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WBO minimumweight titleholder Moises Fuentes has reportedly withdrew from this Saturday's matchup with Filipino contender Michael Landero, citing a hand injury. Former two-time beltholder Raul "Rayito" Garcia will step in for Fuentes.

While former RING junior flyweight champion Giovani Segura is taking his time getting back into the ring, he is going full steam ahead in another ring. The political ring.

Former IBF junior flyweight titleholder Carlos Tamara and Ricardo Nunez will fight on April 26 in Nunez's backyard of Panama City, Panama in an elimination bout for the No. 1 spot in the IBF flyweight rankings.

THE RING's No. 4-rated flyweight Milan Melindo counter punched former title challenger Juan Esquer to a seventh-round TKO in the Philippines on Saturday. Melindo is now the No. 1-rated challenger to the WBO belt held by Brian Viloria.

Former junior bantamweight and bantamweight beltholder Gerry Penalosa fought 10 major titleholders during his excellent 21-year pro career. Who does the 40-year-old Filipino standout think were the best he faced?

Daniel Ponce de Leon is once again on the comeback trail after back-to-back losses to undefeated talents Adrien Broner and Yuriorkis Gamboa last year. The former 122-pound titleholder fights Omar Estrella on Saturday in Mexico.

Walter Sarnoi followed in the footsteps of his father, who once battled the great Fighting Harada, by becoming a professional boxer but the 25-year-old college grad, who fights on Friday, is much more than a fighter.

The eight-round Friday Night Fights co-feature between undefeated junior middleweight prospect Steven Martinez and once-beaten Denis Douglin might steal the show from the Dyah Davis-Alfonso Lopez main event.

Howard Davis Jr., the 1976 Olympic gold medalist and Val Barker award winner for best boxer of the tournament, took a look back on his pro career with RingTV.com the week that his son, Dyah Davis, headlines Friday Night Fights. 

Dyah Davis, the son of 1976 Olympic gold medalist Howard Davis Jr., started very late start in boxing but has advanced enough to have his ultimate goal in sight: a world title. Davis fights Alfonso Lopez on ESPN2 on Friday.

Jermain Taylor returns to the ring on Friday after a two-year break from the sport due to punishment he had absorbed from back-to-back TKO losses. The former middleweight champ has reunited with promoter Lou DiBella and former trainer Pat Burns.

Former 115-pound titleholder Marvin Sonsona hopes to follow in countryman Manny Pacquiao's successful footsteps by leaving the Philippines for the U.S., where he might train with Sergio Martinez's trainer in Oxnard, Calif.

Carson Jones, a 25-year-old veteran who has advanced from "opponnet" to contender in recent years, is close to a shot at the IBF welterweight title following his fourth-round TKO of Ricardo Williams Jr. on Thursday.

Giovani Segura is recovering well from the facial injuries and grotesque swelling he suffered in his eighth-round TKO loss to Brian Viloria in the Philippines. The former 108-pound champ says he looks forward to resuming his career.