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LAS VEGAS - Even though they exchanged insults and punches at their press conference to announce their November 6th showdown, Canelo Alvarez insists that he doesn't have any real animosity or even an opinion on what type of person Caleb Plant is.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will celebrate sixteen years in the pro ranks by the time he enters the ring for his next fight. Halfway through his already incredible career came his lone defeat. Then 23 years old, Alvarez fell short versus fellow all-time great Floyd Mayweather Jr., dropping a 12-round decision atop a Showtime Pay-Per-View card at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas that served at the time as the highest grossing event in boxing history.
Not too many prizefighters have lived up to their nickname quite like Floyd "Money" Mayweather. The pugilist formerly billed as “Pretty Boy” made a handsome living throughout his Hall of Fame career, totaling an inflation-adjusted earning of $1.2 billion, good for sixth place on the all-time athlete earning list released by Sportico.
Late Tuesday night, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao officially announced his retirement from the sport. Last month, the 42-year-old Pacquiao snapped a two-year layoff and lost a twelve round unanimous decision to WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas.
As the saying goes, it’s not always about if you win but how you win that matters inside the squared circle. IBF super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant would probably agree with that dictum as it relates to his forthcoming full unification title bout against boxing kingpin Canelo Alvarez, who owns the WBC/WBO/WBA belts, on Nov. 6 in Las Vegas.
Don’t expect the two top stars of the lightweight division to face each other anytime soon, if Ryan Garcia’s latest remarks are anything to go by. The Instagram star from Victorville, Calif. recently stated that he does not expect to face Baltimore’s Gervonta Davis inside the ring in the foreseeable future, a matchup that Garcia seemed to be keen on only as recently as this summer. A Davis-Garcia fight would pit two of the biggest names of the younger generation in boxing; Davis is 26, while Garcia is 23.
Former UFC world champion Tyron Woodley indicates that Floyd Mayweather backed his victory claim, with respect to last Sunday's boxing match with Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul.
LOS ANGELES — After kickstarting an adamant campaign to fight the superstar he long-promoted, Oscar De La Hoya now has a change of heart on facing Canelo Alvarez as he begins his boxing comeback tour at the age of 48.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Sports arguments. They're the topic of a million bar bets and the fodder for just as many afternoon drive-time radio shows. LeBron or Jordan. Brady or Manning. Gretzky or Orr. And so on. Turns out boxing is no different. The internet is chock full of lists espousing their authors as a definitive source for both modern and historic pound-for-pound collections.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has named his Mount Rushmore of boxing - and it doesn't include his career rival, Floyd Mayweather Jr. As he nears his upcoming ring return, Pacquiao was asked to name his four favorite fighters of all-time.