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Manny Pacquiao on Juan Manuel Marquez: "Our strategy this time is more aggressiveness and of course to develop and to improve the strength more, and also focus on the speed. We have the side-to-side movement. I'm not worried about his strength."

The California State Athletic Commission denied Antonio Tarver's request for a shortened suspension in the wake of his positive post-fight drug test for the banned anabolic steroid drostanolone.

Future hall of fame boxer/promoter Roy Jones, now helping to promote Paul Spadafora, wants to see the former lightweight titleholder challenge Robert Guerrero and eventually Floyd Mayweather. He also says he'll fight Lateef Kayode or any cruiserweight titleholder.

Roy Jones is talking to the manager of Lateef Kayode about a potential fall bout.

Antonio Tarver still has time to appeal the California State Athletic Commission's year-long suspension for a positive test for the banned steroid drostanolone following the former light heavyweight champ's draw with Lateef Kayode.

Former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver has been informed of his right to appeal his year-long suspension in the wake of his positive drug test for the anabolic steroid drostanolone.

Antonio Tarver will not work his regular post as color commentator for Showtime during Saturday night's telecast in the wake of his recent positive drug test for the anabolic steroid drostanolone.

Showtime commentator and former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver has been suspended and fined $2,500 after a positive drug test for the anabolic steroid drostanolone.

Unbeaten cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode met the press after holding Antonio Tarver to a draw in the "Four Warned" quadrupleheader main event on June 2. Kayode's manager Steve Feder also made comments.

Images from the Showtime-televised card featuring Tarver-Kayode, Santa Cruz-Malinga, Quillin-Wright and Trout-Rodriguez at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Lateef Kayode maintains that he'll knock out Antonio Tarver and prove that the former light heavyweight champ doesn't know what he's talking about. Suprisingly, he says losing would also make him happy.

Antonio Tarver has won numerous amateur and pro world titles while taking on the best fighters of his generation but the 43-year-old veteran says he still has goals to accomplish in the sport -- starting with beating Lateef Kayode on Saturday.

Will the skill and savvy of southpaw veteran Antonio Tarver overcome the youth and athleticism of undefeated cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode in the main event of Showtime's "Four Warned" quadrupleheader on Saturday?

Antonio Tarver says Lateef Kayode "was used to so many people telling him how great he was that he didn't prepare himself for constructive criticism."

Former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver tells RingTV's Dominic Verdin that fans will witness "a hell of a fight" when he takes on undefeated Lateef Kayode in the main event of Showtime's "Four Warned" quadrupleheader in Carson, Calif., on June 2.

Austin Trout: "I want to take the doubt out of people's hearts of what type of champion I am. I have no doubt that I'm where I'm supposed to be. I have no doubt that, after my fight against Delvin Rodriguez, that I'll be bigger than where I'm at now."

RingTV's Dominic Verdin caught up with Lateef Kayode and Peter Quillin at the famous Wild Card Boxing Club and discused their June 2 showdowns with Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright, and what it's like training with Freddie Roach.

Young up-and-comers Lateef Kayode, Peter Quillin and Leo Santa Cruz have the opportnity to establish themselves in front of a national TV audience when they take on Antonio Tarver, Winky Wright and Vusi Malinga on Showtime on June 2.

Former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver is planning to show his younger cruiserweight rival Lateef Kayode the ropes during their Showtime-televised matchup on June 2.  

An animated Antonio Tarver discussed the transition from Showtime commentator to fighter, his June 2 fight with Lateef Kayode, and plans to unify cruiserweight titles and challenge Wladimir Klitschko at the recent "Four Warned" press conference.

An agitated and animated Lateef Kayode told RingTV why he wants to fight - and defeat - Antonio Tarver so badly. The undefeated cruiserweight will face the former champ (and Showtime commentator) in the main event of the June 2 "Four Warned" card.

Showtime’s rare quadrupleheader headlined by the Antonio Tarver-Lateef Kayode cruiserweight fight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on June 2 features four unbeaten fighters vying for respect against more-experienced veterans.

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."

Southpaw Austin Trout will defend his WBA junior middleweight belt against Delvin Rodriguez on the undercard of a Showtime-televised quadruple-header on June 2.

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.

Undefeated cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode has his eyes, and his ire, focused on former light heeavyweight champ and fellow 200-pound contender Antonio Tarver.

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