George Glinski

4 days ago | talksport.com | George Glinski

Floyd Mayweather never tasted defeat as a professional, but he felt the gut-wrenching feeling when he boxed Augie Sanchez in the unpaid ranks. The pair fought each other four times in the pros, with 'Money' Mayweather getting his hand raised thrice. Sanchez's sole triumph over the future five-weight world champion came in 1996 at the United States Olympic Trials.

5 days ago | talksport.com | George Glinski

Dave Allen has played an invaluable role as a sparring partner for boxing's biggest stars. During a punishing early portion of his career, 'The White Rhino' shared the ring with some of the best big men of his generation, including Oleksandr Usyk, Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. While most of the aforementioned names earned millions for the fights, Allen helped them prepare for, the Brit earned considerably less for his important part.

5 days ago | talksport.com | George Glinski

Manny Pacquiao isn't the only Filipino boxing legend set to return to the ring in the coming weeks. Four-division world champion Nonito Donaire is also making a comeback, five weeks before his fellow countryman. 'The Filipino Flash' is scheduled to box Chile's Andres Campos for the interim WBA bantamweight trinket at Casino Buenos Aires, Argentina. Donaire (42-8) has held multiple world titles from flyweight to featherweight during an illustrious professional career stretching back to 2001.

1 week ago | talksport.com | George Glinski

Jaime Munguia has failed a post-fight drug test following his rematch with Bruno Surace. On Wednesday, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed all relevant parties that Munguia's A-sample returned an adverse analytical finding for exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites in a urine sample collected on May 4, one day after their sequel. Munguia now has ten days to request analysis of his B-sample to check for laboratory errors or contamination.

1 week ago | talksport.com | George Glinski

Terence Crawford claims he will earn significantly less than has been reported for his upcoming clash with Canelo Alvarez. 'Bud' is set to move up two weight classes to square off against the Mexican superstar for the undisputed super middleweight crown in Las Vegas on September 13. If he can get his hand raised, then the Omaha puncher will become the first three-weight undisputed champion of the four-belt era after previously unifying all the belts at super lightweight and welterweight.