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Unbeaten super middleweight contender Edwin Rodriguez will face Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna as part of Saturday night's Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four tournament.

Although Brandon Rios became the first man to stop Mike Alvarado in October's bloody Fight-of-The-Year-caliber clash of unbeaten junior welterweights, ex-beltholder Kendall Holt believes that Alvarado can exact revenge on Saturday night.

Manny Pacquiao according to the Manila Standard: "I never avoid anyone. I don’t choose easy fights. I will fight anybody, anytime, anywhere."

Lamont Peterson on the hard-hitting Lucas Matthysse: "I don't think he's going to pose any problems for me."

Adrien Broner apparently bit a security guard during scuffle in Miami on Monday.

Showtime has a mega promotional series planned in advance of the May 4 clash between Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero. 

HBO's Ken Hershman has severed ties with Golden Boy "to focus our efforts and resources on those strategic relationships where we better share common goals and business philosophies."

Bronx junior middleweight Eddie Gomez rose to 12-0 (9 KOs) with a first-round stoppage of Javier Gomez on Saturday night in Brooklyn.

Light heavyweight Marcus Brown came up with his third straight knockout in as many wins without a loss.

Unbeaten junior welterweight Zachary Ochoa, of Brooklyn, is one to keep an eye on.

Unbeaten Denis Shafikov says that Lamont Peterson and Adrien Broner have "never faced anyone like me."

Golden Boy Promotions has big plans for Adrien Broner's next fight, which could be a 135-pound unificiation bout with Ricky Burns or a jump to welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi, but the unbeaten WBC lightweight beltholder won't discuss his potential opponents.

WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi calls WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner "a very winnable fight for me." Malignaggi says Golden Boy Promotions has proposed the matchup.

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward has received clearance to return to training after undergoing shoulder surgery last month.

Former titleholder Amir Khan is looking to enjoy "a special night" on April 27 opposite Julio Diaz in England.

Former 140-pound titleholder Amir Khan could get a stiff test from former 135-pound titleholder Julio Diaz on April 27 in Khan's native England.

Kendall Holt after Friday night's loss to Lamont Peterson: "My body just wasn't responding. My body and my mind just weren't on the same page. My body wanted to do one thing, and my mind said do something else."

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said of IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, "I think that there are going to be many great fights ahead for him."

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson overcame a slow start to stop ex-beltholder Kendall Holt at 1:42 of the eighth round after flooring him in the fourth and sixth rounds on Friday night.

Forbes estimates Floyd Mayweather's deal with Showtime as being worth more than a $250 million, although network boss Stephen Espinoza would not comment directly on the six-fight package.

Kendall Holt on Friday's bout with Lamont Peterson: "This fight, I'm going to set things up and make things happen. I have had some good sprints, some good boxing and I am ready to go a good, hard 12 rounds."

Boxing expert Rich Marotta says Lamont Peterson's defense against Kendall Holt "should rank pretty high on the entertainment scale."

Does Adrien Broner want to be on the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero undercard? Lem Satterfield spoke to the WBC lightweight titleholder about that and other subjects at the final presser for the Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Floyd Mayweather's move to Showtime ends the days when the network could not compete with rival U.S. cable giant HBO.

IBF beltholder Lamont Peterson on Kendall Holt: "At the end of the day...I don't think that he will be able to bite down like I'm going to be able to."

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson said "I think that VADA is a good thing for the sport," adding, "hopefully I'll use VADA after this fight." Peterson failed a VADA-administered drug test going into his scrapped rematch with Amir Khan.

The United States Anti-Doping Association has handed down a decision regarding Erik Morales' punishment for testing positive before his rematch with Danny Garcia, but longtime boxing attorney Pat English called USADA's proposed ban "meaningless."

Lamont Peterson on facing Kendall Holt in his home town of Washington, D.C.: "It helps to hear the voices of your friends and family cheering you on."

Kendall Holt's preparation for Lamont Peterson has included sparring sessions with ex-beltholder Shane Mosley. 

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said he was concerned about the threat of terrorism during Sunday's Super Bowl blackout at the Superdome in New Orleans.

Newly-crowned RING and WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia has had nasal reconstruction on the broken nose that he suffered during last month's technical-decision victory over Orlando Salido.

WBO middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin is in the mix of a division that includes RING/WBC champ Sergio Martinez, WBA and IBF counterparts Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Geale, as well as ex-beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Lamont Peterson: "A victory over Kendall Holt will help me to close that door so that we don't have to talk about no drugs or steroids or testosterone or anything like that anymore."

Hector Camacho Jr.: "I had kind of lost my devotion to the sport of boxing, but after my father's death, I was re-awakened."

Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios would fight Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse, Amir Khan and even promotional stablemate Tim Bradley if not a targeted rematch with Mike Alvarado.

Orlando Salido will have his eye, which was injured in Saturday's loss to Mike Garcia, examined this week.

Once-beaten junior middleweight and cancer-survivor Danny Jacobs has begun a foundation geared toward benefitting cancer support and attacking issues with obesity and bullying.

HBO's unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman has extended his contract through December of 2016, meaning his time with the network will have spanned three decades.

HBO's ringside scorer Harold Lederman said Andre Ward was "terrific," and, "sharp" as a network commentator for this past Saturday's triple-header at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Newly-crowned WBO featherweight beltholder Mikey Garcia would grant a rematch to Orlando Salido, but prefers a more lucrative bout with Yuriorkis Gamboa.

Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia took Orlando Salido's WBO featherweight belt with an eighth-round technical decision after an accidental head butt broke his nose and sent the fight to the scorecards.

Roman Martinez retained his WBO 130-pound title with a hard-fought split draw against Juan Carlos Burgos in a brisk 12-round bout that most observers thought the challenger deserved to win.

Junior lightweight standout Felix Verdejo flattened Tomi Archambault with two left hands in 21 seconds.

New Jersey junior middleweight Glen Tapia scored a second round stoppage over Ayi Bruce.

RING No. 1-rated junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse will be after his fifth straight knockout win against Mike Dallas on Jan. 26.

WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido aspires to a similar performance against Mikey Garcia as he had during two knockout victories over Juan Manuel Lopez. 

Light heavyweight Gabriel Campillo will have been out of the ring for nearly a year when he meets Sergey Kovalev on Saturday night.