Family ties add to weight of battle between prospects Price, Starks
An extended family connection has raised the stakes for an already intense and intriguing showdown between Darwin Price and Javontae Starks.
As he zeroes in on Mora rematch, Jacobs also eyes unification bout with Golovkin
Daniel Jacobs badly wants to send a message to Sergio Mora in their upcoming rematch, so there’s no chance he’s overlooking “The Latin Snake.” At the same time, though, Jacobs would be lying if he said he wasn’t looking ahead to possible future opponents.
With two champions in his corner, unbeaten Price works to improve his craft
Darwin Price probably doesn’t require any external motivation to put in the extra gym work required to become a championship-caliber fighter. But if the unbeaten 140-pound prospect did need such motivation, all he’d have to do is peer over his shoulder.
Starks ready to rebound from first defeat, hang first ‘L’ on Price
Javontae Starks had a bad day at the office in his last fight, and it resulted in his first professional loss. The defeat left a bitter taste in Starks’ mouth, if only because he’s certain the result would’ve been different had he put forth a little extra pre-fight effort.
Peralta scores stunning upset of Guerrero in 147-pound brawl
Robert Guerrero began hearing whispers that he was washed up last June, when the former two-division champion had to rise from a fourth-round knockdown during a disputed split decision victory over Aron Martinez.
Guerrero desires return to elite status with convincing win against Peralta
Robert Guerrero believes he’s a class above David Emanuel Peralta. Now he just has to go out and prove it.
Guerrero aiming to end power outage with stoppage of Peralta
It’s been more than six years since Robert Guerrero has knocked out an opponent, so the former world champion is itching to unload on someone.
Spence’s knockout of Bundu draws high praise, big ratings
Errol Spence Jr. has gotten into the habit of delivering dramatic and devastating knockouts. So the fact the 147-pound contender obliterated veteran title challenger Leonard Bundu on Sunday with a vicious sixth-round right hook wasn’t exactly shocking.
