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In light of Adrien Broner's weight issues, Vicente Escobedo's team is deciding whether or not to go though with Saturday night's HBO-televised bout.

WBC junior middleweight beltholder Saul Alvarez could eventually face the winner of an organization-mandated division eliminator between Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan.

Lateef Kayode's cruiserweight bout with former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver is to headline a Showtime-televised, quadruple-header from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on June 2.

Gary Russell Jr. injured his left ankle during a sparring session on Friday that will force him off an April 21 card whose junior featherweight bout features Abner Mares against Eric Morel.

Featherweight prospect Gary Russell Jr. is in search of a new opponent for April 21 after Dat Nguyen pulled out.

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.

Who is next for Adrien Broner? "For me, it really don't matter. I'm ready for whoever," said the fighter. "Whoever wants to fight, just sign on the dotted line, and that's whose behind I'm kicking."

Missouri commission director, Tim Lueckenhoff, says Marcos Maidana's manager wanted to test for performing enhancing drugs, insinuating that Maidana's opponent on Feb. 25, Devon Alexander, has used "illegal drugs."

Mexican-born Abner Mares has vacated the IBF bantamweight title he won from Joseph Agbeko last year in order to pursue a junior featherweight fight with Puerto Rico native Eric Morel in April.

Andre Berto "heard a pop" while throwing a left hook in training, an indication that he ruptured the biceps on that arm that will require surgery as early as Tuesday and the postponement of his Feb. 11 rematch with Victor Ortiz.

Erik Morales has pulled out of the scheduled defense of his WBC junior welterweight title belt against Danny Garcia due to gall bladder surgery.

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.

Young junior welterweight Pablo Cesar Cano aims to pick up where Marco Antonio Barrera left off against the legendary Erik Morales in an all-Mexican clash for the WBC belt.

Alfredo Angulo and Vanes Martirosyan could headline a night of junior middleweights with Erislandy Lara and James Kirkland as the co-feature on Nov. 5.

Unbeaten Gary Russell Jr. personally selected the hard-punching Leonilo Miranda as his opponent on the Andre Berto-Jan Zaveck undercard Sept. 3 on HBO.

Marcos Maidana probably will fight Sept. 16 in his native Argentina in the wake of his canceled matchup with Robert Guerrero. His opponent has not been determined.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s manager is working to assure Freddie Roach's presence in the fighters' corner despite a possible scheduling conflict with the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez tour