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Floyd Mayweather Jr. spoke on topics ranging from his skills, age, jail time, Robert Guerrero's gun charge and the challenger's cancer-surviving wife during a nearly 40-minute interview with reporters on Tuesday.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer has plans for a December return to the ring for former WBA/IBF 140-pound titleholder Amir Khan.

Former 140-pound titleholder DeMarcus Corley, who once rocked Floyd Mayweather in a fight, believes that Mayweather will endure Robert Guerrero's roughhouse tactics, break him down and perhaps stop Guerrero on Saturday night. 

Robert Guerrero called the gun possession charge "a misunderstanding," adding, "everything got taken care of."

Leo Santa Cruz vacated the IBF bantamweight belt in order to rise into the junior featherweight division for Saturday night's 122-pound debut against experienced, hard-punching former titleholder Alexander Munoz.

Abner Mares recognizes that fellow two-divsion beltholder and current WBC featherweight titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon represents "stepping into a heavier weight class" and "going in against a heavy puncher."

Robert Guerrero "may have God on his side," writes Gareth Davies of The Daily Telegraph, London, "but Floyd Mayweather has the God-given gifts." Forty boxing insiders give their picks and analyses on the big fight.

The co-manager of Robert Guerrero has expressed extreme confidence heading into Saturday night's clash with pound-for-pound kind Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Unbeaten super middleweight Anthony Dirrell will end a 17-month ring absence when he returns on May 3 in a Fox Sports Net-televised bout against an opponent to be determined at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

WBO middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin defended his belt with a seventh-round knockout of challenger Fernando Guerrero in Brooklyn.

Peter Quillin floored Fernando Guerrero four times on the way to Saturday night's seventh-round technical knockout at Barclays Center.

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

Showtime boss Stephen Espinoza calls the open dialogue regarding religion between Robert Guerrero and Floyd Mayweatther Jr. "refreshing" albeit "not always a comfortable conversation."

Fans provide questions and comments on tomorrow's Danny Garica-Zab Judah and Sergio Martinez-Martin Murray RING championship bouts; more feedback on Alvarez-Trout, Donaire-Rigondeaux and Fury-Cunningham, and other subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

On Saturday, CBS will air a documentary examining the life and career of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and May 4 rival Robert Guerrero, whom he will fight on Showtime Pay Per View. 

RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia could soon rise into the welteweight division if he is successful on Saturday night against Zab Judah.

Floyd Mayweather on Robert Guerrero:"This fight is not about church. This fight is not about being a Catholic or being a Christian, being a Jew, being a Muslim. It's about two fighters competing, testing their skills against one another."

Robert Guerrero on Floyd Mayweather: "You've got a lot of people out there who think that Floyd is like a God. He's got everybody thinking that... nobody can beat him. But... being a big believer in God, there's a blueprint for everybody."

Floyd Mayweather calls Robert Guerrero "a religious guy" who is also a "big-time hypocrite" in Showtime's latest episode of All Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero. 

Should Floyd Mayweather Jr. get beyond a May 4 date with Robert Guerrero at the MGM Grand, he could return to that site on Sept. 14 and go head-to-head with a potential clash between Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. on being in jail: "You can be locked up and be rich, but it's just like being poor if you don't have freedom. So, freedom is very, very important."

Retired boxer Micky Ward once posed for a photo with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was a former amateur boxing champion in New England.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s father, Floyd Sr., says he'd be down for a fight against Robert Guerrero's father/trainer, Ruben, who has referred to the Mayweathers as "clowns."

CBS Sports Network is showcasing over 10 hours of coverage surrounding Floyd Mayweather's debut fight on Showtime PPV against Robert Guerrero on Saturday, May 4.

"Forty-three had a game plan: 'We're going to keep pressure on Mayweather,'" Floyd Mayweather says in part two of Showtime's All Access: Mayweather Vs. (Robert) Guerrero. "The game plan is just to come in there and get your payday."

The fighting peers of junior middleweights Austin Trout and Saul Alvarez offer their thoughts on who will win Saturday night's Showtime-televised clash of unbeatens.

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.

The media turned out in force to watch Robert Guerrero work out in preparation for his May 4 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander hopes to remain on the May 18 Showtime doubleheader from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City even though his original opponent Kell Brook has pulled out with an injury.

Tyson Fury, Steve Cunningham and others offered their thoughts on who will win Saturday night's junior featherweight unification bout between Nonito Donaire and Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Showtime's five-part documentary series All-Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero will premiere on Wednesday in advance of their May 4 pay-per-view fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Respected Hip-Hop artist and actor Common will narrate the series. 

Former WBC 122-pound titleholder Abner Mares on his upcoming fight with Daniel Ponce de Leon on the Mayweather-Guerrero card: "I'm taking this big step and I hope that we can steal the show that night."

"I'm going to win. Without a doubt, I'm going to win. This fight is personal because Trout beat my brother," Saul Alvarez said of his April 20 championship match with Austin Trout in Showtime's All-Access: Canelo vs. Trout Preview.

A new deal between Golden Boy and Fox Sports will result in a new Monday boxing series and allow fans to rewatch classic bouts from the promoter's fight library featuring Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Bernard Hopkins, among others.

Floyd Mayweather called Robert Guerrero "a solid, tough competitor" during Saturday night's interview on CBS between games during the NCAA's Final Four.

Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara: "If I could pick my next three fights, it would first start with the winner of the fight between Canelo Alvarez-Austin Trout, and then I would want to fight Sergio Martinez or Floyd Mayweather."

Amir Khan's April 27 clash with Julio Diaz will be shown following Danny Garcia's attempt to defend his RING, WBA and WBC titles against Zab Judah on Showtime.

Unbeaten heavyweight prospect, Deontay Wilder, a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist takes a mark of 27-0 with as many knockouts into an April 27 clash against aging 2000 Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison.

Showtime's one-hour documentary 30 days in May gives a glimpse of Floyd Mayweather's 87-day jail stay in the Clark County Detention Center last year in advance of his May 4 showdown with Robert Guerrero. The show airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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.

Former IBF bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz and undefeatd middleweight prospect J'Leon Love will compete in separate bouts on the undercard of the May 4 Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero Showtime Pay Per View event.

Closed circuit tickets for the May 4 Showtime Pay Per View-televised clash between Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero will go on sale on Wednesday at 10 a.m.

WBO middleweight beltholder Peter Quillin:"The only thing that Fernando Guerrero is going to be able to do is to be a mouse and run back into that hole, because I'm going to be a cat on his ass."

Showtime's 30 Days In May chronicles Floyd Mayweather's jail stint at the Clark County Detention Center from June 1 to Aug. 3 of last year.

Robert Guerrero was arrested on Thursday morning at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport for attempting to board an airplane with an unloaded handgun.

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

"I believe God put me here to humble Floyd Mayweather, and it is going to happen," said Robert Guerrero, who, with his wife, Casey, visited the set of Good Morning America on Tuesday.

Fans will have the option of watching Floyd Mayweather's May 4 defense against Robert Guerrero on the big screen in movie theaters.

Robert Guerrero visited the sets of two of the biggest Christian networks with Monday's appearances on CBN's The 700 Club, hosted by Pat Robertson, and TBN's Praise the Lord show with Carman Licciardello.