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Absent Donaire bout, Mares rises to 126

Abner Mares is vacating his WBC 122-pound belt in order to campaign at 126 pounds. The former bantamweight beltholder had hoped to unify junior featherweight titles with RING/IBF/WBO 122-pound champ Nonito Donaire.

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Donaire on past suicide attempt: 'I felt like I didn't belong'

Nonito Donaire on vulnerability: "You can be the best guy in a sport or the best athlete or whoever it is. We're still human, and that's what it all comes down to is that we're human."

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Lem's latest: Donaire weighs 121.5 to 122 for Arce; Lampley's 'Fight Game'

RING and WBO junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire weighed in at 121.5 compared to the division limit of 122 for challenger Jorge Arce on Friday.

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Lem's latest: HBO's Merchant to make last call with Donaire-Arce

HBO's exiting Larry Merchant: "I'm proud to be associated with so many talented people who made us into a groundbreaking network."

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Rigondeaux-Kratingdaenggym canceled for Saturday

Thailand's former titleholder Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym is out of Saturday night's fight with WBA junior featherweight beltholder Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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Will the 'Filipino Flash' get past Arce? The experts weigh in

RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire vows that "no way" will Saturday night's defense against Jorge Arce go the full 12 rounds.

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Lem's latest: Is Marquez on par with Chavez Sr.?

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

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Donaire wants Arce, Mares, Rigondeaux, in order

Nonito Donaire said he wants to "clean out" the 122-pound division by defeating Jorge Arce, Abner Mares and Guillermo Rigondeaux, in that order. 

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Massive media round table with Schaefer

The prospect of a highly-anticipated clash of junior featherweights between Abner Mares and Nonito Donaire was among the many topics broached by Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer in New York on Wednesday.

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Lem's latest: Marquez would embrace drug testing

Juan Manuel Marquez: "As for the steroids, I'm willing to give myself to any anti-doping tests. Why don't Manny Pacquiao and I both do it? I don't care. To shut everybody up. And, of course, my exams have always been clear."

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Mares: 'I want Donaire next'

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares calls a clash with RING, IBF and WBO champion Nonito Donaire "the only fight for me."

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Donaire-Arce set for Dec. 15, Rigondeaux eyed for undercard

Nonito Donaire  will face Jorge Arce on Dec. 15, with Guillermo Rigondeaux slated for the undercard at the Toyota Center in Houston.

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Lem's latest: Moreno calls Mares 'just another opponent'

"I'm very hungry for this fight, and that's what's going to carry me to victory," said once-beaten Anselmo Moreno, who will make his 122-pound debut on Nov. 10 against undefeated WBC tltleholder Abner Mares.

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Mares eyes Moreno, wants Donaire

If Abner Mares could have chosen an opponent other than Anselmo Moreno, he said, "I would have taken, hands down, the Nonito Donaire fight."

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Donaire, Rigondeaux share Dec. 15?

Nonito Donaire, Guillermo Rigondeaux may defend belts on Dec. 15 in Houston

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It's official: HBO, Top Rank announce Oct. 13 double-header

Nonito Donaire will face junior featherweight Toshiaki Nishioka after former lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut in a clash of unbeatens with Mike Alvarado on Oct. 13.

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Donaire-Nishioka, Rios-Alvarado on Oct. 13 at Home Depot Center

WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire will defend his crown against former titleholder Toshiaki Nishioka on Oct. 13 at Home Depot Center. Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut against Mike Alvarado on the undercard.

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Lem's latest: Lara-Martirosyan; Golovkin-Proksa; IBF crowns Casimero

Vanes Martirosyan could face Erislandy Lara in a junior middleweight eliminator bout for the right to face WBC beltholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

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Is Donaire in tough against Mathebula? Ask the experts

Ringtv.com asked a panel of boxing insiders what will happen when WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire faces his tallest opponent yet in IBF counterpart Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday.

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Mares not bound to Showtime

Abner Mares is not contractually bound to Showtime, said his promoter, Richard Schaefer.

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Top Rank plots Donaire's march toward greatness

Nonito Donaire's manager, Cameron Dunkin, calls the WBO junior featherweight titleholder "pound-for-pound, maybe the best fighter in the world."

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Q&A: Donaire wants to be undisputed junior featherweight champ

WBO 122-pound titleholder Nonito Donaire says he wants to unify the junior featherweight division beginning with IBF beltholder Jeffrey Mathebula, who he faces on July 7 in Carson, Calif.

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It's Salido-Bravo for July 28; Vazquez Jr.-R.Marquez on Aug. 4

To follow-up his second stoppage of Juan Manuel Lopez, WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido will face Oscar Bravo in a non-title junior lightweight bout on July 28. 

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Lem's latest: Roach tries to rebound with Chavez Jr.

Trainer Freddie Roach says he had a bad feeling as soon as he heard the first scorecard being read after Manny Pacquiao's fight against Tim Bradley.

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Bradley 'mean mugs' Pacquiao, says 'bring it on' at weigh-in

Tim Bradley looks ripped and amped, said he's "ready to prove everybody wrong" on Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

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Donaire discusses drug testing, his next fight

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."

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Lem's latest: Turmoil in Pacquiao's corner; the undercard

Freddie Roach, Alex Ariza and Miguel Diaz have had a rocky relationship in the past, and one of the challenges of this Saturday night will be for the trio to set aside their differences and work together in Manny Pacquiao's corner.

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Lem's latest: Could Donaire-Mares happen?

It appears that newly-crowned WBC junior featherweight beltholder Abner Mares will have to wait in line for a shot at RING No. 4-rated pound-for-pound fighter, Nonito Donaire, his WBO counterpart.

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Donaire recovering from hand injury suffered against Vazquez

Nonito Donaire's blood-soaked hand wrap was not the result of any broken bones, but a vein that ruptured during Saturday night's victory over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. 

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Arum has big plans for the fast-rising Donaire

If he gets past Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. on Saturday, Nonito Donaire's promoter sees bouts against Jorge Arce, Toshiaki Nishioka and Guillermo Rigondeaux in the former bantamweight titleholder's immediate future.

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Readers vote Andre Ward the "Fighter of the Year" for 2011

Readers voted Andre Ward the Fighter of the Year by a wide margin in RingTV.com's final year-end award poll. The undefeated super middleweight won the Super Six Cup, unified WBA and WBC belts and earned THE RING's vacant title in 2011.

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Donaire eyes spectacular performance against Vazquez

Nonito Donaire on Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.: "I like to press forward and he likes to press forward. He likes to box and I like to box. I think we both want to be in a spectacular fight."

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Donaire-Vazquez likely for February

Nonito Donaire could face Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for the vacant WBO 122-pound belt.

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Arce moves down, comes up with bantamweight win over Angkotta

Jorge Arce's second decision victory over Angky Angkotta earned the vacant WBO bantamweight belt.

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Weekend Preview: Juarez, Arce try to overcome losses

Can Rocky Juarez end his losing streak against Vicente Escobedo? Can Jorge Arce avenge a loss to Simphiwe Nongqayi this weekend?

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Donaire eyes Narvaez, Mares-Agbeko II winner, Marquez, Gamboa

Two-belt titleholder Nonito Donaire wants to defend his crowns against Omar Narvaez, and then pursue either the winner of Abner Mares-Agbeko II or seek challenges in the junior featherweight and featherweight divisions

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Arce-Vazquez Jr. II targeted for Dec. 3

Arce-Vazquez Jr. II might be on Cotto-Margarito card

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