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Will 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins remain RING light heavyweight champion and successfully defend his WBC title against Chad Dawson on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City?

Will the young wolf, Abner Mares, out-gun the old fox, Eric Morel, when they meet in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday night for the vacant WBC 122-pound crown? Boxing insiders give their picks.

American heavyweight title hopeful, Seth Mitchell, held an open workout on Wednesday in Clinton, Md., in advance of his clash with Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

Bernard Hopkins: "I believe I am the most underrated fighter who has walked on the planet earth. I believe that I'm the most underrated fighter that has ever laced a pair of gloves on."

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be profiled on HBO's "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" in April in advance of his May 5 showdown with Miguel Cotto.

Undefeated light heavyweight beltholder Tavoris Cloud says a deal is close for him to defend his IBF title against former RING/WBC champ Jean Pascal this year.

Golden Boy and the United Kingdom's BoxNation will team up to broadcast the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto fight and others to British fans, starting in April.

Zab Judah will be trained by his uncle, James Harvey, rather than ex-titleholder Pernell Whitaker.

Vicente Escobedo, two bouts into his junior lightweight campaign, is trying to maneuver himself into a title shot against WBO 130-pound beltholder Adrien Broner. 

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell will pursue his 23rd consecutive victory against Chazz Witherspoon on the undercard of the rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

Tim Bradley's prediction that Devon Alexander would dominate Marcos Maidana turned out to be true, and now Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, is offering his own prediction: that Bradley will defeat Manny Pacquiao.

Ken Hershman ran down an HBO lineup that includes fights such as Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley, Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson II, Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan II, Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin, and Brandon Rios-Yuriorkis Gamboa.

Tomasz Adamek will try to bounce back from his TKO loss to Vitali Klitschko last September against Nagy Aguilera on the undercard of NBC Sports Net's main event of Zab Judah-Vernon Paris on March 24.

Chad Dawson: "I'm going into this fight to prove a point. I'm going to show everybody that in the last fight, Bernard Hopkins found a way out of the fight so that he didn't have to fight me."

RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins will fight Chad Dawson on April 28 in Atlantic City, N.J., in a rematch of their controversial first bout in that took place last October.

Chad Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw, said that he expects to begin negotiations for a rematch with Bernard Hopkins this week.

Bernard Hopkins: "I don't want my next fight to be just a fight. It has to be historic. If I fight just a fight, then I would probably lose... I want at least one or two more fights. Then, I want to exit out of this game."

Andre Ward weighed in at 168-even, half a pound more than Saturday night's rival Carl Froch, at Friday's pre-fight weighin.

Pat Russell's report breaks down why he changed his mind about his original ruling that Chad Dawson had scored a TKO over Bernard Hopkins.

The WBC has ordered a rematch between RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, as well as a fight between WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and RING champ Sergio Martinez.

Bernard Hopkins says he will "never fight Andre Ward," who he considers an understudy of sorts. Ward faces fellow 168-pound titleholder Carl Froch in Super Six World Boxing Classic final on Saturday.

"I'm going to go into the ring and I'm going to use my fists until I win," said Glen Johnson of fight with IBF super middleweight beltholder Lucian Bute on Saturday. The 42-year-old vet adds that retirement is not on his mind.

A majority of WBC board members disagree with the fight result, thus the organization will continue to recognize Bernard Hopkins as its light heavyweight champ.

Bernard Hopkins believes his tactical skills are feared inside the ring, but that his reputation as a tough guy is sometimes used against him outside.

Bernard Hopkins: "I'm hoping that the commission in Los Angeles does the right thing and rewards my championship on paper back, and, second, disqualif(ies) Chad Dawson for a flagrant foul."

Antonio DeMarco: "In the end, I just believe that my heart was bigger than Jorge Linares'. My desire grew and my desire was greater than his in the end."

Chad Dawson's victory over Bernard Hopkins will be reviewed by both the WBC and the California State Athletic Commission.

Chad Dawson: "Yeah, he was faking. Come on. You know he's faking, come on man. He was giving me all of this, 'I'm a gangster, I'm a gangster.' He ain't no gangster. A gangster would have got up and fought like a man."

Bernard Hopkins was diagnosed with a left shoulder separation following a hospital visit after Saturday night's TKO loss to Chad Dawson.

Jean Pascal: "Chad Dawson to me he is a champion by accident...He won a title by accident, and, plus, he didn't show me nothing tonight...In the rematch, I'm going to get my title back."

Dewey Bozella gets his dream victory over Larry Hopkins after having been imprisoned for 26 years on a wrongful conviction.

Joe Calzaghe on Bernard Hopkins: "I said, 'Okay, let's do a 60-40 split,' and that completely shut him up. He wouldn't be quiet, and so I said, '60-40,' and he went silent. He said, 'Can't we negotiate?'"

Joe Calzaghe, the only southpaw to have defeated Bernard Hopkins, gives his take on how Chad Dawson will fare against the 46-year-old titleholder.

Antonio Tarver knows both fighter first-hand, and thinks Hopkins will go down swinging.

Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson and members of the Oct. 15 undercard met the press three days before the show at the Staples Center in L.A. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.

Neither back surgery nor throat cancer is slowing down famous ring announcer Michael Buffer, who will be at it again for Saturday night's Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson card.

Sugar Ray Leonard: "Bernard Hopkins is an anomaly. Bernard is one of those rare breeds that just doesn't exist anymore. He's like a George Foreman. You cannot doubt him or count him out."

Chad Dawson laced up for the media in Los Angeles ahead of his Oct. 15 fight against WBC and RING Light Heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins. Photos by Gene Blevins - Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions

Trainer Freddie Roach said Manny Pacquiao and Jorge Linares "were perfect for each other" during their sparring sessions in Baguio City, Philippines.

Michael Buffer tried "Man your battle stations," and, "Fasten your seat belts," before settling on "Let's get ready to rumble!"

Bernard Hopkins' wax figure to be unveiled the week leading up to his clash with Chad Dawson

Dewey Bozella: "I’m not going out to lie down; I’m going out to fight. I’m not going to let this guy come and whip my butt."

The junior welterweight clash between Kendall Holt and Danny Garcia is shaping up as one between an experienced veteran and a talented newcomer.

Bernard Hopkins met the press in Philadelphia on the way to defending his RING and WBC titles against Chad Dawson on Oct. 15. Photos by Dave Londres - Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions.

The 52-year-old former amateur boxer spent 26 years in prison before his conviction was overturned. Now on the outside, he knows the world is watching.

Dewey Bozella, the 52-year-old former amateur boxer who spent 26 years in jail wrongfully accused of murder, will finally realize his dream of fighting as a professional.

Bernard Hopkins: "I'm going to stand in there and withstand whatever onslaught he has. I'm going to out-do the 24 rounds that I put together in the first and second fight with Jean Pascal, without the push-ups."

Chad Dawson: "On Oct. 15, I will prove to everybody that Bernard Hopkins can't touch me."

Richard Schaefer on Alfredo Angulo-James Kirkland: "Based on the conversations, it looks like the fight is done."