La Hoya, who manages 'El Bandido' - was hoping to get a crack at that title in their upcoming fight. But according to De La Hoya - ''We put an offer to fight Miura but I guess he must have taken a better paying fight against possibly, Jose Pedraza or (Yuriorkis) Gamboa."
There have been some published reports stating that a fight between WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, and former two-division beltholder Bernard Hopkins, is being negotiated for the fall. While the likes of Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez are scheduled to mix it up in November, Golovkin's quest for a meaningful fight continues.
The finances of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson have been in the news a lot lately but the concern of Mike Miller, the attorney and adviser to junior middleweight James Kirkland, is their situation with SMS Promotions, which filed for bankruptcy back in late May. Putting all their contracted fighters in limbo.
Last week Egis Klimas, the manager of WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, expressed an interested in consummating a bout against Guillermo Rigondeaux, but made it clear that it would have to be at the featherweight limit - not a catch-weight contest. There are statements from Rigondeaux's side that they have accepted the challenge for a fight at 124-pounds.
There's no bigger believer in light heavyweight champion, Sergey Kovalev, than his respected trainer, John David Jackson and a bout he'd welcome is one against Andre Ward, which is being discussed for 2016. "It's a fight I've talked about for four years. It wont be at 168, Andre came out of the amateurs at light heavyweight," Jackson pointed out at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard.
The most anticipated fight for the second half of 2015 is a clash between Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez, which is slated to happen most likely on either November 7th or the 21st. It would be another chapter in the heated rivalry between Mexico and Puerto Rico. "We're close, we're very close,''said the head of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya. "It's a matter of crossing the t's and dotting the i's. We have a lot of people interested and we obviously want to go to the venue that makes the most sense for both fighters. It's a bit tricky when you're doing a co-promotion but both parties want to maximize the dollar but at the same time we want to make sure that both fighters are comfortable where they're fighting."
A fight that is being talked about for next year is a battle between reigning light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev and WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward. Kovalev, who is currently preparing for his July 25th bout against his IBF mandatory challenger Nadjib Mohemmedi, is certainly interested in that possibility.
Coming off his decision loss to division king Wladimir Klitschko in late April, heavyweight contender Bryant Jennings has made a change in his corner. Training him now will be John David Jackson, best known for currently working with Sergey Kovalev. "We just started, our first camp will be towards the end of August," said Jackson, who is preparing Kovalev for his July 25th fight against Nadjib Mohemmedi.
WBO featherweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko and his manager Egis Klimas have made it very clear that they are going belt hunting at 126. Whoever has a major title is on their radar. "Lee Selby pointed the finger at me and said - 'I want to fight Lomachenko,'' said Klimas, who's other featherweight, Evgeny Gradovich was defeated by the Brit on May 30th in London via eight round technical decision. "I'd like to see how strong his worth is. He has the IBF title and Lomachenko would like to put the titles together."