Manny Pacquiao

Richard Schaefer on Golden Boy Promotion's new deal with Fox Sports: "For Golden Boy, it is one of the most significant, if not, the most significant television deals we have ever put together."

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.

HBO has released a video of Nonito Donaire's greatest performances in advance of his April 13 fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman says he would like to face Paulie Malignaggi, Tim Bradley and Floyd Mayweather, in order.

Mike Alvarado's unanimous-decision win in his rematch with Brandon Rios drew 1.2 million viewers on HBO, according to the network.

Four-division beltholder Juan Manuel Marquez was ringside for Saturday night's victory by Mike Alvarado over Brandon Rios, as was WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley.

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

Although Brandon Rios became the first man to stop Mike Alvarado in October's bloody Fight-of-The-Year-caliber clash of unbeaten junior welterweights, ex-beltholder Kendall Holt believes that Alvarado can exact revenge on Saturday night.

Brandon Rios answers fans' questions about his rematch with Mike Alvarado, dream fights with Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao, a mythical matchup vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, and his beef with Adrien Broner in this episode of REAL TALK.

Manny Pacquiao according to the Manila Standard: "I never avoid anyone. I don’t choose easy fights. I will fight anybody, anytime, anywhere."

Manny Pacquiao's attorney, David Marroso, said he hopes a judge's dismissal of a $1 million lawsuit  discourages "unscrupulous plaintiffs" seeking to "cash in" on Pacquiao.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum would like to "mix-and-match" Brandon Rios, Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley over the course of the next few months.

Miguel Cotto's monster left hook against Austin Trout was captured by Tom Hogan, whose photo will be honored as the best action shot of the year by the Boxing Writers' Association of America. 

Manny Pacquiao's advisor said the rift between HBO and Golden Boy does not concern the fighter, and claims both Showtime and HBO are in the running to televise Pacquiao's next bout. Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum says that's hogwash, the Filipino icon's next bout will be on HBO.

Freddie Roach discusses his fighter Ruslan Provodnikov's March 16 challenge to WBO welterweight beltholder Tim Bradley. Roach wants Provodnikov to cut the ring off and set traps. Says Provodnikov: "I've trained all my life for this and my life hasn't been easy."

Tim Bradley hasn't fought more than twice a year since 2009, but the WBO welterweight titleholder says he'll have a busy 2013 starting with his HBO-televised defense against Ruslan Provodnikov on Saturday in Carson, Calif. Bradley believes fighting more often will increase his popularity.

Unbeaten featherweight prospect Gary Russell Jr. claims he has been pursued by promoter Curtis Jackson, who is also known as the rapper 50 Cent. Russell is managed by Al Haymon and has a working relationship with Golden Boy Promotions.

Read on for fan thoughts and questions about Tavoris Cloud-Bernard Hopkins, Keith Thurman-Jan Zaveck, Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero, Saul Alvarez-Austin Trout, what’s next for Manny Pacquiao and Andre Ward, plus other subjects in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

It was a very interesting fight week with stimulating discussions from the Ratings Panel, which resulted in movement in several divisions. The Panel’s input included their approval of the May 4 Floyd Mayweather-Roberto Guerrero welterweight fight being for the vacant RING 147-pound title.

Freddie Roach on Joel Diaz: "I would like to tell him where to go, but the things is, he doesn't know me."

Tim Bradley on Ruslan Provodnikov: "Absolutely, I'm looking to make a statement in this fight. I'm looking to do some damage to this guy."

WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley will be out to overwhelm March 16 rival Ruslan Provodnikov, who has served as a sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao and scored knockouts in four of his five straight victories. 

Golden Boy Promotions has big plans for Adrien Broner's next fight, which could be a 135-pound unificiation bout with Ricky Burns or a jump to welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi, but the unbeaten WBC lightweight beltholder won't discuss his potential opponents.

WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi calls WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner "a very winnable fight for me." Malignaggi says Golden Boy Promotions has proposed the matchup.

Juan Manuel Marquez will consider a fifth fight with Manny Pacquiao, and if not, the Mexican legend will look at bouts against unbeaten boxers Tim Bradley or Brandon Rios, according to Bob Arum.

Rising junior welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov will take his experience as a sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao into the ring against Tim Bradley on March 16.

Referee Tony Weeks on stopping IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson's triumph over ex-titleholder Kendall Holt in the eighth round: "Some fighters just have too much heart, and we have to save them from themselves."

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.

Forbes estimates Floyd Mayweather's deal with Showtime as being worth more than a $250 million, although network boss Stephen Espinoza would not comment directly on the six-fight package.

Does Adrien Broner want to be on the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero undercard? Lem Satterfield spoke to the WBC lightweight titleholder about that and other subjects at the final presser for the Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Floyd Mayweather's move to Showtime ends the days when the network could not compete with rival U.S. cable giant HBO.

Floyd Mayweather signed a groundbreaking pay-per-view venture with Showtime and the cable network's parent company, CBS Corporation, staring with a May 4 fight with Robert Guerrero. Under the terms of the deal, Mayweather could fight six times in 30 months.

Veteran referee Tony Weeks will work Friday night's title bout between IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson and ex-beltholder Kendall Holt.

IBF junior featherweight titleholder Lamont Peterson will defend his belt against ex-titleholder Kendall Holt on Friday. Peterson once sparred with Floyd Mayweather and his trainer, Barry Hunter, says his fighter would be honored to fight the pound-for-pound king.

IBF beltholder Lamont Peterson on Kendall Holt: "At the end of the day...I don't think that he will be able to bite down like I'm going to be able to."

Manny Pacquiao's advisor calls a fifth bout with Juan Manuel Marquez this year "a possibility," even as he says "other fighters are possibilities too."

RingTV's Dominic Verdin spoke to Tim Bradley and Ruslan Provodnikov about their HBO-televised fight on March 16 after the kick-off press conference in L.A. Bradley also gave his thoughts on Juan Manuel Marquez's KO of Manny Pacquiao.

Tim Bradley looks forward to his ring return against Ruslan Provodnikov on March 16. The undefeated welterweight titleholder believes an active 2013 will regain the career momentum he had prior to the controversial Manny Pacquiao fight.

Newly-crowned RING and WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia has had nasal reconstruction on the broken nose that he suffered during last month's technical-decision victory over Orlando Salido.

Unbeaten WBO welterweight beltholder Tim Bradley will make the first defense of his title against Russian Ruslan Provodnikov on March 16 at The Home Depot Center ini Carson, Calif.

Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios will face fellow top-10 contender Mike Alvarado in a March 30 rematch of their bloody brawl that ended with Rios winning a seventh-round stoppage last October.

Hector Camacho Jr.: "I had kind of lost my devotion to the sport of boxing, but after my father's death, I was re-awakened."

Newly-crowned WBO featherweight beltholder Mikey Garcia would grant a rematch to Orlando Salido, but prefers a more lucrative bout with Yuriorkis Gamboa.

Does the presence of referee Steve Smoger favor the power of Gennady Golovkin or the potential for improvisational creativity from the rugged Gabriel Rosado?

Light heavyweight Gabriel Campillo will have been out of the ring for nearly a year when he meets Sergey Kovalev on Saturday night.

Will Manny Pacquiao's next fight, likely against Juan Manuel Marquez, take place outside of the United States?

Shane Mosley, 41, on his clash with WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi:  "I just think that I want to continue to build the legacy, with me, my father and my camp by getting back on top at this age."

Zanfer Promotions' Sean Gibbons said "Adrien Broner can play around with these chumps and brush his hair and act like he's doing something, but until you fight Miguel Vazquez, you can not call yourself the best lightweight in the world."

IBF Championships Chairman Lindsay Tucker expects to approve a March 16 clash between his organization's lightweight titleholder Miguel Vazquez and WBO counterpart Rick Burns on Monday.