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By Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. reportedly is in talks with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to possibly sign a 3-fight deal to fight on DAZN, according to BoxAzteca. This move would be Hearn looking to sign a fighter that would appeal to U.S boxing fans to subscribe to his new streaming deal. … […]

By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler says middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin told him that Vanes Martirosyan put up more of a fight last Saturday night than Saul Canelo Alvarez did in the entire 12 rounds that he fought him last September. … Read

He came, He saw, He conquered. And he did it Mexican Style! Refusing to let boxing be held hostage on its biggest day, Cinco De Mayo, undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN’s Big Drama Show made a triumphant return to HBO. … Read

What a sensational week we had in boxing! From Thai hero Wangheng Menayothin’s ninth title defense reaching 50-0, to the U.K. with WBC Emeritus champion Tony Bellew demolishing David Haye, to the 5 de Mayo Extravaganza in which women’s boxing took a huge step forward with an instant classic, Braekhus vs. Reis, and GGG’s spectacular […]

By Sean Jones: Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan brought in a lot of viewers on HBO last Saturday night in averaging 1.25 million viewers with a peak of 1.36 million in their fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. … Read

By Dan Ambrose: Max Kellerman of HBO dissected middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) following his 2nd round knockout win over Vanes Martirosyan (36-4-1, 21 KOs) last Saturday night, and he came to the conclusion that he fights much differently against weaker opposition than he does when he fights the more talented guys like […]

By Dan Ambrose: Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez says the rematch with Saul Canelo Alvarez is farther away today than it should be due to the Mexican star not having enrolled in a drug testing program since he was given a 6-month suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission last month on April 18 after […]

By Dan Ambrose: HBO commentator Jim Lampley thinks middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) is a better fighter when he fights in an all-out brawling style where he makes himself vulnerable to land his big power shots. … Read

By Sean Jones: Gennady Golovkin will never become the unified middleweight champion, according to his trainer Abel Sanchez, because he says WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders will never fight him. Sanchez thinks Saunders doesn’t want the fight with GGG, and that he’ll price himself out when it comes to making the fight because he […]

By Allan Fox: The final punch stats for the Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan fight last Saturday night don’t tell the whole story about how over-matched the challenger was against GGG. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) massacred Martirosyan, 32, in stopping him in the 2nd round in defending his IBOI/WBA/WBC middleweight titles at the StubHub Center […]