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Bernard Hopkins dethrones Tavoris Cloud to become the oldest man to win a major boxing title at age 48.

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward called IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud "an option" if Cloud defeats Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night.

Read on for fan thoughts and questions about Tavoris Cloud-Bernard Hopkins, Keith Thurman-Jan Zaveck, Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero, Saul Alvarez-Austin Trout, what’s next for Manny Pacquiao and Andre Ward, plus other subjects in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward received clearance to return to training after undergoing last month's shoulder surgery.

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward has received clearance to return to training after undergoing shoulder surgery last month.

Robert Guerrero: "I'm a man of faith. I'm a man of God, and I feel that God has put me in this position for a reason: Not to humble the world of boxing, but to humble Floyd Mayweather."

Floyd Mayweather signed a groundbreaking pay-per-view venture with Showtime and the cable network's parent company, CBS Corporation, staring with a May 4 fight with Robert Guerrero. Under the terms of the deal, Mayweather could fight six times in 30 months.

Former IBF super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute could meet ex-light heavyweight beltholder Jean Pascal in an all-Canadian affair that may jeopardize a rematch between Pascal and RING light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson.

RingTV.com's Ryan Songalia spoke to Virgil Hunter about his the ace trainer's fighters: Demetrius Andrade, Amir Khan, Andre Ward and Mike Dallas Jr. Hunter says Dallas, a big underdog against Lucas Matthysse, will surprise fans on Saturday.

Mikey Garcia turned top-rated Orlando Salido into helpless prey to win THE RING featherweight title in a break-out performance Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Former undisputed middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, 30, has announced his retirement with a record of 40-2 that includes 34 knockouts.

Does the presence of referee Steve Smoger favor the power of Gennady Golovkin or the potential for improvisational creativity from the rugged Gabriel Rosado?

WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido aspires to a similar performance against Mikey Garcia as he had during two knockout victories over Juan Manuel Lopez. 

IBF super middleweight titleholder Carl Froch has struck a deal to face WBA interim beltholder Mikkel Kessler in a rematch. Kessler defeated Froch by unanimous decision in April of 2010.

Having lost title bouts to Andre Ward, Lucian Bute and Joe Calzaghe, super middleweight contender Sakio Bika looks to cash in on a potential WBC title fight agianst Nikola Sjekloca on Feb. 16. 

RING, WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward said "I can't wait to get back out there and perform for all my fans" after having endured surgery on his right shoulder on Friday. 

While IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud could defend his belt against Bernard Hopkins on March 9, IBF super middleweight beltholder Carl Froch is weighing mandatory challenger Adonis Stevenson or WBA counterpart Mikkel Kessler.

Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika could face Nikola Sjekloca for the WBC's interim belt on Feb. 16, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

Former beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez wiill try to rebound from his second knockout loss to Orlando Salido when he returns to the ring on Feb. 2 against Aldimar Silva Santos in Lopez's native Puerto Rico.

Unbeaten middleweigt beltholder Gennady Golovkin on fighting Gabriel Rosado: "First round, hard work, hard fight. Second round, hard work... by the fifth round, I will knock him out."

Trainer Abel Sanchez calls WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin a "Mike Tyson-esque kind of individual that goes out there to kind of search and destroy."

Kelly Pavlik is “broken-hearted” over his HBO-headlining bout with super middleweight champion Andre Ward being canceled. The March 2 fight was nixed on Thursday when Ward opted to have surgery on an injured shoulder. 

Andre Ward on his shoulder injury: "I've still got many great years left in this sport. I'm just ready to get on the other side of this procedure and to get back to work."

An injury to RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward's right shoulder has forced the cancelation of a scheduled March 2 defense against former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik.

An injury to RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward's right shoulder has placed his scheduled March 2 title defense against former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik in doubt.

IBF junior middleweight titleholder Cornelius Bundrage looks to revive his native Detroit with a Feb. 23 victory over Ishe Smith that he hopes will earn him a mega bout opposite Floyd Mayweather or Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

Three-time titlewinners Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch could fight again this spring.

Former titleholder Amir Khan has signed a three-fight deal with Showtime.

Juan Manuel Marquez's sixth-round knockout of Manny Pacquiao will be among "Boxing's Best" on HBO, a series comprised of seven major showdowns to be featured over five days beginning on Christmas.

Amir Khan on his offense-oriented fighting style: "I'm that type of fighter who likes to fight and get into a tear-up."

Hard-hitting junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo will enter his second fight under trainer Virgil Hunter when he meets Jorge Silva on Saturday night.

Does Juan Manuel Marquez rank with Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. among Mexico's all-time greats?

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward's shoulder injury has apparently pushed back his title defense against former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik from Jan. 26 to potential dates in late February or early March.

Saturday night's fourth bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez has sold out at the MGM Garden Arena, producing a live gate of $10.5 million.

Strength and conditioning guru Angel Hernandez claims that trainer Freddie Roach has accused Juan Manuel Marquez of having used performance enhancing drugs out of fear that his fighter will defeat Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night.

Trainer Virgil Hunter says Amir Khan's knockout losses are more about awareness than his having a fragile chin, and believes that Miguel Cotto erred by training at high altitude before facing Austin Trout..

The Jan. 26 clash featuring RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward and former undisputed middleweight titleholder Kelly Pavlik unites promoters Bob Arum, Dan Goossen and Don King. 

Oscar De La Hoya says Adrien Broner "is Floyd Mayweather, [Bernard] Hopkins, myself...all wrapped into one."

THE RING and WBC lightheavyweight champion Chad Dawson could get his rematch with Jean Pascal on March 23 at a site to be determined on HBO.

Junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo, who meets Raul Casarez on Saturday night, plans to donate his long hair to the charity Locks of Love, which assists children who suffer hair loss as a result of chemotherapy to treat cancer.

Paulie Malignaggi: "Floyd Mayweather gets no appreciation, but he's just so dominant, that they have to just deal with it...I'm not saying that I'm as dominant as Floyd, but I consider myself to be a real craftsman of the sport. I'm a true craftsman of boxing."

IBF supermiddleweight titleholder Carl Froch is hopeful of avenging losses to Andre Ward and Mikkel Kessler if he is victorious against Yusaf Mack on Nov. 17.

Steve Smoger has worked Paulie Malgnaggi's last loss as well as his most significant victory, and will be the third man in the ring for Malignaggi's fight against Pablo Cesar Cano on Saturday night. 

Carl Froch: "I'm in there to fight and do my job and excite the fans. I was unable to do that against Andre Ward because of his style. Stylistically, he's a spoiler. Everyone knows that. That's why he's got no fans."

Amir Khan said he and trainer Virgil Hunter "discussed the fact that I am an offensive fighter, but now it is time to be a smart fighter, to win fights with my brain."

IBF super middleweight titleholder Carl Froch will defend against Yusaf Mack on Nov. 17 before his hometown fans in Nottingham, England.

Amir Khan's first bout since his upset loss to Danny Garcia will be against Southern California-based  junior welterweight Carlos Molina on Dec. 15 in a Showtime-televised bout from the L.A. Sports Arena in Los Angeles.