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Andre Berto said the positive drug test "didn't have anything to do with any type of drug enhancement, or any type of testosterone or EPO or none of that type of stuff."

Micky Ward on referee Pat Russell's stoppage of Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado: "You'd rather be a punch too early than a punch too late, so I think that the referee did a good job of stopping it."

Photographer Naoki Fukuda's action shots from the fight between new RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka.

Nonito Donaire did not excite the crowd at the Home Depot Center during the first five rounds of his 122-pound showdown with Toshiaki Nishioka on Saturday, but at least the new RING champ closed the HBO-televised show with a ninth-round stoppage. 

Brandon Rios on facing either Manny Pacquiao or Juan Manuel Marquez: "You see what happened to Mike Alvarado? I think I could do the same thing to them to too."

Photos of Nonito Donaire, Toshiaki Nishioka, Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado on the scales ahead of Saturday's card at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

THE RING's No.-1 rated-junior featherweight Toshiaki Nishioka on what it would mean to defeat WBO/IBF titleholder Nonito Donaire for the vacant RING belt: "I want to be the world champion, not just a Japanese champion."

Everyone is anticipating violence in the junior welterweight clash between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado. As far as who wins, RingTV.com sought the opinions of several boxing insiders.

Micky Ward on Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado: "It has the makings of being a fight like the ones between me and Arturo Gatti...People should tune in to watch it, because it's going to be a classic."

Nonito Donaire made his return to Spanish-language sports show Nación ESPN to promote his Oct. 13 fight against Toshiaki Nishioka. We have no idea what's on his feet.

Trainer Robert Garcia believes Nonito Donaire's speed and power will overwhelm Toshiaki Nishioka, who has not lost in nearly nine years.

Robert Garcia and his older brother, Danny, are both respected trainers of champion fighters, but have have been divided by a rift dating back to the early pro days of Victor Ortiz.

Unbeaten WBC 122-pound titleholder and WBA bantamweight beltholder talk to RingTV's Dominic Verdin about their anticipated showdown at Staples Center in L.A. on Nov. 12. Mares also talks about facing the winner of Donaire-Nishioka and eventually fighting Leo Santa Cruz.

Tickets are going fast for the fourth bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez that is scheduled for Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Advisor Leonard Ellerbe: "Manny Pacquiao can’t tell Floyd Mayweather [expletive]."

Nonito Donaire and trainer Robert Garcia hosted the media at Undisputed Boxing Gym in San Carlos, Calif., ahead of the junior featherweight championship fight against Toshiaki Nishioka on Oct. 13.

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares calls Leo Santa Cruz a smaller version of Antonio Margarito and considers Anselmo Moreno to be one of the sport's premiere fighters.

Several boxing stars were on-hand to see Andre Ward, Chad Dawson, John Molina and Antonio DeMarco step onto the scale in downtown Oakland, Calif.

WBC junior featherweight belt-holder Abner Mares has a defense against Anselmo Moreno on Oct. 27.

Watch highlights from the kick-off press conference for the anticipated Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka/Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado doubleheader that takes place on Oct. 13 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

RingTV's Dominic Verdin interviewed Nonito Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka at the recent press conference for thier anticipated HBO-televised RING junior featherweight championship showdown on Oct. 13 in Carson, Calif.

Respected Japanese veteran Toshiaki Nishioka relishes the opportunity to win universal recognition as the junior featherweight champ, as well as the admiration of American fans, when he challenges Nonito Donaire on HBO on Oct. 13.

Manny Pacquiao is apparently no closer to deciding from among at least two dates or among three opponents for his return to the ring. 

Nonito Donaire on facing Toshiaki Nishioka: "You have to find the fighters who can challenge you and who will put you at risk. You put yourself at risk of losing, at risk of getting hurt, at risk of losing your life. That's all part of boxing."

IBF and WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire portrays a poor man driven by love in the movie Palad Ta Ang Nagbuot, which he recently completed filming in his native Philippines.

Nonito Donaire on his year-round random drug testing commitment: "I try to write down anything and everything that I might be in contact with. Even with the food that I'm eating and where I'm at, or where I've been."

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.

An IBF bantamweight title fight between beltholder Leo Santa Cruz and Eric Morel may complete the Sept. 15 quadrupleheader headlined by WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul Alvarez and Josesito Lopez.

Fans bemoan the slow month of August, look forward to the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka showdown, ponder THE RING's pound-for-pound rankings, and wonder which U.S. Olympians will excel as pros.   

Showtime's Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that "there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing."  

Fans bring up Mike McCallum, Evander Holyfield, the anticipated Donaire-Nishioka/Rios-Alvarado card, and a bunch of mythical matchups - most of which involve Antonio Margarito - in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy! 

Unbeaten former lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios on his Oct. 13 clash with undefeated 140-pound contender Mike Alvarado: "It's going to be a very violent, very bloody fight. It's going to be a can't-miss fight."

Nonito Donaire will face junior featherweight Toshiaki Nishioka after former lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut in a clash of unbeatens with Mike Alvarado on Oct. 13.

Unbeaten welterweight prospect Jessie Vargas will debut under Top Rank against Aaron Martinez on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas.

Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado believes he will prove himself to be the bigger, stronger fighter -- as well as the superior boxer -- when he and Brandon Rios both put their undefeated records on the line, Oct. 13.

Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado has signed to face former lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios in an HBO-televised bout on Oct. 13. 

Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado has agreed in principle to a clash with former WBA lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios on Oct. 13 at The Home Depot Center on the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka undercard.

WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire will defend his crown against former titleholder Toshiaki Nishioka on Oct. 13 at Home Depot Center. Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut against Mike Alvarado on the undercard.

WBA junior featherweight titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux will pursue his fourth straight knockout victory against Robert Marroquin on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas.

Manager Cameron Dunkin's plan for Mikey Garcia is to match him against Orlando Salido in the fall, while the hope for Brandon Rios is a fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.

Vanes Martirosyan could face Erislandy Lara in a junior middleweight eliminator bout for the right to face WBC beltholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

CompuBox punch-counter Lee Groves relives fight night in Carson, Calif., where Nonito Donaire unified two 122-pound belts against Jeffrey Mathebula. Groves, who had strong opinions on Donaire's margin of victory, tries to bridge the gap between the numbers and the scorecards.

Images from Carson, Calif., of Nonito Donaire's unanimous decision win against Jeffrey Mathebula and Kelly Pavlik's one-sided victory over Will Rosinsky.

Ringtv.com asked a panel of boxing insiders what will happen when WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire faces his tallest opponent yet in IBF counterpart Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday.

Nonito Donaire made a July 4 guest appearance on the Spanish-language sports show Nación ESPN to promote his title-unification matchup with Jeffrey Mathebula this weekend in Carson, Calif.

Junior featherweights Nonito Donaire and Jeffrey Mathebula, and super middleweights Kelly Pavlik and Will Rosinsky met the press at Fortune Gym in Hollywood, Calif.

Junior featherweight titleholders Nonito Donaire and Jeffrey Mathebula talk about their HBO-televised unification bout on Saturday. Donaire says he's ready for the best of 122-pound division. Mathebula says Donaire won't get past him.

Nonito Donaire says if fellow 122-pound titleholders Guillermo Rigondeaux and Abner Mares really want to fight him, those showdowns will happen, but his first junior featherweight unification bout will come against towering IBF beltholder Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday. 

This Saturday against Nonito Donaire, Jeffrey Mathebula will have a chance to do something no South African fighter has ever done.

Undefeated junior lightweight titleholder Adrien Broner, who defends his WBO title against Vicente Escobedo in his native Cincinnati on July 21, will be featured in HBO's short documentary "2 Days: Adrien Broner" on July 7.