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Lem's lastest: Macklin vows a beat-down for Golovkin

Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin claims that he will handle unbeaten WBA titleholder Gennady Golovkin in similar fashion to how Bernard Hopkins knocked out then-undefeated Felix Trinindad in the 12th round.

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Lem's latest: Brook injured again prior to Alexander fight

Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook has suffered yet another foot injury that could jeopardize his scheduled challenge to IBF beltholder Devon Alexander for the third time.

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Bradley praises Provodnikov, wants Marquez next

Tim Bradley: "To be honest with you, I want Juan Manuel Marquez. I want the guy that beat Manny Pacquiao. Two guys that beat Manny, you know. Let's go at it. Let's settle it."

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Lem's latest: BWAA honors Donaire, Garcia, Marquez-Pacquiao

In accepting his award for Fighter of the Year, an emotional Nonito Donaire spoke of coming a long way since being the "small, frail, asthmatic little boy" of his childhood.

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Arum to meet with Pacquiao's advisor, Marquez, Bradley

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said that in the next few days he'll be meeting with fighters and their teams in New York, with the goal of selecting Manny Pacquaio's September opponent no later than Sunday.

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Donaire, Rigondeaux predict 'fireworks'

Nonito Donaire on Saturday's clash with Guillermo Rigondeaux at New York's Radio City Music Hall:  "I owe New York a good fight. I know that my fans want a good fight, they're expecting a good fight, and that's what I want to give them."

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Weights for Zou, Viloria card in China

Chinese two-time Olymic gold medalist Zou Shiming is primed for Saturday's pro debu in Macau.

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Lem's latest: Pacquiao to return in September?

Manny Pacquiao according to the Manila Standard: "I never avoid anyone. I don’t choose easy fights. I will fight anybody, anytime, anywhere."

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Lem's latest: Trout joins charitable venture in advance of Alvarez

Austin Trout: "Team Fight to Walk is very important to me. The statistics about number of everyday people and US troops impacted by Spinal Cord Injuries are scary."

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Lem's latest: Road to Donaire-Rigondeaux

RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire takes on unbeaten WBA counterpart Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13.

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Lem's latest: Bradley, Pacquiao, Marquez, Rios in tourney?

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum would like to "mix-and-match" Brandon Rios, Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley over the course of the next few months.

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Arum: NSAC has 'different standard' for Mexicans

Bob Arum: "If the Nevada Commission has one standard of punishment for Americans, and one standard of punishment for Mexicans, then they should say that."

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Advisor: Pacquiao may go to highest bidder

Manny Pacquiao's advisor said the rift between HBO and Golden Boy does not concern the fighter, and claims both Showtime and HBO are in the running to televise Pacquiao's next bout. Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum says that's hogwash, the Filipino icon's next bout will be on HBO.

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Malignaggi: Broner's talk is 'music to my ears'

Paulie Malignaggi responds to AdrienBroner: "If he think that he's p---ed me off, all he's done with this talking like that, he has just put himself into the position where he has to fight. If he's 'A.B.,' and he's 'always business,' then stop being 'A.B.' the 'always bitching.'"

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Broner rips Malignaggi

Adrien Broner says he has every intention to face WBA welterweight titleholder Paul Malignaggi on June 22. Said the brash WBC lightweight beltholder: "I'm (expletive) him up. (Expletive) Paulie. (Expletive) everybody that thinks Paulie's got a chance."

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Bradley faced death threats post- Pacquiao, vows KO of Provodnikov

Tim Bradley on Ruslan Provodnikov: "Absolutely, I'm looking to make a statement in this fight. I'm looking to do some damage to this guy."

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Lem's latest: Bradley looks to make statement vs Provodnikov

WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley will be out to overwhelm March 16 rival Ruslan Provodnikov, who has served as a sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao and scored knockouts in four of his five straight victories. 

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Lem's latest: Broner mum on rivals; Bradley to have say

Golden Boy Promotions has big plans for Adrien Broner's next fight, which could be a 135-pound unificiation bout with Ricky Burns or a jump to welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi, but the unbeaten WBC lightweight beltholder won't discuss his potential opponents.

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Arum: Marquez's options include Bradley, Rios, Pacquiao

Juan Manuel Marquez will consider a fifth fight with Manny Pacquiao, and if not, the Mexican legend will look at bouts against unbeaten boxers Tim Bradley or Brandon Rios, according to Bob Arum.

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HBO2 to air Zou Shiming's pro debut from Macao

Junior flyweight Zou Shiming, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world amateur champion from China, will be making his professional debut on April 6 as part of a show that will be televised by HBO2 from Macao.

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Chavez suspended nine months, fined $900,000

Former WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. can resume his fighting career after June 15, in accordance with a nine-month suspension handed down on Thursday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission as a result of his positive drug test for marijuana use.

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Donaire-Rigondeaux to be announced

RING champion Nonito Donaire will face WBA junior featherweight counter part Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13 at Radio City Musical Hall in New York.

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Arum: Donaire-Rigondeaux on April 13 at Radio City Music Hall

RING 122-pound champion Nonito Donaire will meet undefeated WBA counterpart Guillermo Rigondeaux in a highly-anticipated clash on April 13 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

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Morales faces USADA ban, but from what?

The United States Anti-Doping Association has handed down a decision regarding Erik Morales' punishment for testing positive before his rematch with Danny Garcia, but longtime boxing attorney Pat English called USADA's proposed ban "meaningless."

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Magdaleno on Martinez: 'I can take him out'

Unbeaten junior lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno believes that he can score his most definitive career victory against WBO beltholder Roman "Rocky" Martinez on April 6 in Macau, China.

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Mares to pursue Ponce de Leon?

Frank Espinoza, who manages two-division beltholder Abner Mares and WBC featherweight titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon, says that a Mares-Ponce de Leon clash at 126 pounds could happen if Ponce de Leon defeats Jayson Velez on March 2.

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Marquez-Pacquiao V in negotiations

Manny Pacquiao's advisor calls a fifth bout with Juan Manuel Marquez this year "a possibility," even as he says "other fighters are possibilities too."

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Martinez-Magdaleno on Viloria-Estrada card in Macau

Junior lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno says that he won't lose focus for his April 6 clash with WBO beltholder Rocky Martinez, even though their fight will take him on his first trip to China.

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Lem's latest: Chavez Jr. to appear before NSAC on Feb. 28

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s case regarding his positive drug test for marijuana metabolites following September's loss to Sergio Martinez will be heard on Feb. 28, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer.  

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Zou takes Los Angeles

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming arrived in Los Angeles on Monday night.

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Garcia recovering from nasal surgery

Newly-crowned RING and WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia has had nasal reconstruction on the broken nose that he suffered during last month's technical-decision victory over Orlando Salido.

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Bradley-Provodnikov to be announced

Unbeaten WBO welterweight beltholder Tim Bradley will make the first defense of his title against Russian Ruslan Provodnikov on March 16 at The Home Depot Center ini Carson, Calif.

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Rios-Alvarado II slated for March 30

Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios will face fellow top-10 contender Mike Alvarado in a March 30 rematch of their bloody brawl that ended with Rios winning a seventh-round stoppage last October.

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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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Viloria-Estrada to headline Macau card

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is targeting WBA and WBO flyweight titleholder Brian Viloria for an April 6 defense of his belts opposite Juan Francisco Estrada in Macau.

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Chavez Jr.'s counsel answers NSAC complaint

Attorneys for Julio Cesar Chavez have requested a maximum six-month suspension and a $10,000 fine as a penalty for his positive drug test for marijuana following September's loss to Sergio Martinez. Chavez can be suspended for up to a year and fined the entire amount of his $3 million purse, or a combination of both.

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Arum signs Shiming, Chinese two-time Olympic gold medalist

Top Rank announced the signing of two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming, of China, who lists Muhammad Ali and Jackie Chan as his heroes.

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Bradley-Gamboa considered

Tim Bradley-Yuriorkis Gamboa is being considered for March 16.

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Smoger to let fists decide Golovkin-Rosado

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

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Will Salido-Garcia be a repeat of Salido-Lopez I?

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

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Lem's latest: Arum on Marquez-Pacquiao V, Donaire, Bradley, Rios

Will Manny Pacquiao's next fight, likely against Juan Manuel Marquez, take place outside of the United States?

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Leonard recalls Pacquiao-Marquez IV

Sugar Ray Leonard on Juan Manuel Marquez's stoppage of Manny Pacquiao: "When someone goes down, face-first like that...let me tell you, I was very, very concerned about Pacquiao."

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Lem's latest: Arum to suggest Pacquiao have head examined

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum will suggest that Manny Pacquiao have a neurological examination despite calling two doctors' "eye-balling" assessments of Parkinsons' disease in the fighter "ludicrous."

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Leonard's skinny on Alvarez, Broner, Garcia, Rios, Russell Jr.

Sugar Ray Leonard on Adrien Broner: "I've been watching this kid, man, and this kid, man, he's a talent. That kid has it. He's one of those rare fighters that has the entire package. He has everything."

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IBF: Peterson to defend against Holt in D.C. on Feb. 22

IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson will defend his crown against ex-titleholder Kendall Holt on Feb. 22 in Peterson's home town of Washington, D.C.

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Lem's latest: Rios speaks out; Perez-Forbes card announced

Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios would love to face Mike Alvarado, Danny Garcia or Lucas Matthysse, among others, and laments the rift between his promoter Top Rank and rival Golden Boy.

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Lem's latest: Chavez case review, Williams update

Julio Cesar Chavez's positive post-fight drug test case will be reviewed in February; Plus, a Paul Williams update and a look at 6-foot-5 junior middleweight prospect Alantez Fox.

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Chavez Jr.'s attorneys to update NSAC on Tuesday in Las Vegas

Attorneys for former WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will address his positive post-fight drug test for marijuana as well as his future before the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday. 

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Peterson-Holt in play for Feb. 22 in Washington, D.C.

IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson could face Kendall Holt on Feb. 22 at the D.C. Armory.

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Ward confirms shoulder injury, canceled Pavlik fight

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.

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Arum: Chavez-Vera likely; Ward next?

Bob Arum said Julio Cesar Chavez could fight Brian Vera next, and eventually, Andre Ward.

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Broner-Malignaggi press conference on Saturday

A Saturday press conference is in the works for smack-talkers Adrien Broner and Paulie Malignaggi.

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M. Garcia to return on June 15, Chavez Jr., July 13

Arum says Mikey Garcia and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could be in action this summer.

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Marquez-Bradley on Sept. 14?

Juan Manuel Marquez told ESPN Deportes that he will fight Tim Bradley on Sept. 14. Promoter Bob Arum says "No comment" at this time regarding the fight.

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