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Marcos Maidana scored an eighth-round TKO over Jesus Soto Karass on Saturday.

Tim Bradley on Manny Pacquiao: "I wanted to be able to beat him convincingly without any controversy. That's all that I wanted...I wanted another opportunity to silence all of the critics, and all of the world to show that I'm one of the best fighters in the world."

Hall of Famer Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson will call the Showtime Championship Boxing card headlined by the Lucas Matthysse-Olusegun Ajose junior welterweight bout on Saturday.

Devon Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, called Randall Bailey's back injury "the lamest s--t I've ever heard."

Randall Bailey on Devon Alexander: "Trust me, I'm going to knock him out."

IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey has suffered a back injury that has forced the postponement of his defense against Devon Alexander, originally scheduled for Sept. 8.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has confirmed that Miguel Cotto will face Austin Trout on Dec. 1 at Madison Square Garden for Trout's WBA "regular" junior middleweight title.

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.

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.

Birthday knockouts have become a tradition for WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez, and this Sept. 15 -- Gonzalez's 31st birthday -- he'll be looking to collect a $100,000 bonus against Daniel Ponce de Leon.

Devon Alexander on Randall Bailey: "I'm a natural southpaw who thinks in the ring, so he's in for a rude awakening."

Randall Bailey: "Eventually, I'm going to catch up to Devon Alexander. And when I do, it's going to be trouble for him."

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

Welterweight puncher Randall Bailey will make the first defense of his IBF belt against former 140-pound titleholder Devon Alexander on Sept. 8 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino 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.

Hasim Rahman is back after wrist surgery and is in training for his Sept. 29 shot at WBA heavyweight titleholder Alexander Povetkin.

IBF welterweight beltholder Randall Bailey will make the first defense of his title opposite Devon Alexander on Sept. 8 in Memphis, Tenn.

Marcos Maidana will compete in his second straight welterweight bout against Jesus Soto Karass on the undercard of a Showtime-televised main event featuring WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul Alvarez.

Lucas Matthysse will face Ajose Olusegun on the Devon Alexander-Randall Bailey card Sept. 8 on Showtime. No site has been determined.

Unbeaten junior middleweight beltholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will defend his WBC crown against Josesito Lopez on a Showtime broadcast from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sept. 15.

Devon Alexander will apparently get a shot at his third title belt before his hometown fans in St. Louis opposite IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey on Sept. 8.

Southpaw junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara has signed with advisor Al Haymon.

Promoter Lou DiBella: "I don't care who you are, if Randall Bailey hits you on the button, you're going to be knocked out."

The next fight for Lucas Matthysse could be a clash of hard-hitting Argentines with countryman Marcos Maidana.

Hard-hitting IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey calls Devon Alexander "a full-blown midget," adding Tim Bradley "doesn't want a part of fighting me -- not even in his wildest dreams."

Junior welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse hopes to earn his third straight victory by knockout against former three-division beltholder Humberto Soto on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Can aging RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez stop young juggernaut Julio Cesar Chavez, the unbeaten WBC beltholder? The two are scheduled to meet in a pay-per-view showdown this fall.

Newly-crowned IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey could face former junior welterweight beltholder Devon Alexander on Aug. 25 on Showtime

Josesito Lopez says he is motivated by the fact that Victor Ortiz has been named as the Sept. 15 opponent for WBC 154-pound titleholder Saul Alvarez in advance of his June 23 bout with Ortiz.

WBO junior welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley believes that he will beat Manny Pacquiao rather easily.

Tim Bradley on Manny Pacquiao: "He's got a huge fight looming over his head. The fight that everybody wants to see is Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao...but he's got to deal with me on June 9."

Bob Arum: "Tim Bradley is so confident that it's scary. I mean, he is absolutely 100 percent convinced that he's winning the fight" against Manny Pacquiao on June 9.

Tim Bradley: "It feels great to get the fight with Manny Pacquiao. It’s going to feel even better when I beat him. You can take that to the bank." 

Tim Bradley on fighting left-handers such as Manny Pacquiao: "It's just like riding a bike to me now. It's become second nature. Southpaws are easy to dominate now."

Trainer Freddie Roach says Manny Pacquiao will "beat Tim Bradley pretty easily" and is sticking to the comparison he made between Bradley and Pacquaio's second-round KO victim, Ricky Hatton.

Tim Bradley on Manny Pacquiao: "This guy is beatable. I'm going to prove it to everybody." 

WBO junior welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley will be featured on HBO's Portrait Of A Fighter on Saturday night in advance of his June 9 clash with WBO welterweight beltholder Manny Pacquiao.

Paulie Malignaggi on his knockout of Vyacheslav Senchenko: "Considering all of the pressure in this fight, and considering the circumstances surrounding this fight, you could make a case that this was my best and most complete performance."

Devon Alexander has joined advisor Al Haymon's star-studded list that includes Floyd Mayweather, Andre Berto, Adrien Broner, Paul Williams, Gary Russell Jr., Seth Mitchell and Chris Arreola.

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.

Trainer Robert Garcia welcomes Marcos Maidana into a stable that already includes Nonito Donaire, Brandon Rios, Kelly Pavlik and Mikey Garcia. 

Tim Bradley:  "Any day, week or month of the year, you can come and drug test me. It's all natural over here with Tim Bradley. Natural. God-given talent."

WBO junior welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley will be facing a left-hander for the third straight fight when he meets WBO welterweight beltholder Manny Pacquiao on June 9.

Tim Bradley does not believe that Manny Pacquiao's out-of-the-ring troubles will bother the Filipino icon, whom he says he will "dominate" when they fight on June 9.

Abner Mares and Eric Morel will face each other for the WBC's junior featherweight belt vacated by Toshiaki Nishioka, and Robert Guerrero will meet Selcuk Aydin for the organization's interim welterweight title.

Undefeated cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode has his eyes, and his ire, focused on former light heeavyweight champ and fellow 200-pound contender Antonio Tarver.

Devon Alexander is flying high after his dominant performance over heavy puncher Marcos Maidana on Saturday, but the new addition to the ranks of welterweight players still finds reason to criticize himself.

Junior welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley has now stood shirtless and face-to-face with Manny Pacquiao, and has determined himself to be the bigger and stronger man going into their June 9 clash on HBO Pay Per View.

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.