Featherweight Boxing

The Floyd Mayweather report: Cool, crisp, with continued reign

2013-05-04 22:50:00

LAS VEGAS — Another year off, a jail term and Father Time have not diminished Floyd Mayweather Jr. one bit. Boxing's top pound-for-pound fighter dominated his challenger Robert Guerrero on Saturday night, winning nine of 12 rounds on all three...

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez could be next opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. hasn't fought twice within a five-month period since 2006. But after overwhelming Robert Guerrero by unanimous decision Saturday night, he's scheduled to return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena ring on Sept. 14....

Robert Guerrero knows pressure, and it's not fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS — Robert Guerrero is from Gilroy, California's garlic capital of the world. His greatest fight stages have been in San Jose and Ontario. And his most compelling pre-fight publicity stop was on evangelist Pat Robertson's "700 Club."...

Abner Mares and Daniel Ponce De Leon, who share manager, to fight

2013-05-02 17:01:00

Frank Espinoza is aware of the history of a boxing manager daring to allow two of his fighters to square off against each other in the ring. In April 1977 at the Forum in Inglewood, manager-trainer Arturo Hernandez sided with Carlos Zarate over...

Live discussion: Will Floyd Mayweather Jr. remain undefeated?

2013-05-03 10:35:00

� Join Times boxing writer Lance Pugmire at 1 p.m. today for a live discussion of the upcoming Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero fight. Guerrero is a heavy underdog in the fight against the undefeated Mayweather, but as Pugmire wrote Thursday, that's...

Canelo Alvarez close to pulling out of Mayweather's May 4 card

2013-02-27 16:08:00

Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t sign a contract agreeing to fight Mexico star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez next, so Alvarez is close to taking his star power off Mayweather’s May 4 card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions...

Gennady Golovkin could inherit the Manny Pacquiao mantle

2013-01-09 09:23:00

Timing is everything. A month after Manny Pacquiao smacked his face on the MGM Grand boxing ring canvas, the sport’s next big thing is preparing for his breakthrough performance. Unbeaten Gennady Golovkin, 30, of Kazakhstan is a polite assassin,...

PASSINGS: Richard W. Lyman, Johnny Tapia

2012-05-28 18:05:00

Richard W. Lyman Former president of Stanford University Richard W. Lyman, 88, a former president and provost of Stanford University who clamped down on student protests during the Vietnam War era, died Sunday of congestive heart failure in Palo Alto,...

Raul Rojas dies at 70; L.A. gang member turned boxing champion

2012-05-25 00:00:00

Raul Rojas, a tough former gang member who turned to boxing and became a world featherweight champion, died Sunday of natural causes at a Los Angeles convalescent home, said his daughter Rebecca. He was 70. Rojas claimed the World Boxing Assn. belt on...

Eric Morel battles to win on Honda Center undercard

2011-12-04 04:33:11

Southland boxer Genaro Hernandez, a former world champion, dies at 45

2011-06-08 04:33:54

Hiking on the tech trail

2011-07-04 00:00:00

Getting out in nature for a hike or a trail run can offer an escape from the modern world. But that doesn't mean techie innovations should be left at home, especially when they enhance the experience in a quiet, unobtrusive way. If you want to get there...

, in South Baltimore, captured the world bantamweight title in 1937, then advanced to the featherweight ranks and won that crown three years later. Both were 15-round decisions. Of his 120 pro fights, Jeffra won 94, with 28 knockouts.

2012-03-02 00:00:00

Boxer Genero Hernandez (R) died June 7, 2011, from a rare form of cancer. The two-time world super featherweight champion retired in 1999 with a 38-2-1 record, 17 of those wins coming by knockout. Hernandez was 45.

2011-06-10 13:22:03

World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight world champion Elio Rojas (R) of the Dominican Republic battles Gustavo Espadas of Mexico for world championship title in Merida in Yucatan state on Feb. 20, 2010.

2010-02-23 06:56:14