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Unbeaten Philadelphia-based heavyweight prospect Bryant Jennings, who meets hammer-fisted Andrey Fedosov on June 14, had to rise from a second-round knockdown during his fifth-round stoppage win over Bowie Tupou in December.

Lamont Peterson's younger brother, Anthony, will compete in a lightweight bout on Saturday's undcard to Lamont's 141-pound main event against Lucas Matthysse.

Olympic gold medalist and former featherweight beltholder Yuriorkis Gamboa will meet Colombia's Darley Perez in an HBO-televised lightweight match on June 8 in Montreal.

Angel Garcia, the father and trainer of Danny Garcia, called Zab Judah "a sissy" who is going to get his "ass whupped" for spoiling his son's promotional signing event at a Brooklyn sports outlet on Tuesday.

Deontay Wilder is 27-0 with 27 knockouts: "I'm trying to delete all of the American heavyweights. I'm trying to get rid of all of them so that I can become just that main one."

Once-beaten heavyweight Seth Mitchell on a potential fight with Bryant Jennings:  "Let's do it."

Referee Tony Weeks will make his East Coast debut with Friday night's Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said he was concerned about the threat of terrorism during Sunday's Super Bowl blackout at the Superdome in New Orleans.

2008 Olympic bronze medalist Deontay Wilder is 26-0 with 26 KOs: "I just need to continue to work hard and continue to show up and do what I'm doing, which is knocking guys out. For me, you know, it's knocking everybody out."

Deontay Wilder: "I want Bryant Jennings. I want him...At the end of the day, there can only be one heavyweight champion. I'm trying to delete all of the American heavyweights."

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares and eight-division titlewinner Manny Pacquiao handed out free Turkeys at different venues over the weekend.

Austin Trout on his fight with Miguel Cotto: "I'm looking at this as my golden opportunity. He's had his time and done great things with it, but it's my time now. I'll be damned if I let this opportunity slip away from me."

Gary Russell, Oscar De La Hoya, Andre Ward, Howard Davis and Antonio Tarver are among the former Olympians who reflected on their professional debuts.

Undefeated heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder will pursue his 26th knockout in as many victories without a loss against unbeaten Kelvin Price on the Dec. 15 Amir Khan-Carlos Molina undercard.

Junior lightweight Jerry Belmontes, of Corpus Christi, Texas, will face Philadelphia's Teon Kennedy on Dec. 8 on NBC.

Advisor Leonard Ellerbe: "Manny Pacquiao can’t tell Floyd Mayweather [expletive]."

Tomasz Adamek's trainer, Roger Bloodworth, said Travis Walker's "got a good right hand, and if you get touched by that right hand, you could go."

Former Ring cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham will make his first appearance as a heavyweight on the undercard of a Sept. 8 main event matching Tomasz Adamek and Travis Walker.