Gavin Rees

Adrien Broner's trainer Mike Stafford plans to "unleash" a "more vicious" version of the WBC lightweight beltholder on Paulie Malignaggi, who Broner challenges for the WBA welterweight title on July 22.

Adrien Broner on his Friday morning confrontation with Paulie Malignaggi, who fights on June 22: "He was scared. You all seen that. He thought he had seen a ghost, and I ain't talking about Robert Guerrero."

Florida welterweight standouts Andre Berto and Keith Thurman are schedueld to fight in separate bouts on a Showtime-televised card in July. Berto will face veteran gatekeeper Jesus Soto-Karass; Thurman will fight fellow unbeaten puncher Diego Chaves.

Adrien Broner reached out to his fans from his Twitter account on Tuesday in the aftermath of Monday's arrest: "I know it's people that look up to me I APOLOGIZE."

It appears that Adrien Broner will fight Paul Malignaggi on HBO on June 22 and that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return on the same network on June 29. It was thought that Broner and Chavez were targeting the same June 22 date.

HBO rather than Showtime will televise unbeaten Adrien Broner's rise into the welterweight division to challenge WBA beltholder Paulie Malignaggi at Barclays Center on June 22.

Although Paulie Malignaggi is employed as a Showtime commentator, the possibility exists that he could face Adrien Broner on HBO on June 22 at Barclays Center. 

Unbeaten Adrien Broner could return in June against either Ricky Burns or Paulie Malignaggi.

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.

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.

Adrien Broner talked to RingTV's Bill Emes and other members of the boxing media while signing autographs after his impressive lightweight title defense against Gavin Rees.

Undefeated WBC lightweight titleholder Adrien Broner met the press after his fifth-round TKO of Gavin Rees. Broner talked about the HBO-televised fight, plus his future plans with the boxing media.

Adrien Broner's trainer Mike Stafford addresses the media after his star fighter defended the WBC lightweight title with a fifth-round TKO of Gavin Rees. Stafford talked about Broner one day fighting WBO beltholder Ricky Burns.

Photographer Naoki Fukuda's action shots from Adrien Broner's fifth-round stoppage of Welsh challenger Gavin Rees in Atlantic City.

Photos from the scales as Adrien Broner and Gavin Rees made weight (it's not clear if Broner's 134 pounds was before or after he downed that can of Sprite) for their fight this Saturday in Atlantic City.

Sorry for the late posting of this week's Friday mailbag, folks. (Valentine's Day evening was rough.) But here it is, complete with fans' questions and comments on Adrien Broner, The Problem's Saturday lightweight title defense against Gavin Rees, and other subjects. Enjoy!

Love or hate the swagger, Adrien Broner's path to the biggest stage in boxing wasn't as easy as he makes it look in the ring.

WBC lightweight titleholder Adrien Broner and Gavin Rees trade words on the dais at Tuesday afternoon's press conference in New York City before they meet in the ring on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. on HBO.

RingTV.com's Ryan Songalia spoke with a very confident (and crass) Adrien Broner after the New York City press conference for the undefeated WBC lightweight beltholder's Saturday title defense against former 140-pound titleholder Gavin Rees.

Adrien Broner will train for Gavin Rees like he always does: I train for every fight like it's the biggest and the last fight of my life." 

Heavyweight Johnathon Banks was advised by Wladimir Klitschko not to face Seth Mitchell after having suffered a broken right thumb during a sparring session on Monday. 

Heavyweight Johnathon Mitchell has suffered an apparent thumb injury that will force him out of a Feb. 16 rematch with Seth Mitchell, whom he knocked out in the second round in November.

Zanfer Promotions' Sean Gibbons said "Adrien Broner can play around with these chumps and brush his hair and act like he's doing something, but until you fight Miguel Vazquez, you can not call yourself the best lightweight in the world."

IBF Championships Chairman Lindsay Tucker expects to approve a March 16 clash between his organization's lightweight titleholder Miguel Vazquez and WBO counterpart Rick Burns on Monday.

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell said he wants to "right this wrong" by defeating Johnathon Banks, who stopped Mitchell in the second round in November. 

Unbeaten WBC titleholder Adrien Broner said he first met Sugar Ray Leonard as a 10-year-old, when the Hall of Famer autographed a photo for him and offered a huge compliment.

Sugar Ray Leonard on Adrien Broner: "I've been watching this kid, man, and this kid, man, he's a talent. That kid has it. He's one of those rare fighters that has the entire package. He has everything."

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell on his rematch with Johnathon Banks: "I wanted this fight. I want it to be known that I wanted this fight, and that I asked my team to get me this rematch."

Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika could face Nikola Sjekloca for the WBC's interim belt on Feb. 16, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

Lightweight contender Gavin Rees produced an explosive display to retain his European title in Clichy, France, on Friday, when he stopped local favorite Anthony Mezaache in round seven of a bloody one-sided contest.