Bernard Hopkins

Bronx junior middleweight Eddie Gomez rose to 12-0 (9 KOs) with a first-round stoppage of Javier Gomez on Saturday night in Brooklyn.

Light heavyweight Marcus Brown came up with his third straight knockout in as many wins without a loss.

Brooklyn junior middleweight Frank Galarza rose to 9-0-1 with his fifth knockout.

Unbeaten Adrien Broner could return in June against either Ricky Burns or Paulie Malignaggi.

Tavoris Cloud weighed in at a career-low 173.8 pounds for his IBF light heavyweight title defense against Bernard Hopkins, who weighed 174.4 for their HBO-televised showdown on Saturday. Cloud says he's in the kind of shape to win a career-defining victory. 

Unbeaten junior welterweight Zachary Ochoa, of Brooklyn, is one to keep an eye on.

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!

Unbeaten IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud promises the public that he will not only defeat Bernard Hopkins this Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., but will put a beating on the living legend and send him into retirement.

Oscar De La Hoya is picking Robert Guerrero to upset Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez to possibly stop Austin Trout in their upcoming fights.

Tavoris Cloud's trainer, Abel Sanchez -- who trained Terry Norris to brutally defeat Sugar Ray Leonard -- says his fighter is "about to retire another legend on Saturday night" when Cloud faces 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins.

Nathan Cleverly believes Bernard Hopkins will use all of his veteran skill and guile to “spoil his way to victory” against Tavoris Cloud on Saturday, but the WBO light heavyweight beltholder said he wants to face whoever wins the IBF title showdown.

Tavoris Cloud on Bernard Hopkins' outfit at Wednesday's press conference: "It was funny to just turn around and to just see a grown man with a ski mask on standing there and not saying nothing to nobody."

Don King, who promotes IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud and once promoted Cloud's March 9 challenger Bernard Hopkins, is expected to make an appearance on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" tonight.

Light heavyweight rivals Tavoris Cloud and Bernard Hopkins shook it out for the cameras along with welterweight combatants Keith Thurman and Jan Zaveck ahead of Saturday's card in New York.

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

The world should know soon whether it will witness a 154-pound clash of unbeatens between WBC beltholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBA titleholder Austin Trout.

IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud: "Bernard Hopkins is just going to have to bring his ass to the fight and fight."

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.

Unbeaten light heavyweights Ryan Coyne and Marcus Oliveira will be featured on the undercard of Bernard Hopkins' challenge for the IBF's 175-pound belt owned by Tavoris Cloud.

Undefeated welterweight prospect Keith Thurman could face former IBF titleholder Jan Zaveck on March 9 in a WBO elimination bout for the right to face titleholder Tim Bradley.

Readers comment on Nonito Donaire's recent decisions and his legacy, tomorrow night's Frankie Gomez-Lanard Lane fight, major boxing cards being scheduled on the same day, and RingTV.com's current poll in this week's Friday mailbag.

RingTV's Ryan Songalia interviewed hot prospect Eddie Gomez at the opening night of the New York Golden Gloves, which the Bronx native won in 2010. Gomez talked about his fight on the March 9 Bernard Hopkins-Tavoris Cloud show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola meets Bermane Stiverne in a March 9 eliminator bout for the right to face Vitali Klitschko.

Promoter Russell Peltz said Gabriel Rosado "gained more fans with his gutty performance" during Saturday's bloody, seventh-round stoppage loss to Gennady Golovkin.

Sergey Kovalev is 7-0-1 in his past eight fights, and in search of his fourth straight victory against Gabriel Campillo.

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

WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin is in pursuit of his 12th straight knockout victory against Gabriel Rosado, a winner of seven straight, five by stoppage during that run.

Tavoris Cloud expects mind-games leading up to his March 9 fight against Bernard Hopkins, but says, "It’s really this simple: How do you beat Bernard Hopkins? You have to go in there and whip his ass."

At a press conference in Brooklyn on his 48th birthday, Bernard Hopkins referred to Tavoris Cloud as Don King's "last horse" and promised to defeat both enemies on the same night, come March 9.

Kevin McBride said his reasons for continuing to fight have little to do with money as much as "restoring sanity in my own head."

Shane Mosley, 41, on his clash with WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi:  "I just think that I want to continue to build the legacy, with me, my father and my camp by getting back on top at this age."

Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins' next fight, a March 9 clash with IBF 175-pound beltholder, Tavoris Cloud, will be formally announced during a press conference on Jan. 15, Hopkins' 48th birthday.

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.

Bernard Hopkins could face IBF light heavyweight beltholder Tavoris Cloud on March 9 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn thanks to a tentative approval of the bout by the sanctioning body.

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."

Undefeated welterweight Dusty Harrison, who is 18, has entered into an agreement with Washington, D.C.-based attorney Jeff Fried that includes a college component. 

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."

In honor of the New Year and the Fighter of the Year candidates for 2012, RingTV.com's resident historian and fight collector Lee Groves compiled a list of the 10 best individual years by elite boxers since 1992. 

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."

Unbeaten welterweight Dusty Harrison has entered into an agreement with Washington-based attorney Jeff Fried to handle his budding career.

Gabriel Rosado on facing Gennady Golovkin: "I'm just excited to shock the world, but I'm not going to shock myself. But I know that a lot of people are going to be surprised when I come out victorious in this fight."

Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins will be 48 years old by the time he enters the ring for a proposed clash with IBF 175-pound titleholder Tavoris Cloud on March 9.

Three-division titleholder Shane Mosley could face WBA welterweight beltholder Paulie Malignaggi on April 27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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

Fights involving multi-belt winners Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley are part of the plans of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer for the year 2013. 

An injury to unbeaten English welterweight Kell Brook could force the postponement of his scheduled Jan. 19 clash with IBF beltholder Devon Alexander.

IBF bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz aspires to the greatness of Mexican predecessors such as Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., Juan Manuel Marquez and Oscar Larios.

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