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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.

Unbeaten Keith Thurman: "I'm old school. I want to be that Sugar Ray Leonard type of champion. That Tommy Hearns type of champion. The Roberto Duran champion. Aaron Pryor. Marvin Hagler. That's what Keith Thurman's about."

Adrien Broner on Saturday's clash with Antonio DeMarco: "It's definitely a defining fight for me. Not only is it a defining fight, but it's a fight that can cross me over into another world that a lot of boxers can't go to."

Adrien Broner: "With the talent that I have, the type of guy that I am, the charisma that I have, I knew that there would be some point in time when boxing will revolve around Adrien Broner."

Michael Buffer attended Thursday night's Fight Night For Children in Washington, D.C., alongside boxing legends such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Aaron Pryor, Pernell Whitaker, James "Buster" Douglass and Ray Mancini.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, and former undisputed 140-pound champion Aaron Pryor are among those expected to attend Thursday's "Fight Night For Children" charity event at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.

Unbeaten featherweight Gary Russell Jr. will return to the ring opposite Russian Vyacheslav Gusev on Nov. 9.

Of unbeaten lightweight Adrien Broner, hall-of-famer and fellow Cincinnati native Aaron Pryor says it's okay to be "a little bit cocky... but you gotta win."