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Unbeaten featherweight contender Miguel "Mikey" Garcia will challenge WBO beltholder Orlando Salido on Nov. 10 at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas on HBO.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director officially acknowledged Julio Cesar Chavez's positive drug test for marijuana on Friday.

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. 

Sergio Martinez's unanimous decision over Julio Cesar Chavez on Saturday drew a live gate of $3,052,475, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director, Keith Kizer.

WBA junior featherweight beltholder Guillermo Rigondeaux could still be a promotional free agent after Saturday night's defense against Roberto Marroquin.

WBC beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez weighed in at 158 pounds, his lightest in eight appearances as a middleweight, for Saturday night's defense against RING champion Sergio Martinez.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. once helped his father through one of the lowest points of his life, and now the Mexican legend is there to back his son up on his toughest day.

Undefeated welterweight prospect Jessie Vargas moved to 20-0 with a unanimous decision over Aaron Martinez in an ESPN2-televised main event from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas on Thursday.

Jesse Vargas will be in his third straight welterweight bout against Aaron Martinez on Thursday.

Advisor Michael Koncz has confirmed that a deal is near to match Manny Pacquiao against Juan Manuel Marquez for a fourth time.

A deal could be finalized on Wednesday for Manny Pacquiao to face either Tim Bradley or Juan Manuel Marquez in a return bout in Las Vegas on Dec. 8.

WBA junior featherweight beltholder Guillermo Rigondeaux is being allowed to defend his crown against Robert Marroquin on the Chavez-Martinez undercard on Saturday night.

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

WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.s base purse of $3 million is more than twice that of RING champion Sergio Martinez, who will pocket $1.4 million for Saturday night's fight.

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.

In response to threats against him, RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is being guarded by an armed security force in advance of his Sept. 15 clash with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Sergio Martinez says he would make adjustments in the American amateur boxing system if he were given the power to do so.

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

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. insists that discipline problems are behind him, that he doesn't care about rival Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, and that the time is right to beat middleweight champ Sergio Martinez, who he fights on Sept. 15. 

A judge has ruled that Guillermo Rigondeaux can not defend his WBA junior featherweight belt against Robert Marroquin on Sept. 15 because the fight was made by Top Rank without the consent of Rigondeaux's manager, Gary Hyde. 

Promoter Lou DiBella is considering the cancelation of all media appearances by RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez to promote his Sept. 15 bout with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the wake of threats against the fighter.

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.

An attorney for WBA junior featherweight beltholder Guillermo Rigondeaux has filed an emergency motion which seeks to lift an injunction against his fighting Robert Marroquin on Sept. 15.

Notre Dame graduate and light heavyweight prospect Mike Lee will face Paul Harness on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Sergio Martinez main event on Sept. 15.

Sergio Martinez's charitable deeds outside of the ring serve as a sharp contrast to his brutal, razor-like efficiency inside of it.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: "It was my dream to become a world champion. That’s why I decided to become a professional fighter ... Of course, I now like hearing the ring announcer say, 'The winner, and still...'" 

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.

Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina on WBC titleholder Saul Alvarez: "When he's challenging guys that I've already fought like Kermit Cintron and James Kirkland, it makes you feel like, 'Wait a second, if they deserve a shot, then I deserve a shot also.'"

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

WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has looked impressive against sparring partners in preparation for next month's clash with RING champion Sergio Martinez.

Unbeaten welterweight prospect Jessie Vargas will debut under Top Rank against Aaron Martinez on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas.

HBO's 24/7 series will debut on Sept. 1 and will detail the events leading up to the Sept. 15 clash between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez.

A WBO junior lightweight bout between Roman Martinez and Miguel Beltran Jr. will be on the undercard of the HBO Pay Per View-televised main event featuring RING middleweight champ Sergio Martinez and WBC beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Sept. 15. 

WBA junior featherweight titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux will pursue his fourth straight knockout victory against Robert Marroquin on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum applauds the creation of TMT Promotions by rapper 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr., saying it will energize the sport and possibly set the stage for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.

RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will answer questions, face-to-face, with HBO's Max Kellerman in a show that airs on Aug. 25 in advance of their Sept. 15 clash at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Paul Williams has accepted in invitation from WBC junior middleweight beltholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to be ringside for his defense against Josesito Lopez on Sept. 15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Trainer Freddie Roach does not believe that Amir Khan's fourth-round knockout loss had anything to do with Khan's parting with strength and conditioning guru Alex Ariza, a former assistant to Roach.

Super middleweight contender Edwin Rodriguez has a big fight with Jason Escalera on Sept. 29 -- six years to the day from when his twins, Serena and Edwin Jr., barely survived their premature births.

The random tests of urine samples taken from middleweights Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on July 11 have returned negative in advance of their HBO-televised clash on Sept. 15. 

Freddie Roach on his conversation with Amir Khan: "I had a very nice breakfast with Shah Khan and Amir. So we had a nice meeting yesterday, and no one talked about getting fired."

Sergio Martinez on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: "He won’t be eating solid food with the few teeth remaining after I get through with him."

The results of random urine test samples taken from Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio Martinez on July 11 are expected sometime this week or early next week, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer. 

RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez says the straight-ahead style of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. wll  make their HBO-Pay Per View-televised clash an easier fight for him.

Feisty at fifty: Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. says RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez has "been talking a lot of bulls--t." Martinez meets his son, WBC beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas.

WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez wants to defeat Josesito Lopez on Sept. 15, challenge Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eventually face countryman and WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

A Nov. 10 rematch with either Tim Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez or Miguel Cotto appears to be the likely scenario for Manny Pacquiao, while a highly-anticipated mega bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. is considered a long shot.

Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina says that a clash with WBC 154-pound titleholder Saul Alvarez 'would be like a Mexican civil war.'

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