Chad Dawson

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.

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.

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.

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.

Steve Cunningham's rematch with Tomasz Adamek represents his second fight in the heavyweight division.

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.

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. 

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.

Seth Mitchell: "I believe I'm two or three more fights away from a title shot. I don't think I'm that far away at all."

Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins is being targeted for a comeback on March 9 opposite 175-pound titleholders Nathan Cleverly, Beibut Shumenov or Tavoris Cloud.

Super middleweight champion Andre Ward could defend his RING, WBA and WBC titles against former undisputed middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on Jan. 26 on HBO, according to their promoters.

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."

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. 

Tomasz Adamek will face Steve Cunningham in December, nearly four years to the day from when he vanquished Cuningham by split-decision when they were cruiserweights.

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."

Andre Ward ranks No. 2, pound-for-pound, ahead of Manny Pacquiao, according to Yahoo! Sports and ESPN, and is at No. 3 in THE RING ratings, having surpassed Sergio Martinez in all three polls.

HBO's Jim Lampley will review Sergio Martinez's unanimous decision over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Saul Alvarez's fifth-round knockout of Josesito Lopez on the latest episdoe of The Fight Game this Saturday. 

WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. defends his eccentric training methods in advance of Saturday night's clash with RING champion Sergio Martinez. 

Andre Ward's trainer, Virgil Hunter, craves rematches with Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch.

Read on for all of the fan feedback on Andre Ward's impressive stoppage of Chad Dawson and Lucas Matthysse's brutal TKO of Olusegun Ajose that you can handle in this week's Monday Mail Bag. Enjoy!

Several boxing stars were on-hand to see Andre Ward, Chad Dawson, John Molina and Antonio DeMarco step onto the scale in downtown Oakland, Calif.

Watch the live stream of the Andre Ward-Chad Dawson weigh-in today, starting at 2:30 p.m. PT/5:30p.m. ET, on RingTV.com. Nick Cannon hosts the event at the Oakland City Center in Oakland, site of tomorrow's HBO-televised RING super middleweight championship.

Boxing insiders predict the outcome of super middleweight showdown between RING champion Andre Ward and RING light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson on Sept. 8.

WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Josesito Lopez will be featured on Showtime in advance of their Sept. 15 bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

WBC junior featherweight belt-holder Abner Mares has a defense against Anselmo Moreno on Oct. 27.

Chad Dawson says he's a "better fighter than Andre Ward," whom he will meet in a clash of RING champions on Sept. 8.

Mariusz Wach calls his Nov. 10 clash with RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko "the most important fight in my entire career."

IBF and WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire portrays a poor man driven by love in the movie Palad Ta Ang Nagbuot, which he recently completed filming in his native Philippines.

Chad Dawson on Andre Ward: "He's never been in there with a fighter like me.  I don't care what the media says or what people say, he's never been in the ring with a fighter like me.  On Sept. 8, he's going to see something different in there, something he's never seen before."

RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will face a taller foe in challenger Mariusz Wach on Nov. 10.

Andre Ward on Chad Dawson: "There is not (just) one thing that’s dangerous about him; he is a good, all-around fighter. His credentials speak for themselves."

The bout between junior featherweights Guillermo Rigondeaux and Roberto Marroquin on the Sept. 15 Chavez-Martinez undercard could be in jeopardy following a complaint from promoter Gary Hyde.

An IBF bantamweight title fight between beltholder Leo Santa Cruz and Eric Morel may complete the Sept. 15 quadrupleheader headlined by WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul Alvarez and Josesito Lopez.

RING light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is the son of a boxer, which helped him settle on the sport himself after struggling with the demands of three sports plus academics in high school.

Fans bemoan the slow month of August, look forward to the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka showdown, ponder THE RING's pound-for-pound rankings, and wonder which U.S. Olympians will excel as pros.   

Showtime's Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that "there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing."  

Unbeaten Adrien Broner on his inability to land an opponent thus far for Oct. 6: "Don't nobody want to grab that rope to hang themselves, man. But anybody can get it. Everybody that's anybody can get it."

Far in advance of Thursday's history-making Olympic gold medal-winning performance, Claressa Shields was offered encouragement by RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward, an Olympic gold medalist in 2004.

Andre Ward on winning an Olympic gold medal: "To accomplish a goal that big was surreal. Standing on that podium and hearing the national anthem play for me was surreal."

Seth Mitchell's manager lays out a scenario under which he believes his fighter could be heavyweight titleholder by as early as this time next year. 

Adrien Broner: "The boxing fans of the world want to see knockouts, and they want to also see entertainment, and that's what I give them."

Adrien Broner to his critics: "I really don't think about that stuff. I don't think about that at all."

WBC lightweight titleholder Antonio DeMarco will face John Molina on the undercard of a super middleweight main event featuring a clash between RING champions Andre Ward and Chad Dawson Sept. 8 on HBO.

Vitali Klitschko's defense of his WBC heavyweight belt against Manuel Charr will be shown prior to HBO's live telecast of Andre Ward's super middleweight title clash with Chad Dawson on Sept. 8.

Former RING light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson spoke to RingTV.com about his announced retirement following Friday night's unanimous decision loss to Andrzej Fonfara.

The Oakland press conference for the Sept. 8 fight between super middleweight champion Andre Ward and light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson featured some early exchanges between the fighters' camps.