It was a power punch festival Saturday night at the MGM in Las Vegas. ShoStats reveal that sluggers Canelo Alvarez, Marcos Maidana and Leo Santa Cruz combined to land 59% of their power punches- 27% higher than the overall CompuBox average. Alvar...
The year is, let’s say, 2062. The family of Sergio Martinez is celebrating what would be 87 years on the earthly plane as they gather for a reading of his will. There is more to go around then there might have been after eleven rounds of his first...
NEW YORK –-In a big night for boxing, Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast of “Knockout Kings” scored record ratings for its headlining fight between Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez with over one million viewers. The blockbuster...
This past Saturday’s junior middleweight world title bout between Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez had more than 14,000 people in attendance and brought in more than $1.6 million in ticket sales, according to figures provided by the Nevada State Ath...
By Jake Donovan - The clock has struck midnight on the short-lived Cinderella story of Josesito Lopez. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was all business in registering a fifth round knockout over Lopez in the main event Saturday evening at the MGM Grand in L...
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez knocked down Josesito Lopez three times en route to a dominating fifth round technical knockout defense of his WBC Super Welterweight World Championship in front of a sold out crowd of 14,275 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Ar...
Luis Sandoval catches the post-fight press conference to the Showtime televised quadrupleheader. Hear from WBC 154-pound champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Josesito Lopez, Marcos Maidana, WBC featherweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon, IBF ba...
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez kept his WBC super welterweight title by knocking challenger Josesito Lopez down three times before stopping him late in the fifth round at the MGM Grand Hotel. Mexico's Alvarez had Lopez bleeding from both the nose and mouth...
Ernest Gabion catches the official weigh-in to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Josesito Lopez. Watch boxers make weight, and the rest of the Showtime televised quadrupleheader take the stage. Canelo-Lopez takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
For all the people who scream Armageddon about counter-programming in boxing, consider this: Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Saul Alvarez-Josesito Lopez will combine on Saturday night for over 30,000 full seats in Las Vegas. A few thou...
It would be something if lightning were to ever strike twice. As rare as it happens, it makes people appreciate how powerful something like that could occur in the first place. The lightning strike that was Josesito Lopez delivering a stunning ups...
Josesito Lopez isn’t ready for the clock to strike midnight on his Cinderella story just yet. Then again, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez might not allow him to have a say in the matter. A perceived mismatch came about after Lopez upset plans earlier th...