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Johnathon Banks is feeling the pressure to prove his victory over Seth Mitchell in November wasn't a fluke, while Mitchell, who was previously touted as the United States' best hope to beat a Klitschko, is under pressure to prove that it was.

Adrien Broner's trainer Mike Stafford plans to "unleash" a "more vicious" version of the WBC lightweight beltholder on Paulie Malignaggi, who Broner challenges for the WBA welterweight title on July 22.

Super middleweights Sakio Bika and Marco Antonio Periban will fight for the vacant WBC title on the June 22 undercard of a Showtime-televised main event featuring Paulie Malignaggi's WBA welterweight title defense against Adrien Broner at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Adrien Broner on his Friday morning confrontation with Paulie Malignaggi, who fights on June 22: "He was scared. You all seen that. He thought he had seen a ghost, and I ain't talking about Robert Guerrero."

Adrien Broner has given the name "Paulette" to Paulie Malignaggi, who retorted, "Last time that I checked, you know, Adrien is a girl's name." On June 22, Broner will challenge for the WBA welterweight title owned by Malignaggi, who calls it an easy fight.

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.

Seth Mitchell on his rematch with Johnathon Banks: "I'm just ready to fight. I'm ready to get back into the ring...You'll see a big improvement in my defense, my ring generalship. Just going back to the basics."

Deontay Wilder is 27-0 with 27 knockouts: "I'm trying to delete all of the American heavyweights. I'm trying to get rid of all of them so that I can become just that main one."

Once-beaten heavyweight Seth Mitchell on a potential fight with Bryant Jennings:  "Let's do it."

Referee Tony Weeks will make his East Coast debut with Friday night's Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C.

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.

Heavyweight Johnathon Banks was advised by Wladimir Klitschko not to face Seth Mitchell after having suffered a broken right thumb during a sparring session on Monday. 

Heavyweight Johnathon Mitchell has suffered an apparent thumb injury that will force him out of a Feb. 16 rematch with Seth Mitchell, whom he knocked out in the second round in November.

Heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell will be rooting for The Baltimore Ravens to win Sunday's Super Bowl even as he focuses on avenging his lone defeat against Johnathon Banks.

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

Unbeaten WBC titleholder Adrien Broner said he first met Sugar Ray Leonard as a 10-year-old, when the Hall of Famer autographed a photo for him and offered a huge compliment.

Having lost title bouts to Andre Ward, Lucian Bute and Joe Calzaghe, super middleweight contender Sakio Bika looks to cash in on a potential WBC title fight agianst Nikola Sjekloca on Feb. 16. 

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell on his second-round knockout loss to Johnathon Banks: "Sometimes, you've got to point the finger at yourself."

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell on his rematch with Johnathon Banks: "I wanted this fight. I want it to be known that I wanted this fight, and that I asked my team to get me this rematch."

Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika could face Nikola Sjekloca for the WBC's interim belt on Feb. 16, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner will pursue his sixth straight knockout victory against ex-titleholder Gavin Rees on Feb. 16.

Heavyweight standout Johnathon Banks on his rematch with Seth Mitchell: "Just because I was the underdog before doesn't mean that I'm not the underdog now."

Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins will be 48 years old by the time he enters the ring for a proposed clash with IBF 175-pound titleholder Tavoris Cloud on March 9.

WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner could face WBO counterpart Ricky Burns on Feb. 16 in Atlantic City.

WBC lightweight titleholder Adrien Broner could make the first defense of his belt on the same night that heavyweights Johnathon Banks and Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell fight in a rematch.

Deontay Wilder on sparring with Wladimir Klitschko:"We were just going to war in there...After the first day, Wladimir said, 'Deontay, you're the fastest heavyweight I've ever been in the ring with.'"

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares and eight-division titlewinner Manny Pacquiao handed out free Turkeys at different venues over the weekend.

Johnathon Banks on late trainer Emanuel Steward: "I can still hear his words, 'You can’t win unless you let your hands go. Be first. Be in control.'

Adrien Broner's stoppage of Antonio DeMarco was among the seven knockouts which contributed $3,000 each toward a Hurricane Sandy relief fund for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Atlantic City.

New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner Aaron Davis: "I don't want anybody to go to the hospital for a knockout, but if you're going to get knocked out, it's good that it's for a good cause." 

Seth Mitchell: "I believe I'm two or three more fights away from a title shot. I don't think I'm that far away at all."

Former world titleholder Roy Jones Jr. will take over for the late Emanuel Steward as HBO's analyst for World Championship Boxing and its Pay Per View broadcasts for the rest of 2012.

Adrien Broner on Wednesday's visit to the Atlantic City Boys and Girls Club: "I just want to put some smiles on peoples' faces, man. I just want to make somebody's day better. If I can brighten somebody's day by just showing up, and helping out and helping to clean up, then I'll do it. I would do that every day if I could."

HBO's 24/7 series chronicling the events leading up to Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV will debut on Saturday in advance of the network's double-header featuring Broner-DeMarco and Mitchell-Banks.

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."

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is among those who are monetarily contributing toward relief in the wake of damage caused to Atlantic City by Hurricane Sandy.

Former WBO junior lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner and WBC lightweight titleholder Antonio DeMarco will be featured on Fox Deportes' "Knockout Night" on Saturday.

RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is both lighter and shorter than Saturday night's challenger, Mariusz Wach, whom he will face in the wake of the death of longtime trainer, Emanuel "Manny" Steward.

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.

Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell: "I'm very confident that I have the skills to be a problem for any heavyweight in the division right now."

Wladimir Klitschko: "I will defend the titles that I won together with Emanuel Steward."

Boxer-turned-trainer Johnathon Banks on the spirit of Emanuel Steward: "It's so thick that you can cut it with a knife. I mean, it's really, really thick. This spirit has been within me for years, and his words have been in my head for years."

RING heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko will be staring up at a taller opponent for the first time in his career on Nov. 10 against Mariusz Wach, and he will do so in the wake of the death of his trainer, Emanuel Steward.

Johnathon Banks' name was the first one mentioned by Emanuel Steward when Wladimir Klitschko asked who should replace him in Klitschko's corner.

Undefeated heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell, a former scholarship linebacker at Michigan State, will be featured in the HBO documentary series "2 Days: Seth Mitchell," which debuts on Oct. 27.

Golden Boy Promotions would like to add British 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Anthony Joshua to a stable that already boasts unbeaten American fighters Seth Mitchell and Deontay Wilder.

Adrien Broner on the search for an opponent: "I ain't worried about it...It don't matter when I fight or who fight, it'll be a knockout win for me."

Former 130-pound beltholder Adrien Broner on a potential fight with welterweight contender Robert Guerrero: "To me, he's not special. He's ordinary. If that fight ever happens, man, I will expose all of the kinks in his armor."

Unbeaten Adrien Broner on his inability to land an opponent thus far for Oct. 6: "Don't nobody want to grab that rope to hang themselves, man. But anybody can get it. Everybody that's anybody can get it."