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Referee Joe Cooper on December's controversial split-decision victory by Lamont Peterson over Amir Khan: "It came down to the judges...in actuality, I didn't have nothing to do with the fight at all."

WBC junior welterweight titleholder Danny Garcia could make the first defense of his belt against former IBF and WBA beltholder Amir Khan in July in what could become a unification bout if Khan's titles are reinstated in the wake of the Lamont Peterson controversy.

WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has agreed to defend his belt against RING champion Sergio Martinez should Chavez get beyond a June 16 defense against Andy Lee.

The IBF will not decide whether to strip Lamont Peterson of his title until it reviews medical records. Also, the sanctioning body will not recognize Peterson-Amir Khan as Fight of the Year.

Lamont Peterson's positive drug test will be among the subjects addressed in the debut of Jim Lampley's "Fight Game" on HBO on Saturday night.

Amir Khan eyes return to the ring on July 7 or July 14 in the wake of his canceled return bout with Lamont Peterson.

"Don't be so quick to judge me. Let the facts come out first," says Lamont Peterson, who does not believe he should be stripped of the IBF and WBA junior welterweight belts he won from Amir Khan in December.

Lamont Peterson was injected with testosterone before his title fight with Amir Khan because his levels were abnormally low, according to the physician who treated him.

Lamont Peterson has admitted to taking a banned substance but claims it was for medical reasons and had nothing to do with the outcome of his first fight against Amir Khan, which he won last December.

Lamont Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone. 

IBF and WBA junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson has tested positive for a banned substance in advance of his rematch with Amir Khan on May 19.

Lamont Peterson on his upcoming rematch with Amir Khan: "If it comes down to a knockout, then I'll win by knockout. If it's a decision, then I'll be winning a decision. I just know that I'll control the figtht all the way."

Paulie Malignaggi on his knockout of Vyacheslav Senchenko: "Considering all of the pressure in this fight, and considering the circumstances surrounding this fight, you could make a case that this was my best and most complete performance."

The deck is stacked against former beltholder Paulie Malignaggi -- bigger opponent, foreign soil -- but he's still convinced he'll beat WBA welterweight beltholder Vyacheslav Senchenko in Ukraine on Sunday. 

Former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi is confident that he can defeat Ukrainian WBA welterweight beltholder Vyacheslav Senchenko on his home turf. Does the champion have the skills to wipe the smile from "The Magic Man's" face?

IBF super middleweight beltholder Lucian Bute's title defense against Carl Froch in the challenger's hometown of Nottingham, England, will air live on Sky Sports on May 26.

American heavyweight title hopeful, Seth Mitchell, held an open workout on Wednesday in Clinton, Md., in advance of his clash with Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

Juan Manuel Marquez could defend his WBO interim junior welterweight belt opposite Mike Alvarado, Mercito Gesta or Brandon Rios at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on July 14, according to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.

Lamont Peterson on Olympic style drug testing: "Make it mandatory. Eventually, I think that it should be mandatory for every championship fight. I'm trying to be part of the movement to get that done."

Richard Schaefer has signed a long-term deal to remain CEO at Golden Boy Promotions and Golden Boy Enterprises.

Richard Abril believes that he will end the winning streak of Brandon Rios and hand the hard-punching former titleholder his first loss on Saturday night. "I am more Mexican than Rios," he said.

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.

Seth Mitchell and Chazz Witherspoon, who fight on April 28, were both high school athletes who earned college scholarships before graduating with degrees in criminal justice and pharmaceuticals, respectively.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be profiled on HBO's "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" in April in advance of his May 5 showdown with Miguel Cotto.

Trainer Robert Garcia welcomes Marcos Maidana into a stable that already includes Nonito Donaire, Brandon Rios, Kelly Pavlik and Mikey Garcia. 

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will defend his WBC middleweight crown against Andy Lee on June 16, with an eye toward fighting RING champion, Sergio Martinez, on Sept. 15. 

"God has given me my skills back," says Zab Judah, who believes himself ready to challenge the winner of Lamont Peterson vs. Amir Khan, or Danny Garcia, who recently beat Erik Morales for the WBC junior welterweight title.

Tim Bradley:  "Any day, week or month of the year, you can come and drug test me. It's all natural over here with Tim Bradley. Natural. God-given talent."

Freddie Roach spoke to RingTV.com regarding Manny Pacquiao's recent developments, as well as drug-testing issues surrounding Amir Khan and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr's next move.

Zab Judah will be trained by his uncle, James Harvey, rather than ex-titleholder Pernell Whitaker.

Erik Morales defends his WBC 140-pound title against Danny Garcia on HBO on Saturday. Garcia is the second straight young and unbeaten fighter the 35-year-old Mexican legend has faced, and a man who is 11 years younger.

Adrien Broner could defend his WBO junior lightweight belt on the May 19 undercard of the rematch between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan before fighting in front of his hometown fans in Cincinnati on Aug. 18.

Sky Sports ringside commentator Jim Watt lamented the bad streak that continued for UK fighters after Sergio Martinez's 11th-round knockout of Matthew Macklin, but he's picking Amir Khan to break it.

Amir Khan on drug testing: "I'm  probably one of the first fighters in our camp ... to say, 'look, I want to do random drug testing.'"

Amir Khan was in New York on Friday to support Matthew Macklin in advance of his fellow Brit's challenge to THE RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez on Saturday.

Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan will begin their three-city press tour next week, visiting London, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

Fighting in his hometown for the first time in his professional career, Zab Judah believes that his big-fight experience will be too much for young Vernon Paris, and that "Super" will be wearing a belt again after March 24.

Lamont Peterson on the rematch with Amir Khan: "I can do better. I think that I can wind up with a cleaner victory, and possibly, a knockout."

Saul Alvarez wants the winner of the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto fight if he gets beyond Shane Mosley on May 5.

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell will pursue his 23rd consecutive victory against Chazz Witherspoon on the undercard of the rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

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."

Tim Bradley's prediction that Devon Alexander would dominate Marcos Maidana turned out to be true, and now Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, is offering his own prediction: that Bradley will defeat Manny Pacquiao.

Ken Hershman ran down an HBO lineup that includes fights such as Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley, Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson II, Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan II, Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin, and Brandon Rios-Yuriorkis Gamboa.

Will it be Devon Alexander the boxer, or Marcos Maidana the banger who is victorious in Saturday night's HBO-televised welterweight clash?

Tomasz Adamek, in his first post-Klitschko fight, and Sergei Liakhovich will star in a heavyweight doubleheader on the undercard of an NBC Sports Network main event featuring Zab Judah vs. Vernon Paris on March 24.

Lamont Peterson on the rematch with Amir Khan: "When I beat him this time, he won't have anything to complain about."

Amir Khan: "Lamont Peterson and his people were really playing hard to get. To me, I don't think that they really wanted the fight. To me, they were afraid to take the fight."

Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan have inked their names on the dotted line for an HBO-televised rematch on May 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

Manny Pacquiao against Tim Bradley may be close to being finalized, Juan Manuel Marquez-Lamont Peterson could be in the works, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. chides Pacquiao as he preps for Miguel Cotto.