Floyd Mayweather is expected to announce his fight with Manny Pacquiao anytime now (Photo: Instagram)
By Chris Robinson
The boxing world continues to wait for official word on the May 2 Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao dream fight.
This particular negotiating period has brought much more promise and hope, much of that coming from the face to face encounter and follow up conversation between the two men.
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Former WBA light heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad will be inducted into the 2015 Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
On Thursday, Feb. 19, inside of the Roy Jonees Jr. Fight Academy (3874 Silvestri Lane, Las Vegas, Nev. 89120), the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame (NVBHOF) will announce its Class of 2015 inductees.
Rich Marotta, founder and CEO of the NVBHOF, and several of the inductees will be on hand to conduct interviews before and after the 1 PM presser.
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Damien Vasquez will be one of the names fighting on March 14 (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
A nice local card is shaping up in Vegas, with some quality fighters in the city making returns.
Pochiro Promotions, in association with RHP, will return to Sam’s Town Casino on March 14 for a main event that is sure to deliver fireworks as Australia’s Wes Capper (9-0, 7 KO’s) faces off with Northern California’s Tony Hirsch (17-6-1, 8 KO’s).
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Gary Russell Jr. will look for his first world title when he faces Jhonny Gonzalez on March 28 in Carson, Calif. (Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime)
By Chris Robinson
Gary Russell Jr. will look to break through with his first world title when he faces WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez on March 28.
Russell (25-1, 14 KO’s) gave a very spirited effort vs. reigning champion Vasyl Lomachenko this past June but he came up short by way of majority decision, as the Ukrainian’s speed, power, and accuracy was a bit too much for him.
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David Lemieux, seen facing Gabriel Rosado this past December, will vie for his first world title (Photo: Hogan Photos)
By Chris Robinson
A very intriguing fight in the middleweight division will be going down, as it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions and Eye of the Tiger Management that David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KO’s) and Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (31-1, 18 KO’s) will be facing off for the vacant IBF middleweight title.
Lemieux is a hot ticket in the sport and presently riding an eight-fight winning streak, with seven of the victories coming by way of stoppage. His last fight was an entertaining 10th round TKO over the very rugged Gabriel Rosado on HBO. Lemieux brings a very stout punch with him into the ring but he will certainly have his mettle tested with N’Dam.
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Heavyweight contender Bryant Jennings could be seen engaging in a light workout last month in Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
There are always quite the cast of boxing characters during any Fight Week in Las Vegas and such was the case last month when Deontay Wilder seized the WBC heavyweight championship from former champion Bermane Stiverne on Jan. 17 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Contender Bryant Jennings could be spotted inside of former champion Bones Adams’ gym a few days before the match, as he was in town to check out the action, and while he had no official fight pegged down at the time, all the industry chatter pointed towards an eventual shot at IBF/WBA/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.
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Lebron James in town for All-Star Weekend in New York (Photo: Getty for GQ)
By Chris Robinson
Pre-game festivities as Cleveland Cavaliers’ All-Star power forward and four-time league MVP Lebron James and GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson celebrate All-Star weekend in style on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 20 Exchange Place in New York City.
The evening featured a special live jam session from Grammy Award-winning artists The Roots and guest performances by Nas, The Lox and Raekwon.
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Will Clemons is hoping for a breakthrough in 2015 (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
For the past three years I have watched undefeated Will Clemons ply his craft all around the Las Vegas area.
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Chris Avalos training hard for his Feb. 28 title shot vs. IBF junior featherweight champion Carl Frampton (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
Photos from Lancaster, Ca. as young contender Chris Avalos prepares for his challenge of IBF junior featherweight champion Carl Frampton on Feb. 28 at the Odyssey Arena in Frampton’s backyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Zab Judah training in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
Exclusive photos as former two-division world champion Zab Judah gets back to work inside of Bones Adams’ Gym in Las Vegas.
Judah (42-9, 29 KO’s) hasn’t fought since a December 2013 loss to Paulie Malignaggi and I was unsure where he moved his training bases following the closing of the H.I.T. Factory.
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Flashing back to May 2013 with Tim Lee at the Mayweather Boxing Club (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
Standout amateur and aspiring professional Tim Lee has signed with powerful advisor Al Haymon, he revealed today. Taking to Facebook, Lee stated the following.
“Signed my contract with the best in the business & became a Professional Boxer today. I want to thank my team & God for all the opportunities and blessings he’s giving me, now it’s time to work harder on my journey on achieving all my goals and becoming a World Champion someday.”
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Arman Van Damme, Dontae Williams, Stephane Malenou, and Mike McCallum inside of the recently-opened City Athletic Boxing Club in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
There’s always a special kind of buzz in the air when something new hits the boxing circuit out here in Vegas.
Such has been the case with the recently opened City Athletic Boxing Club in Las Vegas.
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Prospects Thomas Hill and Charvis Holifield putting in work in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
A quick stop by the Mayweather Boxing Club this past week saw junior middleweight prospect Thomas Hill and welterweight upstart Charvis Holifield putting in some work ahead of their scheduled matches next month.
Holifield (1-1) is coming off of a 4th round disqualification loss to David Thomas this past November. In a fight he looked to be winning. Holifield’s mouthpiece came out one too many times shortly after he dropped Thomas in the 4th.
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Jean Pascal inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
During a recent conversation with former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, the confident Haitian-born Canadian star dissed his countryman Adonis Stevenson.
Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KO’s) will look to bounce back into the championship ranks on March 14 when he tangles with the division’s IBF/WBA/WBO champion Sergey Kovalev on HBO in Quebec.
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
Will the boxing world ever see Floyd Mayweather face Manny Pacquiao?
That is definitely the question you hear these days.
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Simeon Hardy faces Vito Gasparyan on ESPN2
By Chris Robinson
It was a few years back when I crossed paths with Guyanese-born Simeon Hardy in Las Vegas.
At the time Hardy was getting a feel for the city, both from putting in work inside of local gyms as well as checking out the Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado rematch from the Mandalay Bay, and you could tell instantly of his deep desires in boxing.
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Las Vegas transplant and entrepreneur Dan Wettlaufer standing with his new Tesla Model S P85D (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
By now you’re surely heard plenty of talk about the new Teslas.
The all electric Teslas are definitely all the rage these days and we were fortunate enough to get an up-close view of a Model S P85D, courtesy of our good friend Dan Wettlaufer, who is always close to all of the action going on with The Money Team out in Vegas and other parts of the globe.
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Unbeaten lightweight contender Lydell Rhodes was in town to support First Friday Exhibition Sparring this past Friday at Johnny Tocco’s (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
When Luis Monda told me he was going to start staging exhibition sparring matches inside of the famed Johnny Tocco’s Boxing Gym in Las Vegas on the first Friday of every month, I knew instantly it had the chance to be something special.
And so far that has been just the case.
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Designer Fredrick Lamar, pictured right, with his friend and client, lightweight world champion Mickey Bey
By Chris Robinson
Stick around the boxing game long enough and you are bound to find your share of personalities outside of the ropes as well as inside.
To anyone familiar with recently-crowned IBF lightweight champion Mickey Bey, they will tell you that the Cleveland, Oh. native likes to keep a small circle.
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Former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal inside of the Roy Jones Jr. Fight Academy in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson)
By Chris Robinson
Training camp continues to push forward in Las Vegas for former champion Jean Pascal ahead of his dangerous challenge of unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.
Pascal, who once held the WBC crown, will vie for Kovalev’s WBA/IBF/WBO belts on March 14 from the Bell Centre on HBO’s airwaves.
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