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Junior welterweight prospect Frankie Gomez will face his most experienced opponent to date in former 140-pound titleholder DeMarcus Corley in a Fox Sports Net-televised card on July 6.

Middleweight Danny Jacobs twice floored Keenan Collins on his way to a fourth-round stoppage in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Zab Judah's take on why there has been no press conference or weigh-in staredowns with Danny Garcia: "Always remember: A monkey can never look a lion in the face."

IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander has been ordered to make his next defense against unbeaten Kevin Bizier, whom he could face as part of the May 18 Peterson-Matthysse card on Showtime.

Seth Mitchell on his rematch with Johnathon Banks: "I'm just ready to fight. I'm ready to get back into the ring...You'll see a big improvement in my defense, my ring generalship. Just going back to the basics."

Arturo Gatti was involved in a Ring Magazine "Fight Of The Year" four times throughout his career, but was most known for his three bouts against Irish Micky Ward -- the first and third of which earned Ring Magazine's "Fight Of The Year" honors.

Saul Alvarez on Austin Trout, who defeated Alvarez's older brother, Rigoburto, in 2011: "Beating him will make a statement, and in so doing, I plan to avenge my brother’s loss to him and bring victory home to Mexico."

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

Saul Alvarez says he's focused on his 154-pound title unification bout with Austin Trout on April 20, but he also says wants to headline a big show on Sept. 14 even if it competes with Floyd Mayweather's planned pay-per-view date.

Leo Santa Cruz has vacated his IBF bantamweight belt in favor of rising into the junior featherweight division. 

Unbeaten featherweight prospect Gary Russell Jr. will return to the ring on March 2 opposite Russian standout Vyacheslav Gusev on the Daniel Ponce de Leon-Jayson Velez undercard in New York City.

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."

Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios would love to face Mike Alvarado, Danny Garcia or Lucas Matthysse, among others, and laments the rift between his promoter Top Rank and rival Golden Boy.

Fights involving multi-belt winners Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley are part of the plans of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer for the year 2013. 

Junior middleweight Jorge Melendez's fourth-round knockout of James Winchester represented the first time the loser had been stopped.

IBF titleholder Leo Santa Cruz will headline a CBS show on Dec. 15 against Alberto Guevara in a clash of undefeated fighters.

Miguel Cotto weighed 153.6 to Austin Trout's junior middleweight limit 154 in advance of Saturday night's fight at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Sam Watson likes Austin Trout's chances against Cotto, saying that Trout is "gonna just tear his ass up."

"I'm very hungry for this fight, and that's what's going to carry me to victory," said once-beaten Anselmo Moreno, who will make his 122-pound debut on Nov. 10 against undefeated WBC tltleholder Abner Mares.

Manny Pacquiao began training in Hollywood on Monday for his fourth clash with Juan Manuel Marquez, which is slated for Dec. 8 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

A once-paralyzed, former cancer patient, Danny Jacobs was ecstatic in victory: "No moment has ever been greater than right now. This moment means the world to me. They told me that I would never walk or box again, and I proved everybody wrong."

Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya would like to deliver on Saul Alvarez's request to face either Miguel Cotto, Sergio Martinez or Floyd Mayweather on May 4.

Testing by the United Staes Anti-Doping Agency has discovered "irregularities" in the A sample of four-division titlewinner Erik Morales in advance of Saturday night's rematch with Danny Garcia.

Legendary Mexican champion Erik Morales heard Angel Garcia, the father and trainer of rival, Danny Garcia, question his heart, curse his mother and challenge his own father and trainer to a fight.

IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey on his trash-talking with Devon Alexander's trainer: "At the end of the day, somebody's got to get into the ring and take this beating, and it ain't going to be the trainer."

Danny Garcia's Showtime-televsied junior welterweight championship defense against Erik Morales on Saturday at Brooklyn's Barclays Center kicks off a busy fall and winter schedule for Golden Boy Promotions. 

Brooklyn's Paulie Malignaggi is part of a championship legacy that includes Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Zab Judah.

Welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi and middleweight contender Danny Jacobs will appear in separate fights at The Barclays Center in their native Brooklyn on Oct. 20.

Former junior welterweight beltholder Amir Khan will attempt to end a two-bout losing streak against unbeaten prospect Carlos Molina on Dec. 15 in Los Angeles.

Called an "old-assed fighter" by Devon Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey said Cunningham's "talking is going to end up in an ass whooping for" Alexander.

Former WBO heavyweight titleholder Corrie Sanders died after being shot during a robbery in his native South Africa on Sunday. Reports indicate that he was protecting his 15-year-old daughter when he was fatally wounded.

IBF welterweight beltholder Randall Bailey will defend his crown against southpaw Devin Alexander on Oct. 20 at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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.

Heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder will meet Damon McCreary in a clash of unbeatens on Sept. 8.

Unbeaten middleweight contender Peter Quillin will challenge undefeated WBO beltholder Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, of France, on Oct. 20 at his hometown Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Paulie Malignaggi: "When you're someone like me, and you're fighting out of Brooklyn, the only reason you dream of fighting out of Madison Square Garden is because there was never something like the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn to keep dreaming about."

Golden Boy Promotions CEO plans to sign several Olympic boxers prior to their pro debuts, but questions the relationship of AIBA, amateur boxing's governing body, with professional boxing.

WBA titleholder Paulie Malignaggi will be after his fourth straight victory as a welterweight when he meets Pablo Cesar Cano on Oct. 20 at The Barclays Center in Malignaggi's native Brooklyn.

WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi expects to defend his belt against Pablo Cesar Cano on Oct. 20 at The Barclays Center in his native Brooklyn, N.Y.

Undefeated U.S. heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder: "I am, without hesitation, I would say, the best heavyweight that America has to offer."

RING junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia will face Mexican four-division titlewinner Erik Morales in a rematch at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Oct. 20.

The manager of Vicente Escobedo credits Adrien Broner's advisor, Al Haymon, for sweetening the deal.

The camps of Adrien Broner and Vicente Escobedo have reached a "confidential agreement" to fight on HBO on Saturday night, according to Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions.

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.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being profiled on HBO's "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" on Saturay night in advance of his May 5 showdown with Miguel Cotto.

Saturday night debuts the HBO 24/7 series chronicling the events leading up to the May 5 clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto.