Lem Satterfield

Malignaggi: Danny Garcia wins 'close, tricky fight' with Granados

Adrian Granados didn’t attend a November press conference in Los Angeles announcing an April 20 welterweight battle with two-division champion Danny Garcia, but “El Tigre” made a video saying Garcia “talked too much s***,” to which “Swift” vowed to...

Malignaggi Feels Garcia is 'Going Too Far' in Facing Spence

WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman speaks for many when assessing Mikey Garcia’s chances against left-handed IBF counterpart Errol Spence. “Errol Spence is a lot bigger than Mikey Garcia, and as the smaller guy who never has fought a world class...

Pablo Cesar Cano To Impose Will on Aging Jorge Linares

Pablo Cesar Cano’s shot at three-division champion Jorge Linares offers his biggest career opportunity in eight years. The winner of Friday’s WBC 140-pound title eliminator awaits that between champion José Ramírez and southpaw José Zepeda, who fight...

Jarrell Miller Tabs Joshua as 'Turd' - Gives High Praise To Hearn

Jarrell “Baby” Miller said Eddie Hearn “has put his money where his mouth is,” calling the Englishman's Matchroom USA “probably the most professional promotional company I’ve ever worked with.” But Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) expressed frustration at his...

Vergil Ortiz could fight for 140-pound title in 2019, Says Gomez

Junior welterweight Vergil Ortiz could be a champion sometime in 2019, ultimately competing at as high at 154 pounds later on in his career, said Golden Boy president Eric Gomez. “Vergil’s campaigning at 140 and he’s on the verge of being ready for a...

Tony Harrison: I'll Beat Jermell Charlo 'Even Easier' in Rematch

Newly-crowned WBC 154-pound champion Tony Harrison vows to win a rematch with Jermell Charlo “even easier” than last month’s disputed unanimous decision victory that dethroned Charlo at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Tug Nayambayar Wants To Be Second Mongolian Champion

Tugstsogt Nyambayar represents Mongolia’s best hope for a world champion since Lakva Sim’s fifth-round TKO earned the WBA’s vacant 135-pound title over Miguel Calist in April 2004 before losing it via unanimous decision to then-unbeaten Juan Diaz tha...

Uzcategui, Plant share mutual heartache, dislike for one another

Jose Uzcategui was a 15-years-old competing on the road as an amateur boxer when he received the tragic news regarding his infant daughter. “It happened [13] years ago. I was in concentration because I was about to compete with the national team of V...

Malignaggi Backs Porter To Win, Says Ugas Can Cause Problems

WBC 147-pound titleholder Shawn Porter is approaching his initial defense in his second reign as world champion against wily title challenger Yordenis Ugas on March 9 as if the battle of Las Vegans is the the fight of his life, and Showtime's ringsid...

Moises Flores Ready For "Mexican War" With Brandon Figueroa

Former 122-pound champion Moises Flores is nicknamed, “Chucky,” after the murderous doll in the horror movie series, “Child’s Play,” in part, owing to his reputation as a street fighting youth in his native Jalisco, Mexico.

Jarrell Miller on Adam Kownacki: 'That's My Polish Twin'

Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller looks nothing like fellow heavyweight contender, Adam “Babyface” Kownacki, whom he nevertheless calls “my Polish twin.” The 6-foot-3, 260-plus-pound Kownacki (18-0, 14 KOs) estimates he’s sparred “more than a thousand round...

Malignaggi Expects Fire-Fight in Thurman-Lopez, KO Within 6

WBA champion Keith Thurman will end a 22-month ring absence in pursuit of his third straight and fourth overall appearance at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on January 26, but expect “One Time” to experience some potentially treacherous momen...

Malignaggi on Pacquiao-Broner: 'It's a Very Tricky Fight'

Four-division champion Adrien Broner believes he will earn his seventh victory without a loss against left-handers opposite WBA “regular” champion Manny Pacquiao on January 19 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay-Per-View, but former two-div...

Munguia: Top Five at 154 is Me, Hurd, Harrison, Charlo, Castano

WBO champion Jamie Munguia ranked himself ahead of IBF/WBA/IBO counterpart Jarrett Hurd, WBC title winner Tony Harrison, former titleholder Jermell Charlo and WBA “regular” titlist Brian Castano when asked by BoxingScene.com to list the 154-pound di...

Ishe Smith Laughs at Erickson Lubin's Threat of a Knockout Win

Former IBF 154-pound Ishe Smith had a swift response to southpaw title challenger Erickson Lubin, who expressed his desire to be “the first person to actually stop” Smith “or knock him out" during a recent interview with Ryan Burton of BoxingScene.c...