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WBA lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios plans to raise the bar against once-beaten challenger John Murray on the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito undercard on Saturday.

Concerns about a premature stoppage against Miguel Cotto based on Antonio Margarito's eye issues may be quelled by the appointment of refreee Steve Smoger.

Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II has sold out Madison Sqaure Garden, where the rematch will take place on Saturday. Cotto is 6-0 at the famed NYC arena heading into his return bout against Margarito.

The Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II four-bout card will be available online.

Bob Arum said Miguel Cotto did not want Antonio Margarito to benefit financially from his name and had to be paid more money in order to agree to their Dec. 3 rematch.

Antonio Margarito says Miguel Cotto "hits like a little girl;" while Cotto calls Margarito, "an embarrassment to boxing."

Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito could wage a bloody battle on Saturday night. RingTV.com culled the opinions of 16 knowledgeable observers as to what they believe the outcome will be.

Pawel Wolak: "The swelling was bad. My depth perception was off...having only one eye. But there's no quit in me. There is no stopping me."

Miguel Cotto: "I'm going to take advantage of his eye like he took advantage of the plaster."

Referee Kenny Bayless officiated Miguel Cotto's losses to Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao as well as Margarito's victory over Kermit Cintron.

Antonio Margarito was licensed to face Miguel Cotto on Dec. 3 at New York's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

Miguel Cotto says he is "not going to fight anywhere else" if Antonio Margarito is not licensed by the New York commission. 

Antonio Margarito's awaits a ruling by the New York State Athletic Commission on whether or not to license him for a bout opposite Miguel Cotto on Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden.

Ralph Marchetta Sr. on Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II: "We did receive a call. I guess we’re one of the options."

Alternate sites in Colorado and Arizona are being considered as venues for the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II card.

Boxer Peter Manfredo Jr. won't quit his day job as a laborer, that is, unless he can dethrone Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday. 

The fate of Antonio Margarito vs. Miguel Cotto will be determined by a three-member New York panel's vote on Friday.

Mike Lee, Mike Jones-Sebastian Lujan and the rematch between Pawel Wolak and Delvin Rodriguez  stack the undercard of Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II.

Manny Pacquiao will make his fifth appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Nov. 3.

As part of the stacked Cotto-Margarito II card, Pawel Wolak and Delvin Rodriguez will reprise their Fight of the Year-caliber performance from July.

Brandon Rios: "Everybody says that Yuriorkis Gamboa is something very special, Gamboa is this and Gamboa is that. But honestly, I want to see what everybody's talking about."

Brandon Rios will face an opponent to be determined on the undercard of Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II.

"I'm just going to continue to train hard and to do my thing to win the fight and to show everybody that I've always fought clean, and that I've always been a clean fighter." 

Bob Arum: "There's one word that I want to leave them with and that's retaliation. I'm not going to get angry, I'm not going to get bitter at what they did, but man am I going to get even in spades."

The Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito and Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko rematches occur on the same night, Dec. 3, on different networks. Cotto-Margarito II will be on HBO Pay-Per-View; Mares-Agbeko II wll be on Showtime.

Antonio Margarito: "I bring a lot of pressure. I’m going to jump on him right from the beginning to take him out quicker."

Miguel Cotto: "My swelling over my face, and I had received punches in fights before, but it was never like that when this fight was over."

Larry Merchant discusses the fiery post-fight exchange with Floyd Mayweather Jr., and offers some opinions on how "Money" and Pacman would fare against past fighters.

On the subject of Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said, 'If you truly believe that you're the best, then take the [drug] test.'

Top Rank Inc. CEO Bob Arum said the rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will be televised by HBO Pay Per View

'I want to prove him wrong -- that I won the first two fights,' Manny Pacquiao said of Juan Manuel Marquez, who countered, 'Manny knows I beat him twice.'

Richard Schaefer calls a sixth-round knockout of Carlos Baldomir "the coming out party" for Saul Alvarez, who will pursue his 34th consecutive victory against Alfonso Gomez on Sept. 17.

Miguel Cotto will fight Antonio Margarito at a catchweight of 153 pounds, and the promotional tour will land in Puerto Rico, New York, Mexico and Los Angeles.

Bob Arum advocates WADA as a means of solving the rift in the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao negotiations and eyes a move up in weight for Nonito Donaire

Manny Pacquiao will return to HBO for his November defense against Juan Manuel Marquez after having debuted on Showtime with May's unanimous decision over Shane Mosley

Yuri Foreman, whose reconstructed knee is healthy, has moved on from his strange loss to Miguel Cotto and wanted to prove that he's an elite fighter. He faces Pawel Wolak on Saturday on PPV.

Miguel Cotto and Ricardo Mayorga took part in the final news conference before they fight Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on pay-per-view television, Photos by Naoki Fukuda

Yuri Foreman, whose reconstructed knee is healthy, has moved on from his strange loss to Miguel Cotto and wanted to prove that he's an elite fighter. He faces Pawel Wolak on March 12.