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Five time Boxing Writers Association of America Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach saw Floyd Mayweather do his thing in Las Vegas on Saturday night. His verdict? "Mayweather fought careful, calculated," he said. "The fight against Robert Guerrero was ...

Larry Merchant was pleasantly surprised by Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero in the Californian's last outing, a decision win over Andre Berto on Nov. 24. In that bout, he proved to many that he's no blown-up lightweight, that he possesses the strength and...

Trainer Dan Birmingham told me his guy Keith Thurman has felonious leanings. The Florida-based tutor, who trained Winky Wright and Jeff Lacy, said Thurman, nicknamed "One Time" because he says a single shot will drop and stop you, said that the we...

Promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy has given Paul Malignaggi until the end of this weekend to come together on a May 18 fight against either Diego Chaves or Humberto Soto in Abu Dhabi. If it doesn't, Malignaggi (32-4; age 32) told NYFightblog...

Paul Maliganngi is still in a holding period, waiting for all the elements of a deal to fight in Abu Dhabi on May 18, against Argentine Diego Chaves, to jell. "Supposedly, everything is agreed to in principle," he said. "I have to sign, though, and t...

Sorry, local Paulie Malignaggi fans. It's looking like the WBA welterweight champion won't be making his second title defense in Brooklyn at Barclays Center after all. The 32-year-old Bensonhurst-bred hitter was going to glove up on Apr. 27 in Br...

PEDs are on everyone's mind, as the OWN network prepares for a massive spike in vieweship before Lance Armstrong spills (semi spills?) his guts to Oprah on Thursday night. Cheating came up repeatedly last year in boxing, when Lamont Peterson, Andre B...

Paul Malignaggi left the Oct. 20 Barclays show with a win tucked under his belt, and also some psychic lumps that needed attending to. He thought it was quite obvious to the judges and the world that he beat Pablo Cano. But he was graced with a spli...

The packed card at the Barclays Center in Prospect Heights tomorrow night features one certain Hall of Famer, young guns with fresh faces and compelling back stories to stir media interest, and the pride of Bensonnhurst, Paul Malignaggi, who will wal...

So you'll recall that Joshua Clottey is slotted No. 6 in our NYC P4P list. Well, we have a challenge, compliments of manager Gunther Fishgold, the Albany-based dealmaker who manager Ghana-born welterweight Ayi Bruce. Bruce, fighting out of Albany, fi...

Andre Berto strolled in the Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night and the place started buzzing. I thought Mike Tyson had come into the building. But no, it was the welterweight titlist from Florida. He was in the city trying to hash out...

Nonito Donaire climbed to the uppermost reaches of the pound-for-pound ladder on the merits of his skill and sweat. So why get in bed with the bad boy of BALCO himself, Victor Conte?

Frank Mir, Anderson Silva, Andre Berto and Kermit Cintron are all top fighters in their respective sports. But they could all make the jump to the other side.

Story | Conversation | July 06, 2009