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Florida welterweight standouts Andre Berto and Keith Thurman are schedueld to fight in separate bouts on a Showtime-televised card in July. Berto will face veteran gatekeeper Jesus Soto-Karass; Thurman will fight fellow unbeaten puncher Diego Chaves.

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.

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

Knockout artist Randall Bailey: "I want to fight guys that want to fight and guys that feel the same way that I feel. I don't want to go 12 rounds ... I want those Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns types of fights."

Former WBC/IBF junior welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander challenges knockout artist and current IBF welterweight beltholder Randall Bailey on Saturday night.

Brooklyn's Paulie Malignaggi is part of a championship legacy that includes Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Zab Judah.

IBF welterweight beltholder Randall Bailey will defend his crown against southpaw Devin Alexander on Oct. 20 at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Devon Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, called Randall Bailey's back injury "the lamest s--t I've ever heard."

Randall Bailey on Devon Alexander: "Trust me, I'm going to knock him out."

Birthday knockouts have become a tradition for WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez, and this Sept. 15 -- Gonzalez's 31st birthday -- he'll be looking to collect a $100,000 bonus against Daniel Ponce de Leon.

Devon Alexander on Randall Bailey: "I'm a natural southpaw who thinks in the ring, so he's in for a rude awakening."

Randall Bailey: "Eventually, I'm going to catch up to Devon Alexander. And when I do, it's going to be trouble for him."

Mike Jones on his potential switch in trainers: "They say that if it ain't broken, don't fix it. But it got broken, so I'm trying to fix something."

Marcos Maidana will compete in his second straight welterweight bout against Jesus Soto Karass on the undercard of a Showtime-televised main event featuring WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul Alvarez.

Lucas Matthysse will face Ajose Olusegun on the Devon Alexander-Randall Bailey card Sept. 8 on Showtime. No site has been determined.

Devon Alexander will apparently get a shot at his third title belt before his hometown fans in St. Louis opposite IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey on Sept. 8.

Promoter Lou DiBella: "I don't care who you are, if Randall Bailey hits you on the button, you're going to be knocked out."

Hard-hitting IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey calls Devon Alexander "a full-blown midget," adding Tim Bradley "doesn't want a part of fighting me -- not even in his wildest dreams."

Newly-crowned IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey could face former junior welterweight beltholder Devon Alexander on Aug. 25 on Showtime

Trainer Freddie Roach says he had a bad feeling as soon as he heard the first scorecard being read after Manny Pacquiao's fight against Tim Bradley.

Randall Bailey stopped previously unbeaten Mike Jones in the 11th round to win the IBF welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

A serene Manny Pacquiao faced a ripped-and-ready Tim Bradley at the weigh-in for Saturday's show in Las Vegas. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.

Tim Bradley looks ripped and amped, said he's "ready to prove everybody wrong" on Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Randall Bailey has received few favors in his recent career, but he thinks Mike Jones did him a small one by choosing 8 oz. gloves for their title clash on Saturday. Now, the hard-punching Bailey aims to capitalize.

Freddie Roach, Alex Ariza and Miguel Diaz have had a rocky relationship in the past, and one of the challenges of this Saturday night will be for the trio to set aside their differences and work together in Manny Pacquiao's corner.

Combatants on the Pacquiao-Bradley undercard, which includes Jorge Arce vs. Jesus Rojas, Mike Jones vs. Randall Bailey and Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Teon Kennedy, gathered at the final press conference before Saturday's big event.

A trio of Philadelphia fighters -- welterweight Mike Jones, junior featherweight Teon Kennedy and middleweight Jesse Hart -- held a media day workout for the June 9 Pacquiao-Bradley undercard.

Bob Arum on Mike Jones: "Depending on how Mike does in this fight with Randall Bailey, you know, he would be in the future mix for Manny Pacquiao or for Tim Bradley."

Eleven boxing insiders give their thoughts on Lamont Peterson's and Andre Berto's recent failed drug tests, which resulted in the cancellation of two high-profile rematches, and the sport's challenge of properly screening for performance enhancing substances.

Middleweight Jesse Hart, son of Eugene "Cyclone" Hart, will debut for Top Rank Inc. on the June 9 undercard of the main event featuring Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley.

Mike Jones is in line to face Randall Bailey for the IBF's vacant welterweight belt.

Kell Brook: "I could fight a guy like Mike Jones, or I would like a fight with a guy like Andre Berto or Victor Ortiz. I want to get in there and I want to be in there with the top names."

Although Andre Ward's mother said that she was "very offended" by Carl Froch's fans at the pre-fight weigh in, she said her son made Froch pay for it.

With his victory over Lujan, Mike Jones assumed the IBF's top rating and could meet Randall Bailey for the vacant welterweight belt next.

Mike Jones unanimously decionsed Sebastian Lujan to imiprove to 26-0, earning an IBF title shot against Randall Bailey..

Brandon Rios vs. Johnny Murray, Pawel Wolak vs. Delvin Rodriguez, Mike Jones vs. Sebastian Lujan.

Former welterweight title challenger Sebastian Lujan plans to take the fight to RING-rated Mike Jones on the Cotto-Margarito undercard on Saturday night.

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.

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."

Main Events, Russell Peltz to work with NBC Sports Network's Fight Night series.

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

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

Nonito Donaire's WBO and WBA defense against Omar Narvaez will be his last bantamweight bout before pursuing a junior featherweight fight against WBC beltholder Toshiaki Nishioka. 

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.