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Canelo Alvarez chased an elusive Erislandy Lara for 12 rounds Saturday night before escaping with a split-decision win for his second straight victory since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

By Bob Smith: The fight yesterday between Erislandy Lara and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was a good one, in fact, all that the pre-fight hype suggested it would be. It was an even fight, and this is no surprise, and each f...

By Juni A Rosa: 117-112. That was my scorecard for the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara fight that the announcers thought (from one judge giving it 117-111) was absurd. How I score is by effectiveness and who...

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn says he plans on matching Tony Bellew (22-2-1, 14 KO's) and Nathan Cleverly (28-1, 14 KO's) against each other later this year in either October or November. Hearn wants to strike w...

By Dan Ambrose: Erislandy Lara (19-2-2, 12 KO's) isn't too happy today after losing to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KO's) by a 12 round split decision last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lara made Cane...

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By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya plans on meeting with former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) to discuss who the 23-year-old fighter should face n...

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says that unbeaten heavyweight prospect Anthony Joshua (7-0, 7 KO's) will be fighting next month against former David Price victim 39-year-old journeyman Yaroslav Za...

By T.B: It’s no secret that Floyd Mayweather Jr is the pay-per-view king when it comes to boxing. Floyd has set the bar so high when it comes to PPV that anything under 1 million buys is considered a bomb in Floyd’s ...

(Picture credit: Hogan Photos) by J.R. Leon: After the overall lackluster performances by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Erislandy Lara during last nights’ Showtime pay-per-view event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Neva...

By Gav Duthie: Any excitement that we had in hearing that Adrien Broner 28-1 (22) and Lucas Matthysse 35-3 (33) were both fighting on September 6 was quickly destroyed when it was confirmed they wouldn’t be fighting ea...

By Daven: Six months ago Tony Bellew and Nathan Cleverly were licking their wounds after being outclassed by the dominant duo of Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev. Now both men are coming off two straight stoppage vict...

LAS VEGAS (July 12, 2014) - Canelo Alvarez won a close split-decision victory over Erislandy Lara in the SHOWTIME PPV main event in front a sold-out pro-Canelo crowd at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Judge Jer...

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(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Chris Williams: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KO's) won a 12 round split decision over Erislandy Lara (19-2-2, 12 KO's) in a fight that Lara appeared to but was given the shaft ...

(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC light middleweight champion Saul “Canelp” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KO’s) defeated Erislandy Lara (19-2-2, 12 KO’s) by 12 round split decision on Satur...

LAS VEGAS -- Former three-division titleholder Abner Mares made a triumphant return to the ring 11 months after he got wiped out in one round and lost his featherweight world title to Jhonny Gonzalez.Mares won a unanimou...

(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Jim Dower: Former three division world champion Abner Mares (27-1-1, 14 KO’s) defeated the bigger and stronger Jonathan Oquendo (24-4, 16 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision ...

Welterweight titlist Shawn Porter will make his second defense when he faces mandatory challenger Kell Brook on Aug. 16, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Saturday.

LAS VEGAS (July 12, 2014)--Golden Boy Promotions and SHOWTIME® will deliver another explosive night of boxing from the renowned StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., when undefeated IBF Welterweight World Champion Shawn "Sh...