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Puerto Rican junior lightweight Felix Verdejo will be after his second straight win against an opponent to be determined on the undercard of a Jan. 19 clash between Orlando Salido and Mikey Garcia at Madison Square Garden.

Unbeaten featherweight contender Gary Russell Jr. wants to fight four times in 2013, the last time for a world title belt.

Featherweight contender Mikey Garcia in the gym preparing for his Jan. 19 title shot against WBO beltholder Orlando Salido in Las Vegas.

Puerto Rican WBO junior lightweight beltholder Rocky Martinez on his clash with Mexico's Juan Carlos Burgos: "I'm looking forward to giving the fans a great fight, and a great show, and I think that we could steal the show that night."

Former beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez wiill try to rebound from his second knockout loss to Orlando Salido when he returns to the ring on Feb. 2 against Aldimar Silva Santos in Lopez's native Puerto Rico.

Mikey Garcia on WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido: "This is not just a title fight, but it's the fight against the man who is the top dog in my division, and the man to beat in my division."

Gabriel Rosado on facing Gennady Golovkin: "I'm just excited to shock the world, but I'm not going to shock myself. But I know that a lot of people are going to be surprised when I come out victorious in this fight."

Former WBO featherweight titleholder Juan Manuel Lopez will return to the ring as a junior lightweight on Feb. 2 in his native Puerto Rico.

Tim Bradley-Lamont Peterson II and the anticipated Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado rematch could be in the works for March, according to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.

HBO's exiting Larry Merchant: "I'm proud to be associated with so many talented people who made us into a groundbreaking network."

Unbeaten WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin will be after his 12th straight knockout victory against Gabriel Rosado on Jan. 19 at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Abner Mares took a giant step foward in his career with his convincing unanimous-decision victory over talented Anselmo Moreno on Saturday in Los Angeles.

Featherweight contender Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia will pursue his ninth straight knockout and his 15th in 16 fights when he meets WBO titleholder Orlando Salido on Jan. 19 at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Hammer-fisted WBA middleweight beltholder Gennady Golovkin could put his unbeaten mark on the line opposite super middleweight Thomas Oosthuizen on Jan. 19 at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Mikey Garcia could fight Jonathan Victor Barros on Nov. 10.

The big fights keep lining up and keep falling through for unbeaten featherweight contender Mikey Garcia, but he's still hungry for a showcase against the likes of Yuriorkis Gamboa.

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

Unbeaten featherweight contender Miguel "Mikey" Garcia will challenge WBO beltholder Orlando Salido on Nov. 10 at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas on HBO.

Featherweight contender Miguel Garcia made short work Mauricio Pastrana, knocking faded former titleholder out at 1:05 of the second round in Los Mochis, Mexico, on Saturday. Adrien Young outpointed Raul Hirales in the co-featured bout.

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.

To follow-up his second stoppage of Juan Manuel Lopez, WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido will face Oscar Bravo in a non-title junior lightweight bout on July 28. 

Josesito Lopez says he is motivated by the fact that Victor Ortiz has been named as the Sept. 15 opponent for WBC 154-pound titleholder Saul Alvarez in advance of his June 23 bout with Ortiz.

Undefeated featherweight contender Mikey Garcia might challenge for his first major world title against WBA beltholder Celestino Caballero on July 28 in Indio, Calif.

Daniel Ponce de Leon is looking to put a rough 2011 behind him and continue his comeback against Eduardo Lazcano on Friday night.

Oxnard, Calif., resident Mikey Garcia will get his first title shot against WBA World featherweight beltholder Celestino Caballero.

Juan Manuel Lopez is planning to appeal his license suspension by the Professional Boxing Commission of Puerto Rico, whose move Lopez's co-promoter, Bob Arum, has called, "reprehensible."

Zab Judah will be trained by his uncle, James Harvey, rather than ex-titleholder Pernell Whitaker.

WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido reflected on his 10th-round knockout of former beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez on March 10 and stated his desire to face former 122-pound champ Rafael Marquez in this Q&A.

Juan Manuel Marquez will pursue his fourth title belt over as many different weight classes against junior welterweight Cesar Rene Cuenca on April 14.

Juan Manuel Lopez has apologized to Roberto Ramirez Sr. for implying that gambling issues contributed to the veteran referee stopping his rematch with Orlando Salido, who scored a 10th-round TKO victory on Saturday in Puerto Rico.

Orlando Salido got up from a knockdown and wore down Juan Manuel Lopez to a 10th-round stoppage in a thrilling rematch slugfest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday. Salido retained the WBO featherweight title he won from Lopez last year.

WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido weighed in at the division limit of 126 pounds during Friday’s weighin for his rematch with JuanMa Lopez on Saturday. Lopez, who wants to avenge his loss to Salido, weighed 125¾ pounds.

Late-bloomer Orlando Salido says he will prove that his victory over Juan Manuel Lopez last April was not a fluke by beating the popular Puerto Rican boxer-puncher in their anticipated rematch in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

The thrilling first bout between Orlando Salido and Juan Manuel Lopez will re-air on Showtime Extreme at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Friday. The anticipated rematch airs on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Saturday.

After falling short in his bid to earn the WBA's regular heavyweight title belt against Alexander Povetkin, Marco Huck has decided to return to cruiserweight for a defense of his WBO belt against Ola Afolabi.

Orlando Salido, a more rugged and experienced fighter than Juan Manuel Lopez, knocked out the talented Puerto Rican when they first fought. Can Lopez, the more athletic and technical boxer, turn the tables on the hardnosed Mexican?

Can Juan Manuel Lopez avenge the upset loss he suffered last April and regain his title, or does Orlando Salido simply have his number? Boxing experts give their picks.

Mikey Garcia must get beyond tough Bernabe Concepcion to set up a featherweight title shot opposite the winner of Saturday night's Orlando Salido-Juan Manuel Lopez rematch.

In honor of the anticipated Showtime-televised Orlando Salido-JuanMa Lopez rematch on Saturday, RingTV.com's resident historian Lee Groves has compiled a list of the 10 best fights between Mexican and Puerto Rican fighters.

Juan Manuel Lopez on Orlando Salido: "People want to see how I rebound from that loss. So for me, this is the most important fight of my career."

Orlando Salido on Juan Manuel Lopez: "I want to show that my first win was not a fluke."

If all goes well in his next fight, Mikey Garcia could get his first title shot against the winner of the Orlando Salido-Juan Manuel Lopez rematch.

Fans voted Orlando Salido's eighth-round TKO of JuanMa Lopez, which took place on April 16 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, to be the "Upset of the Year" in RingTV.com's 2011 readers' choice award polls.

Featherweight contender Mikey Garcia scored three knockdowns on the way to a fourth-round knockout over tough journeyman Juan Carlos Martinez.

Juan Manuel Lopez aims for an impressive win against Mike Oliver in front of the same Puerto Rican fans who witnessed his devastating knockout loss to Orlando Salido in April.

Daniel Ponce de Leon says he will beat Yuriorkis Gamboa, whom he says is not as good as his last opponent, Adrien Broner.

Feeling as if he is poised for greatness, unbeaten featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa says, 'I'm ready to go 126, 135 -- I'll fight anyone.'

Two-belt titleholder Nonito Donaire wants to defend his crowns against Omar Narvaez, and then pursue either the winner of Abner Mares-Agbeko II or seek challenges in the junior featherweight and featherweight divisions