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Heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell remained undefeated by scoring a third-round knockout over fellow American hopeful Chazz Witherspoon in a thrilling shootout on the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson II undercard on Saturday.

Former 122-pound titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon will face Eduardo Lazcano on May 4 on Fox Deportes, the first show of a new monthly output deal between Golden Boy Promotions and the Fox network.

It appears that newly-crowned WBC junior featherweight beltholder Abner Mares will have to wait in line for a shot at RING No. 4-rated pound-for-pound fighter, Nonito Donaire, his WBO counterpart.

The WBC has ordered the promoters of Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan to begin a free negotiations' period that will end on May 18; Bob Arum, promoter of Martirosyan, calls it "a joke."

Bernard Hopkins: "I believe I am the most underrated fighter who has walked on the planet earth. I believe that I'm the most underrated fighter that has ever laced a pair of gloves on."

Southpaw Austin Trout will defend his WBA junior middleweight belt against Delvin Rodriguez on the undercard of a Showtime-televised quadruple-header on June 2.

Lamont Peterson on Olympic style drug testing: "Make it mandatory. Eventually, I think that it should be mandatory for every championship fight. I'm trying to be part of the movement to get that done."

Richard Schaefer has signed a long-term deal to remain CEO at Golden Boy Promotions and Golden Boy Enterprises.

Lateef Kayode's cruiserweight bout with former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver is to headline a Showtime-televised, quadruple-header from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on June 2.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be profiled on HBO's "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" in April in advance of his May 5 showdown with Miguel Cotto.

Surgery on Monday successfully repaired two tears in James Kirkland's right shoulder; Saul Alvarez will return to the ring on Sept. 15 against an opponent to be determined -- a rematch if Shane Mosley should win on May 5.

Golden Boy and the United Kingdom's BoxNation will team up to broadcast the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto fight and others to British fans, starting in April.

Lamont Peterson had good offers for other fights after beating Amir Khan last December, but the new WBA/IBF 140-pound titleholder accepted an immediate rematch with Khan - on May 19 in Las Vegas - to give fans what they wanted.

Adrien Broner could defend his WBO junior lightweight belt on the May 19 undercard of the rematch between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan before fighting in front of his hometown fans in Cincinnati on Aug. 18.

If he is successful against Dat Nguyen on April 21, unbeaten Gary Russell could return on July 17.

Gary Russell Jr. will return to action against Dat Nguyen on the undercard of a Showtime-televised main event featuring Abner Mares against Eric Morel from El Paso, Texas.

Saul Alvarez wants the winner of the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto fight if he gets beyond Shane Mosley on May 5.

Devon Alexander is flying high after his dominant performance over heavy puncher Marcos Maidana on Saturday, but the new addition to the ranks of welterweight players still finds reason to criticize himself.

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell will pursue his 23rd consecutive victory against Chazz Witherspoon on the undercard of the rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

Who is next for Adrien Broner? "For me, it really don't matter. I'm ready for whoever," said the fighter. "Whoever wants to fight, just sign on the dotted line, and that's whose behind I'm kicking."

Robert Guerrero will return to the ring on July 28 at a career-high 147 pounds against Selcuk Aydin. 

Shane Mosley will pursue his sixth major title against WBC 154-pound beltholder Saul Alvarez in the co-featured bout to the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto fight on May 5 in Las Vegas.

Amir Khan: "Lamont Peterson and his people were really playing hard to get. To me, I don't think that they really wanted the fight. To me, they were afraid to take the fight."

Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan have inked their names on the dotted line for an HBO-televised rematch on May 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

Mexican-born Abner Mares has vacated the IBF bantamweight title he won from Joseph Agbeko last year in order to pursue a junior featherweight fight with Puerto Rico native Eric Morel in April.

Andre Berto's recovery rate from a ruptured left biceps has been updated to "speedy."

Miguel Cotto: "On May 5, stay tuned, because I will convincingly beat Floyd Mayweather."

Manny Pacquiao against Tim Bradley may be close to being finalized, Juan Manuel Marquez-Lamont Peterson could be in the works, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. chides Pacquiao as he preps for Miguel Cotto. 

Andre Berto's rematch with Victor Ortiz was officially called off by Showtime, Golden Boy Promotions and Lou DiBella Entertainment.

Andre Berto "heard a pop" while throwing a left hook in training, an indication that he ruptured the biceps on that arm that will require surgery as early as Tuesday and the postponement of his Feb. 11 rematch with Victor Ortiz.

Lamont Peterson has heard offers from the promoters of both Juan Manuel Marquez and Amir Khan.

Richard Schaefer says the Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao fight is nearly two years away.

Miguel Cotto is game for a clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr. if a rematch with Manny Pacquiao does not happen.

Undefeatd featherweight Gary Russell Jr., the 2011 Prospect of the Year according to many publications, says his chronically brittle hands will be "good to go" for his upcoming bout against Dat Nguyen.

Bob Arum still insists that Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao is a priority for November, but he's come up with a contingency plan that would pit the winners of Pacquiao-Bradley and Marquez-Peterson against each other in the fall.

RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins will fight Chad Dawson on April 28 in Atlantic City, N.J., in a rematch of their controversial first bout in that took place last October.

Bob Arum on the telephone conversation between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao: "Obviously, they're the fighters, so it's good that they're talking."

Lamont Peterson and trainer Barry Hunter give their thoughts on Golden Boy Promotions dropping their IBF appeal of his title victory over Amir Khan. "Now that this is over I am ready to move on," Peterson said.

Lamont Peterson will remain the IBF titleholder as a result of Golden Boy Promotions withdrawing its appeal of his split-decision victory over Amir Khan on Dec. 10.

Tim Bradley is known to be among a list of five candidates being considered as the next opponent to face Manny Pacquiao, but Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer believes that he is the favorite.

Lamont Peterson must take a return bout against Amir Khan in accordance with an official letter from the WBA.

James Kirkland: "Do I have a chin? Well, I've got all of these wins and one loss. You do the math."

Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he's "ready to put my belt up" during his latest Twitter attack on Manny Pacquiao, one day after telling the Filipino superstar to "step up punk."

Floyd Mayweather Jr.: "Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out. Let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see."

Floyd Mayweather Jr. must now apply for his license to fight on May 5, though no problems are expected.

Mustafa Ameen: "I look forward to answering the false allegations that I interfered with the WBA Supervisor, and somehow tainted the scorecards."

Lamont Peterson's publicist says the fighter has no knowledge of who the "Mystery Man" is.