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As a commentator, Tarver said something Kayode took exception with and is using as fuel for their June 2 fight.

Yahoo! Sports will be featuring special Q&A entries from Timothy Bradley Jr. as he train for his showdown against Manny Pacquiao.

The No. 1 vs. No. 2 fight everybody wants to see is a rarity in history and probably won't ever happen.

In conjunction with HBO Sports, Yahoo! Sports will be featuring special Q&A entries from Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. as they train for their showdown on June 9. This is part 2 of 4 from Pacquiao.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Karim Mayfield floored Raymond Serrano at the fourth-round bell, and then landed a solid right hand less than a minute into the fifth that stopped the challenger in the NABO junior welterweight title fight Friday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Former welterweight champion Andre Berto has failed a doping test, and the promoter of his rematch with Victor Ortiz says next month's fight is off.

Positive test clearly hurts boxing, but also signals a bigger issue spanning across all sports.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage.

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Sports, Pacquiao said reports he quoted a bible verse advocating death to homosexuals were inaccurately attributed to him

The renowned trainer says he will be involved with the U.S. team, but that doesn't mesh with what USA Boxing says.

LAS VEGAS (AP) Lamont Peterson will try to explain to Nevada boxing regulators why he failed a doping test, prompting the cancellation of what would have been a rematch this Saturday against Amir Khan with Peterson's WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles at stake.

NEW YORK (AP) Flyweight Marlen Esparza has become the first American female boxer to qualify for the London Olympics.

QINHUANGDAO, China (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. The three-times world and five-times European lightweight champion went through to the last four when her Romanian opponent Mihaela Lacatus withdrew with a neck injury. Due to regional quotas limiting Europeans to three of the eight places to be won in each of the three Olympic classes this week, it was not until Tajikistan's Mavzuna Chorieva won the next bout that Taylor's place in London was secure. ...

The Nevada Athletic Commission is expected to rule that Peterson is responsible for what ends up in his body.

QINHUANGDAO, China (AP) Three-time world champion boxer Katie Taylor of Ireland qualified for the London Olympics. She defeated Saida Khassenova of Kazakhstan 20-8 Tuesday in the 132-pound class at the world championships.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The success of Manny Pacquiao is delivering a knockout blow to Filipino dreams of a first Olympic gold medal, with young boxers fast-tracking to the professional ranks in a desperate bid to escape poverty and emulate their hero. Manny Pinol, a former governor of North Cotabato and current manager of boxers through his Braveheart Boxing stable, says the success of the eight-weight world champion is hindering the amateur Olympic program at home. ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The father of light welterweight boxer Nick Casal considers his son lucky to be alive after sustaining several deep cuts to his head in an attack last weekend.