FightHype.com was given a special invite by undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd "Money" Mayweather to check out how he looks just 4 days into training camp for his upcoming May 3 welterweight title unification with WBA welterweight champion Marcos ...... continue reading

It's Monday. Welcome back for another edition of Observe and Fight, The Boxing Observer's compilation of observations and random thoughts from the week that was in boxing. Get caught up on some of the most recent events you may have missed ...... continue reading

"I'm going to give Ishe Smith the opportunity to fight again for the title. I've got no problem beating up Ishe Smith...Ishe can get it, no problem," stated interim WBA jr. middleweight champion Erislandy Lara, who made it clear that he has ...... continue reading

"If they put the Ruslan and DeMarco fight, I think that's a joke. Everybody is gonna get mad. They don't want to see that fight...everybody wants to see that Provodnikov and me fight because they know that's gonne be a war...I can make ...... continue reading

"Why would Triple G call him out and you been off for 2 years? And he's a little, teeny-tiny jr. middleweight. He's not even a big jr. middleweight, so those type of things is when I say hell no...he needs to get some more fights to get back ...... continue reading

"They talk so much shit, you know, about a fighter not making weight...motherfucker, lose 100 pounds to save your life...they don't know what a boxers goes through," stated world-class trainer Robert Garcia, who along with Strength & Coach ...... continue reading

"With my coach already here, it was easier for me to make the decision to see that Vegas is the place to be if I want to continue to box and try to make a name for women everywhere...with Floyd saying that he's willing to put women on is the ...... continue reading

"People that's desparate call people out. You don't hear Floyd Mayweather calling out no goddamn body, do you," stated world-class trainer Ann Wolfe, who shared some words of wisdom for fighters who like to call other fighters out. Check it ...... continue reading

"When you go with science, he can knock you out or he can just beat your ass up, period...I want the W...Floyd is the truth...Maidana, you going to see...I may be wrong, but I believe I'm right, even with the age difference, Maidana gets ...... continue reading

"I still haven't signed anything. It's not sure yet. I have to give it some thought, so we'll see," stated former featherweight champion Abner Mares, who is unsure if he'll be fighting WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura ...... continue reading

"He can manage my career very good, and business-wise too, in boxing and out of boxing too...Al Haymon is a good guy...if the money is right, I'll fight Kovalev," stated WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, who talked about his ...... continue reading

"Any party Shawn Porter is invited to, I'll gladly go and pick up a belt. I'd love to give it a shot," stated former welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, who loves the idea of a rumored clash between himself and IBF welterweight champion ...... continue reading

"I just wanted to show the fans, show the public, show everybody that Canelo is afraid of me," stated interim WBA jr. middleweight champion Erislandy Lara, who shared his thoughts on Canelo's apparent reluctance to face him shortly after ...... continue reading

"It just proved to the media and everybody he just don't want to fight Lara...he knows Lara is superior to him," stated manager Luis DeCubas Jr., who shared his thoughts on Canelo's apparent reluctance to face his fighter, interim WBA jr. ...... continue reading

"I think the stoppage was right...he wasn't going to win 'ner a round anyway," stated world-class trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., , who shared his post-fight reaction following Canelo's 10th round stoppage of Alfredo Angulo. Check it out! ...... continue reading

"He's not the Alfredo Angulo we're used to seeing. He looked old, he looked like he had no power behind his punches, and it was a great stoppage...I would've stopped it maybe a round or two before. Perro was taking too many punches," ...... continue reading

"It was a good performance from Canelo...I saw the blood, the face, so the referee decided to do it...if the referee decides to stop it, you can't do nothing about that," stated WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, who shared his ...... continue reading

"I'm torn on it. As a fighter, I definitely would say I agree with Angulo, but from a ringside perspective, you start to think of everything...in the end, the guy was hopelessly behind," stated former welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, who ...... continue reading

"That was a great experience...as long as you learn, you didn't lose. I learned a lot from that fight...I was real happy with how that result was," stated former jr. middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, who made it clear that he's ...... continue reading

"Canelo wants to fight the best, but what he doesn't want to do is, he doesn't want to wait around for those guys...he's a star...he fills up these venues...he's gonna always gonna fight the best available fighters...he likes the ...... continue reading