WBO orders purse bid for Peter Quillin-Mat Korobov ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported Thursday afternoon that the WBO has ordered negotiations to begin pitting their middleweight champion Peter Quillin against Mat Korobov. That’s all fine and dandy, but Quillin (31-0, 22 knockouts) is promoted (not on paper) by Golden Boy Promotions and Korobov (24-0, 14

Timothy Bradley gives thoughts on Cold War, Richard Schaefer leaving Golden Boy When Timothy Bradley accepted his Fight of the Year Award at the BWAA Awards in Las Vegas for his March 2013 bout against Ruslan Provodnikov, he also gave a message to the assembled attendants. It is time for the Cold War to end

Oscar De La Hoya covers variety of subjects on Twitter Though there were fights on both Showtime and ESPN2, the best action in the boxing world on Friday night came courtesy of Oscar De La Hoya’s Twitter account as he made a few comments and interacted with a number of fans and boxing personalities. Oscar

Jimmy Lennon Jr. relives Forum memories INGLEWOOD, Calif.–Thursday afternoon saw Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado have their final press conference ahead of Saturday night’s HBO fight where the winner will likely face Manny Pacquiao to end the year. Though the fight itself is rather compelling, it has almost been overshadowed by where the event

Bernard Hopkins on Golden Boy rift, working with Top Rank LAS VEGAS–After Thursday’s undercard press conference for Floyd Mayweather against Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand, unified light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins talked to the media about a wide array of topics, most of which centered around the rift between Richard Schaefer and Oscar De

Pacquiao-Canelo a possibility? Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday on Twitter that he spoke with Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya, who said he broached the possibility of a Manny Pacquiao-Canelo Alvarez fight with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter and Golden Boy rival. This is a significant step

Bob Arum on MGM disrespect, Floyd Mayweather, Adrien Broner, oh…and Pacquiao-Bradley LAS VEGAS–Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has been the star of fight week at the MGM Grand as both Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley remained courteous to each other in the preliminary events. Friday afternoon, Arum was responding to questions from gathered press about

MGM removed most of Mayweather-Maidana signage Until sometime yesterday, the above sign (which hung in the area immediately outside  the press room at the MGM Grand) for Pacquiao-Bradley was an advert for next month’s Mayweather-Maidana event. After Top Rank CEO Bob Arum pitched a rightful fit at Wednesday’s press conference, someone wised up. Though Manny

Bob Arum unfiltered at Pacquiao-Bradley presser As Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has gotten older, he’s become less filtered. Wednesday afternoon at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Arum was there to promote Saturday’s rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. In the process, he took a couple shots at Floyd Mayweather while also giving

Marquez-Alvarado presser quotes and photos A press conference was held Wednesday afternoon to formally announce the much anticipated return of boxing to the recently renovated Forum in Inglewood, Calif., headlined by Juan Manuel Marquez against Mike Alvarado. The bout also marks the return to The Forum of Marquez, who carved out the beginning of his