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The Ring editors Michael Rosenthal and Doug Fischer gave their thoughts on Robert Guerrero's hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Andre Berto immediately after the grueling HBO-televised showdown.

Photographer Naoki Fukuda takes you into the phonebooth to witness the carnage of Robert Guerrero vs. Andre Berto.

Andre Berto and Robert Guerrero made weight for their HBO-televised welterweight showdown on Saturday in Ontario, Calif., as did Keith Thurman and Carlos Quintana for their junior middleweight co-feature. 

Former two-time welterweight titleholder Andre Berto weighed half a pound more than former featherweight beltholder Robert Guerrero at the Friday weigh-in for their HBO-televised fight tomorrow. Berto weighed 146.8. Guerrero weighed 146.4.

Fans weigh in on tomorrow's toss-up welteweight showdown between Andre Berto and Robert Guerrero as well as other upcoming fights and subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy.

Will Andre Berto's 15-month layoff end with a victory over Robert Guerrero, or will Guerrero earn his 15th consecutive victory over Berto?

Manny Pacquiao and arch-rival Juan Manuel Marquez once sang "La Bamba" during a duet on Mexican television during the promotion leading up to their third fight.

Robert Guerrero on Andre Berto and PEDs: "Everybody's guilty until they're proven innocent, and he was proven innocent."

Andre Berto and Robert Guerrero told RingTV's Dominic Verdin why they believe they will win their HBO-televised welterweight showdown on Nov. 24 at a recent media workout in L.A.

Robert Guerrero isn’t considered an “elite” fighter by the media, but he hopes a victory over Andre Berto on Saturday will change that. His co-managers believe he deserves more respect than some fighters, including Adrien Broner, are getting. 

Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya said he would contact Bob Arum, personally, to arrange a Nonito Donaire-Abner Mares fight -- a move Arum claims he would be open to.

Southpaw IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander will face unbeaten Kell Brook as part of a Showtime-televised 147-pound triple- or quadruple-header at a site to be determined.

Knockout artist Randall Bailey: "I want to fight guys that want to fight and guys that feel the same way that I feel. I don't want to go 12 rounds ... I want those Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns types of fights."

Junior middleweights Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara weighed 153, and, 153.5, respectively for Saturday night's WBC eliminator. 

Only a few years after being released from prison for armed robbery, Dusty Harrison's father and trainer, Buddy Harrison, started his son shadowboxing while he was still in diapers.

Robert Guerrero is dedicating his Nov. 24, WBC welterweight title bout with Andre Berto to the memory of late trainer Emanuel "Manny" Steward.

Former two-time welterweight beltholder Andre Berto and current titleholder Robert Guerrero spoke to RingTV's Dominic Verdin after the kick-off press conference for their HBO-televised showdown in Ontario, Calif., on Nov. 24.

The Nov. 24 showdown between Andre Berto and Robert Guerrero should prove if Berto is as formidable as he was before his drug-testing controversy and if Guerrero truly belongs in the welterweight division.

A once-paralyzed, former cancer patient, Danny Jacobs was ecstatic in victory: "No moment has ever been greater than right now. This moment means the world to me. They told me that I would never walk or box again, and I proved everybody wrong."

Andre Berto said the positive drug test "didn't have anything to do with any type of drug enhancement, or any type of testosterone or EPO or none of that type of stuff."

Robert Guerrero expects to see the "same old" Andre Berto during their HBO-televised clash on Nov. 24.

Featherweight Mikey Garcia will put his unbeaten mark on the line opposite former titleholder Jonathan Victor Barros in a co-feature with junior middleweights Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara.

Welterweight contender Robert Guerrero will meet former two-time beltholder Andre Berto on HBO on Nov. 24 at The Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif.

Promoter Lou DiBella spoke to RingTV's Bill Emes about the fighters featured on HBO's recent Boxing After Dark tripleheader, including Edwin Rodriguez and Antonin Decarie, as well as his relationship with Andre Berto.

If Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has a definitive opponent lined up for undefeated WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley, he isn't saying so.

Chad Dawson says he's a "better fighter than Andre Ward," whom he will meet in a clash of RING champions on Sept. 8.

Rapper 50 Cent has officially applied for a promoter's license in Nevada.

Nonito Donaire on his year-round random drug testing commitment: "I try to write down anything and everything that I might be in contact with. Even with the food that I'm eating and where I'm at, or where I've been."

Floyd Mayweather Jr. flaunts $1 million while aboard a private jet in a new Youtube video.

Andre Berto has been licensed to fight by the California State Athletic Commission, which is awaiting an appeal hearing concerning a positive drug test by Antonio Tarver that is slated for Oct. 8.

IBF junior middleweight titleholder Cornelius Bundrage on his separation from manager Manny Steward: "It's just time to move on. So I'm putting it out there that I need a new manager, a new promoter, and that I need to be with somebody that's going to help me to get the big fights."

Lamont Peterson on his positive drug test and the IBF's decision to allow him to keep their title: "The IBF did the proper process and they did an excellent job. I feel like the IBF did the job and they cleared my name."

HBO's 24/7 series will debut on Sept. 1 and will detail the events leading up to the Sept. 15 clash between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from the Clark County Detention Center in Nevada just after midnight on Aug. 3 after having served 63 days of an 87-day sentence thanks to good behavior.

Floyd Mayweather purchased an assortment of elaborate gifts for his girlfriend's July 25th birthday while in jail.

Rapper 50 Cent is licensed to promote boxing shows in New York, but not yet in Nevada, where he has applied for a license and plans to eventually promote boxing events under The Money Team banner.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum applauds the creation of TMT Promotions by rapper 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr., saying it will energize the sport and possibly set the stage for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.

Rolando Arellano claims that he is owed a $192,000 manager's fee by Victor Ortiz stemming from the fighter's ninth-round knockout loss to Josesito Lopez on June 23.

Southpaw junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara has signed with advisor Al Haymon.

Danny Garcia and Amir Khan wll be subjected to random drug testing of blood and urine by the United States Anti-Doping Agency leading up to their July 14 fight, which currently is for the WBC and WBA titles.

Showtime commentator and former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver has been suspended and fined $2,500 after a positive drug test for the anabolic steroid drostanolone.

WBO junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire will pioneer a move for year-round, random drug testing of blood and urine to be conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.

Victor Ortiz's trainer Danny Garcia spoke to RingTV's Dominic Verdin about Andre Berto's failed drug test and Ortiz's June 23 opponent Josesito Lopez.

Nonito Donaire: "I wouldn't even mind finding somebody who tests positive and prove that my ability is better in a natural way -- regardless if he's on it -- and that I can still beat him."

Erislandy Lara gets back in action against Freddie Hernandez on June 30.

Former IBF and WBA beltholder Amir Khan will face newly-crowned WBC junior welterweight titleholder Danny Garcia on July 14. 

Josesito Lopez will step up to replace Andre Berto against Victor Ortiz on June 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, while heavyweight Chris Arreola will fight on the undercard.

Robert Garcia says he considers Victor Conte "a great person," adding, "if you're asking me, I would say that he's the last person that's going to try to do something illegal."

Robert Guerrero, who has been a world-ranked featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight, will try to earn a top-10 ranking in the 147-pound division against undefeated welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin on July 28.