LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez has fought long enough to know never to take an opponent lightly.

It doesn’t matter to him if he’s fighting an established boxer like Floyd Mayweather or, like Saturday, facing an undefeated knockout specialist.

Alvarez, 34, understands there will be a weight on his shoulders every time he steps into the ring. ...Read more

PHILADLEPHIA — Bozy Ennis received a call last year about a former Olympic boxing champion who defected from Cuba and was looking for a place to train before turning pro. The fighter was a three-time world amateur champion, won 140 of his 149 amateur fights, and was considered one of the best-ever amateur boxers.

“I said, ‘That doesn’t ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez will headline a Mexican Independence Day weekend boxing card in Las Vegas.

The undisputed super middleweight champion will defend his titles against undefeated Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena.

The pay-per-view event will be available on Prime Video and DAZN.com and will go head-to-head against the UFC ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Troubled boxer Ryan Garcia was charged Thursday with vandalizing the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced.

The charge is a misdemeanor, reduced from the felony vandalism charge on which Garcia was arrested June 8 after he allegedly caused more than $400 damage to a...Read more