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There's a pretty strong possibility you've never heard of Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis. And even if you have, there's an equally strong likelihood that you've never seen him fight. But one seasoned observer thinks that Pendarvis, who makes his televisi...

Five things we leard from Saturday's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero card.

LAS VEGAS -- Sin City is best known, in boxing terms, for its mega-events -- the high-stakes clashes that today headline Saturday nights at the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay and formerly brought regular doses of sanctioned violence to the likes of Caesa...

LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Robert Guerrero, naturally enough, steal the headlines. And the hard-core fans are salivating at the thought of Abner Mares tangling with Daniel Ponce De Leon. But Saturday's card at the MGM Grand also includes a...

LAS VEGAS -- When Robert Guerrero enters the ring to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand on Saturday night, his trunks will bear the logo of an organization called Be The Match, a nonprofit entity that runs the national registry of potential b...

LAS VEGAS -- After years of simmering turmoil that came to a boil with an emotional argument in front of HBO cameras in 2011, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Jr. are -- for now at least -- reconciled, with Mayweather pere returning to his son's corner for t...

LAS VEGAS -- It was not exactly shaping up to be the most electrifying media conference of all time. Sponsors, promoters and broadcasters all took their turn at the podium, and the assembled media fidgeted and tweeted and waited for something interes...

LAS VEGAS -- There are elements of Floyd Mayweather's welterweight title fight with Robert Guerrero on Saturday that bring to mind his 2011 tilt against Victor Ortiz. Both Guerrero and Ortiz earned their shots on the back of impressive victories over...

LAS VEGAS -- Robert Guerrero earned his shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday partly because he is the mandatory challenger to Mayweather's welterweight belt, and partly because, after calling him out for what seemed like years on end, the former ...

Five things we leard from Saturday's Canelo Alvarez-Austin Trout card.

With a performance that saw him add skill and poise to a package of power and relentlessness, Canelo Alvarez took down a gifted foe in Austin Trout and earned his spurs in San Antonio.

Welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi has been all over the fight week buildup for Saturday's Canelo Alvarez-Austin Trout clash, hosting the public workout in front of the Alamo on Wednesday and talking with fans and media at Friday's sun-drenched w...

Jose "Chepo" Reynoso, the manager of Canelo Alvarez, is under no illusions about the difficulties posed by Canelo's opponent, Austin Trout, at the Alamodome on Saturday night. "He's a lefty, but besides being a lefty, he's a fighter who has a lot ...

From 1981 to 1984, junior lightweight Louie Burke ran up a professional record of 18-0, including a couple of victories over a popular TV fighter named Freddie Roach -- the second of which appeared on the undercard of a bout between two decent fighte...

Austin Trout's arrival as A Fighter To Be Taken Seriously followed his impressive decision win over Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden last December. That earned him Saturday's Showtime-televised shot against Canelo Alvarez, and the fact that he i...

Austin Trout came up through boxing's ranks the hard way, so he says playing foil to another star on his home turf -- this time Canelo Alvarez in San Antonio on Saturday -- won't affect him.