Jean Pascal

Former RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal will return on Dec. 14 against gate-keeper Aleksy Kuziemski, his promoter Yvon Michel announced on Monday. Pascal has not fought since losing to Bernard Hopkins in May of 2011.

IBF supermiddleweight titleholder Carl Froch is hopeful of avenging losses to Andre Ward and Mikkel Kessler if he is victorious against Yusaf Mack on Nov. 17.

IBF super middleweight titleholder Carl Froch will defend against Yusaf Mack on Nov. 17 before his hometown fans in Nottingham, England.

RingTV's Bill Emes caught up with Edwin Rodriguez after the super middleweight contender's one-sided TKO over Jason Escalera on HBO. Rodriguez says he's ready for former champs Kelly Pavlik, Arthur Abraham and Jean Pascal.

Promoter Lou DiBella spoke to RingTV's Bill Emes about the fighters featured on HBO's recent Boxing After Dark tripleheader, including Edwin Rodriguez and Antonin Decarie, as well as his relationship with Andre Berto.

The quadruple-header whose main event featured a fifth-round knockout by WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez over Josesito Lopez established viewership records.

Chad Dawson says he's a "better fighter than Andre Ward," whom he will meet in a clash of RING champions on Sept. 8.

IBF titleholder Tavoris Cloud must first defend his belt against Karo Murat before considering a clash with former beltholder Jean Pascal, who is expected to return to the ring on Dec. 14.

IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud's defense against Jean Pascal may be in jeopardy for the fall, according to Pascal's promoter, Yvon Michel.

Donovan George will face Dionisio Miranda on Friday night after original opponent, super middleweight contender Adonis Stevenson, suffered a hand injury and was forced to pull out of the ESPN2-televised bout.

Donovan George could face an opponent to be determined on Friday night in the wake of a hand injury suffered by southpaw Adonis Stevenson over the weekend.

A Tuesday conference call promoting the Tavoris Cloud title defense against Jean Pascal was suddenly canceled, leading to speculation that Pascal has suffered an injury.

Five-belt, three-division titlewinner Robert Guerrero threw out the first pitch prior to Sunday's Oakland A's-New York Yankees' game in advance of Saturday's bout with Selcuk Aydin on Showtime.

Super middleweight contender Donovan George has accepted an Aug. 11 eliminator bout against Adonis Stevenson for the right to face IBF beltholder Carl Froch.

Andre Dirrell says he will go on the road "under the right circumstances" for an IBF super middleweight eliminator fight against Adonis Stevenson on Canadian soil.

Tavoris Cloud: "Jean Pascal’s style and my style are perfect for each other. It will be a hell of a fight."

Light heavyweight Chad Dawson will challenge super middleweight Andre Ward in a clash of RING champions Sept. 8 on HBO.

Tavoris Cloud: "This fight with Jean Pascal is a bout I'm looking forward to. It’s going to be what I call a 'Release the Kraken' match."

Saturday's super middleweight clash between IBF titleholder Lucian Bute and Carl Froch is a close call, as evidenced by the narrow selection of the winner by RingTV.com's expert voting panel.

Light heavyweight Chad Dawson is dropping in weight to challenge super middleweight Andre Ward in a clash of RING champions on Sept. 8. Dawson's trainer, John Scully, says Ward is in for a fight.

"Bad" Chad Dawson hopes to win Saturday's rematch and take the RING and WBC light heavyweight championships owned by "Mad" Bernard Hopkins.  

Bernard Hopkins implied that Saturday night's clash with Chad Dawson could represent his final professional fight, comparing his career achievements to those of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. 

Will 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins remain RING light heavyweight champion and successfully defend his WBC title against Chad Dawson on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City?

IBF super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute is preparing for the animosity he will face from the crowd in Nottingham, England, when he takes on Carl Froch at Capital FM Arena on May 26.

Bernard Hopkins: "I believe I am the most underrated fighter who has walked on the planet earth. I believe that I'm the most underrated fighter that has ever laced a pair of gloves on."

Former RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal "is 100 percent" on board to fight IBF titleholder Tavoris Cloud, according to his promoter.

Tavoris Cloud says that he's done his part to make the fight happen, and now he's ready to defend his IBF light heavyweight belt against former champ Jean Pascal.

Chad Dawson: "I'm going into this fight to prove a point. I'm going to show everybody that in the last fight, Bernard Hopkins found a way out of the fight so that he didn't have to fight me."

Tavoris Cloud: "I had a bad night. So maybe this fight right here with Gabriel Campillo will make guys actually come out and start to fight Tavoris Cloud."

Nobuhiro Ishida looks to shock the world again by defeating Paul Williams on Feb. 18, while Williams is eager to make the most of his long-awaited return to the ring.

RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins will fight Chad Dawson on April 28 in Atlantic City, N.J., in a rematch of their controversial first bout in that took place last October.

Tavoris Cloud: "Promoters don't want their fighters to fight me because we're in a recession, and their fighter could be hospitalized...they could get stuck with a huge hospital bill."

Chad Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw, said that he expects to begin negotiations for a rematch with Bernard Hopkins this week.

Bernard Hopkins: "I don't want my next fight to be just a fight. It has to be historic. If I fight just a fight, then I would probably lose... I want at least one or two more fights. Then, I want to exit out of this game."

The WBC has ordered a rematch between RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, as well as a fight between WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and RING champ Sergio Martinez.

Bernard Hopkins says he will "never fight Andre Ward," who he considers an understudy of sorts. Ward faces fellow 168-pound titleholder Carl Froch in Super Six World Boxing Classic final on Saturday.

David Lemieux will return to the ring against Joachim Alcine on Dec. 10 without long-time trainer Russ Anber, who has been replaced by Mark Ramsey.

Bernard Hopkins believes his tactical skills are feared inside the ring, but that his reputation as a tough guy is sometimes used against him outside.

Jean Pascal: "Chad Dawson to me he is a champion by accident...He won a title by accident, and, plus, he didn't show me nothing tonight...In the rematch, I'm going to get my title back."

Joe Calzaghe on Bernard Hopkins: "I said, 'Okay, let's do a 60-40 split,' and that completely shut him up. He wouldn't be quiet, and so I said, '60-40,' and he went silent. He said, 'Can't we negotiate?'"

Joe Calzaghe, the only southpaw to have defeated Bernard Hopkins, gives his take on how Chad Dawson will fare against the 46-year-old titleholder.

Antonio Tarver knows both fighter first-hand, and thinks Hopkins will go down swinging.

Sugar Ray Leonard: "Bernard Hopkins is an anomaly. Bernard is one of those rare breeds that just doesn't exist anymore. He's like a George Foreman. You cannot doubt him or count him out."

Bernard Hopkins' wax figure to be unveiled the week leading up to his clash with Chad Dawson

Bernard Hopkins: "I'm going to stand in there and withstand whatever onslaught he has. I'm going to out-do the 24 rounds that I put together in the first and second fight with Jean Pascal, without the push-ups."

Chad Dawson: "On Oct. 15, I will prove to everybody that Bernard Hopkins can't touch me."

Bernard Hopkins: "Boxing is like dealing with a [prostitute.] You've got to protect yourself at all times. If you don't protect yourself at all times, then the repercussions can and most likely will be fierce."

John Scully has returned with assistance from Winky Wright to train Chad Dawson as they replace Manny Steward in preparation for Bernard Hopkins on Oct. 15.