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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. 

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.

Golden Boy Promotioins has announced the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto fight slated for May 5 in Las Vegas.

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.