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De La Hoya: Alvarez facing Mayweather at 'perfect time'

Oscar De La Hoya on Saul Alvarez's shot at beating Floyd Mayweather: "I don't think that it's too soon, I think that it's the perfect moment."

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Mayweather 'giving fans what they want' in Alvarez

Floyd Mayweather Jr. on facing Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: "I chose my opponent for September 14th... I'm giving the fans what they want."

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Hatton tips Murray for massive win over Martinez

Ricky Hatton believes Martin Murray will match anything achieved by a British boxer -- past or present -- should he upset Sergio Martinez in a week from this Saturday in the WBC middleweight titleholder’s backyard of Buenos Aries, Argentina.

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Greenburg instrumental in Mayweather-Guerrero media blitz

Showtime has a mega promotional series planned in advance of the May 4 clash between Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero. 

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Malignaggi: Holt should move to welterweight

Kendall Holt after Friday night's loss to Lamont Peterson: "My body just wasn't responding. My body and my mind just weren't on the same page. My body wanted to do one thing, and my mind said do something else."

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Lem's latest: Schaefer on Super Bowl, Peterson, Khan, Kirkland, Angulo

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said he was concerned about the threat of terrorism during Sunday's Super Bowl blackout at the Superdome in New Orleans.

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Lem's latest: Arreola meets Stiverne; Banks wants the winner

Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola meets Bermane Stiverne in a March 9 eliminator bout for the right to face Vitali Klitschko.

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Lem's latest: Leonard, Tyson, De La Hoya top Nevada Hall inductees

Former RING middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins recounts his experiences at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

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Lem's latest: Pacquiao trains for former NBA stars Barkley, Miller

Manny Pacquiao will be featured on TNT on Thursday night as a result of visits from former NBA stars Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller.

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Video: Paul Malignaggi interview

RingTV's Bill Emes and Lem Satterfield interview WBA welterweight titleholder Paul Malignaggi, who is in New York City for the Miguel Cotto-Austin Trout fight, on an assortment of subjects, including Ricky Hatton and Devon Alexander vs. Kell Brook.

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Massive media round table with Schaefer

The prospect of a highly-anticipated clash of junior featherweights between Abner Mares and Nonito Donaire was among the many topics broached by Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer in New York on Wednesday.

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From The Telegraph: Hatton’s legacy is his popularity

Despite his losses, the most recent to Vyacheslav Senchenko on Saturday, which sent him back into retirement, Ricky Hatton never lost his massive fan support. Gareth A Davies comments on the unique bond Hatton has with his devoted fans.

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Weekend Review: Guerrero continues to do what he does -- win

Robert Guerrero won't dazzle anyone with his performances but he's damned hard to beat, as Andre Berto discovered on Saturday night in Ontario, Calif.

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Fighter retires, saying 'It is the end of Ricky Hatton'

Ricky Hatton following Saturday night's knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko: "No matter how upsetting it is, I have got to be a man and say, 'It is the end of Ricky Hatton.'"

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Schaefer: Hatton still deserves a shot at Malignaggi

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer contends that Ricky Hatton still is deserving of a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi despite Saturday's knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, whom Malignaggi stopped in April.

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Senchenko's body shot KOs Hatton in ninth round

Vyacheslav Senchenko's ninth-round body shot stopped Ricky Hatton for the third time in his career and the first before his hometown fans at the Manchester Arena in England.

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Malignaggi examines Hatton-Senchenko

Paulie Malignaggi on Ricky Hatton-Vyacheslav Senchenko: "The keys for Hatton are to really get inside and be rough...For Senchenko, its about establishing his jab."

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From The Telegraph: Hitman fighting for salvation

Ricky Hatton’s painfully long public therapy session ends Saturday when he meets Vyacheslav Senchenko, 3½ years after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao. The scars left him with addiction issues and estrangement from his parents.

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Lem's latest: Arum touts Kimmel's 24/7 spoof; Hatton, Senchenko weigh in

Bob Arum on Jimmy Kimmel's spoof of Manny Pacquiao: "Something like that is so invaluable in promoting a fight. It gets to an audience that isn't necessarily into boxing. There's no telling what effect it has."

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From The Telegraph: Hatton says therapist supports comeback

Ricky Hatton, who returns to the ring on Saturday to face Vyacheslav Senchenko after battling addiction and depression during a three-year absence, told Telegraph Sport that boxing became his 'therapy' to escape drugs, drink and suicidal thoughts.

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Hatton to exorcise ghosts, demons versus Senchenko

Having endured past issues with depression, including suicidal thoughts, former titleholder Ricky Hatton says he's already won the battle whether he wins or loses Saturday night's welterweight clash with Vyacheslav Senchenko.

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Murray mum on Martinez, focused on Navarro bout

Despite reports of Martin Murray getting a shot against THE RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez in April, the unbeaten contender from St. Helen's, Merseyside in England remains focused on his next bout scheduled for Nov. 24 in Manchester.

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Lem's latest: Wilder, Russell return; Golovkin-Oosthuizen in talks

Undefeated heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder will pursue his 26th knockout in as many victories without a loss against unbeaten Kelvin Price on the Dec. 15 Amir Khan-Carlos Molina undercard.

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Malignaggi eyes Hatton, Chaves

Although WBA welterweight beltholder Paulie Malignaggi has been mandated to face unbeaten Diego Chaves, he prefers a rematch with Ricky Hatton.

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Lem's latest: Malignaggi says boxing's 'craft' is 'not appreciated'

Paulie Malignaggi: "Floyd Mayweather gets no appreciation, but he's just so dominant, that they have to just deal with it...I'm not saying that I'm as dominant as Floyd, but I consider myself to be a real craftsman of the sport. I'm a true craftsman of boxing."

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Hatton-Senchenko will be televised live on Showtime

Former junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton’s Nov. 24 comeback fight agaisnt former welterweight beltholder Vyacheslav Senchenko will be televised live on Showtime, the U.S. premium cable network announced on Friday.

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Jacobs scores first-round knockout before hometown fans in Brooklyn

A once-paralyzed, former cancer patient, Danny Jacobs was ecstatic in victory: "No moment has ever been greater than right now. This moment means the world to me. They told me that I would never walk or box again, and I proved everybody wrong."

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Overweight Cano can not win Malignaggi's title

Pablo Cesar Cano can not win the WBA welterweight title owned by Paulie Malignaggi after having missed weight for Saturday night's clash at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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'Magic Man' Malignaggi relishes Brooklyn homecoming

Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi: "It feels really good that things are turning around for me, and it feels really good that there's a lot of positive things going on for me inside of the ring and outside of the ring."

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From the Telegraph: Tyson advises Hatton 'not to be a tough guy'

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson yesterday registered his delight at Ricky Hatton's comback next month, but warned the British boxer not to go out of his way “to prove how tough he is" as a fighter.

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Hatton to face Senchenko in anticipated comeback

Ricky Hatton has promised to deliver a comeback to remember after revealing that Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko will be his opponent on November 24.

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Hatton's agent denies comeback rumor

Ricky Hatton’s agent, Paul Speak, is playing down newspaper reports in the UK suggesting the two-division titlewinner from Manchester, England, plans to make a comeback against Paulie Malignaggi.

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Q&A Bradley: 'Mayweather flattens Pacquiao'

WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley: "If Manny Pacquiao doesn't want to fight me, then I'm looking for a Floyd Mayweather fight. Or I'm looking for a Miguel Cotto fight... I belong in the ring with these guys."

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Q&A: Malignaggi can't wait for Barclays Center debut

Paulie Malignaggi: "When you're someone like me, and you're fighting out of Brooklyn, the only reason you dream of fighting out of Madison Square Garden is because there was never something like the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn to keep dreaming about."

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Lem's latest: Turmoil in Pacquiao's corner; the undercard

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.

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Lem's latest: Pacquiao preps for confident Bradley

Although he calls Tim Bradley a "handsome" fighter, Manny Pacquiao's ready to mess up the challenger's pretty face. 

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Roach on Bradley: 'He's never impressed me'

Trainer Freddie Roach says Manny Pacquiao will "beat Tim Bradley pretty easily" and is sticking to the comparison he made between Bradley and Pacquaio's second-round KO victim, Ricky Hatton.

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Roach stays with Chavez Jr., says Ariza's out

WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has split with strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza in advance of his June 16 defense against southpaw Andy Lee.

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Malignaggi backs up his words, dominates Senchenko

Paulie Malignaggi on his knockout of Vyacheslav Senchenko: "Considering all of the pressure in this fight, and considering the circumstances surrounding this fight, you could make a case that this was my best and most complete performance."

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Malignaggi confident of victory against Senchenko

The deck is stacked against former beltholder Paulie Malignaggi -- bigger opponent, foreign soil -- but he's still convinced he'll beat WBA welterweight beltholder Vyacheslav Senchenko in Ukraine on Sunday. 

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Can Malignaggi defeat Senchenko in Ukraine? Ask the experts

Former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi is confident that he can defeat Ukrainian WBA welterweight beltholder Vyacheslav Senchenko on his home turf. Does the champion have the skills to wipe the smile from "The Magic Man's" face?

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Q&A: Malignaggi's sure he'll beat Senchenko

Paulie Malignaggi on Vyacheslav Senchenko: "I really think that this guy is going to have a lot of problems with what I'm going to bring to the table. I will be shocked if he doesn't."

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Malignaggi targets Senchenko showdown for April 29

Paulie Malignaggi wants to notch a key victory against WBA welterweight titleholder Vyacheslav Senchenko in April, with an eye on headlining at the Barclays Center in his native Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Q&A: Murray's ready for the big stage, Rios

British lightweight contender John Murray believes that WBA titleholder Brandon Rios is underestimating his skills, and says that he plans to expose the unbeaten slugger's defensive weaknesses.

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Hatton contemplated suicide following crushing defeat to Pacquiao

Ricky Hatton has revealed that he contemplated suicide during the dark days that followed his downfall inside the ring.

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Mayweather rips Pacquiao over drug testing, lawsuit, fighting 'leftovers'

On the subject of Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said, 'If you truly believe that you're the best, then take the [drug] test.'

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Pacquiao aims to erase all doubts against Marquez on Nov. 12

'I want to prove him wrong -- that I won the first two fights,' Manny Pacquiao said of Juan Manuel Marquez, who countered, 'Manny knows I beat him twice.'

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Gamboa-de Leon brings Arum and Schaefer together again

'It's totally about the fighters," said Top Rank's Bob Arum, downplaying his presence and that of Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer on Monday's Yuriorkis Gamboa-Daniel Ponce de Leon conference call.

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Koncz: Door not closed on Mayweather-Pacquiao

Michael Koncz on Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao: "If the fans still want to see this fight, we're willing to do it."

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Arum: Chavez-Vera likely; Ward next?

Bob Arum said Julio Cesar Chavez could fight Brian Vera next, and eventually, Andre Ward.

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Broner-Malignaggi press conference on Saturday

A Saturday press conference is in the works for smack-talkers Adrien Broner and Paulie Malignaggi.

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M. Garcia to return on June 15, Chavez Jr., July 13

Arum says Mikey Garcia and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could be in action this summer.

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Marquez-Bradley on Sept. 14?

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