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There’s never been a ‘bettor’ time to put money on Floyd Mayweather, even if he is a degenerate
Over the past 15 years, the tightest betting odds Floyd Mayweather has had for one of his fights has been -190 during his 2007 middleweight title bout with “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya. ...

Between Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders, we actually have a real fight to talk about
Finally, an actual boxing match. ...

Phew, what a day! May 7 sports gobs of history, including MJ's 'Shot,' 'Practice?!' & Big Sexy goin' boom
Sports people are weird — myself included. We love our stats and our oddities, and our trends and our records. Something that will speak to the hearts of sports fanatics everywhere is a lovely confluence of memorable events that all happened on this very day. ...

This weekend is about Golovkin and Canelo fighting each other a third time
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn showed up to the press conference in a “Team ‘GGG’ Golovkin.” Gennadiy Golovkin seemed flattered....

History shows Callum Smith must knock out Canelo Alvarez
With greatness comes polarization, especially when your living is dependent on fighting....

Canelo Alvarez Is On The Money
Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, the world’s best-paid boxer, dispatched Sergey Kovalev with an 11th round knockout to take the Russian’s WBO light-heavyweight title in Las Vegas late Saturday evening....

Canelo Álvarez Seems To Have Lost Gennady Golovkin's Phone Number
Middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez released a statement Wednesday announcing that, for the first time since 2015, he will not be fighting his traditional bout on Mexican Independence Day weekend in September. Álvarez—who’s generally a safe bet to box on that weekend as well as Cinco de Mayo weeken...

Canelo Álvarez Narrowly Sneaks Past Gennady Golovkin In Kickass Rematch Fight
Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez eked out a narrow majority decision win over Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in Las Vegas tonight to hand the Kazakh slugger his first career loss and snag the WBA, WBC, and IBO championship belts. The rematch was a much closer fight than the first go-round, which GGG won in the ring bu...

Canelo Álvarez Withdraws From His Rematch With GGG
After a positive drug test for a performance-enhancing substance, Canelo Álvarez has officially withdrawn from his May 5 rematch with unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, whom he fought to a controversial draw last September....

Canelo Álvarez <em></em>Temporarily Suspended For Tainted-Meat Drug Tests
After two weeks of reviewing his purportedly tainted-meat induced positive drug tests, the Nevada State Athletic Commission temporarily suspended Canelo Álvarez just over a month ahead of his upcoming rematch with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin....

Canelo Álvarez Blames Tainted Meat For Positive Drug Test
Golden Boy Promotions announced today that Canelo Álvarez tested positive for clenbuterol last month. The Mexican fighter gave two urine samples to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association on Feb. 17 and 20, both of which came back positive for the banned substance. Álvarez’s team blamed the result on ...

No Justice For Good Boys
“WHORE the ramparts, weeee watched...” Some lady was singing the national anthem. “WHORE the lan-nnddd of the freeee...” We don’t care about that. We don’t care about any of that. We only want the Grade-A violence, now. ...