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Ishe Smith, who has often served as a gatekeeper against up-and-comers, has finally secured a title shot in his 14th year as a pro. The respected veteran will try to become the first Las Vegas native to win a major belt when he faces Cornelius Bundrage on Showtime's Championship Boxing this Saturday.

Bahamas amateur standout Tureano Johnson moved to Cuba and made the country his home for over eight years before turning pro in the U.S. He continues his middleweight ascent tonight against Willie Fortune on ShoBox: The New Generation.

Fans ask for Dougie's thoughts on Floyd Mayweather's move from HBO to Showtime, this weekend's fights and upcoming showdowns, such as Donaire-Rigondeaux and Mayweather-Guerrero, in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Forbes estimates Floyd Mayweather's deal with Showtime as being worth more than a $250 million, although network boss Stephen Espinoza would not comment directly on the six-fight package.

Floyd Mayweather on his groundbreaking new deal: "Showtime and CBS, I've got to take my hat off to them. They did a tremendous job and I am happy to be a part of this family."

Robert Guerrero: "I'm a man of faith. I'm a man of God, and I feel that God has put me in this position for a reason: Not to humble the world of boxing, but to humble Floyd Mayweather."

Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Floyd Mayweather's promotional company, said: "The business model that we have put into place, in my opinion, will never, ever be duplicated." 

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Floyd Mayweather's move to Showtime ends the days when the network could not compete with rival U.S. cable giant HBO.

Robert Guerrero's promoter believes the rugged welterweight contender will make for a "dangerous" opponent for Floyd Mayweather, whom he meets on May 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay Per View.

Floyd Mayweather signed a groundbreaking pay-per-view venture with Showtime and the cable network's parent company, CBS Corporation, staring with a May 4 fight with Robert Guerrero. Under the terms of the deal, Mayweather could fight six times in 30 months.

Fans express a variety of opinions on Lucas Matthysse, his one-round KO of Mike Dallas Jr., and the potential matchups that exist for him in the 140-pound division in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

In part II of Travelin' Man returns to Los Angeles, Lee Groves explains the significance of boxing's return to network TV before recounting his CompuBox analysis for the CBS-, Showtime Extreme- and Showtime-televised fights from the L.A. Sports Arena on Dec. 15. 

RingTV.com's resident Travelin' Man, Lee Groves, returned to Los Angeles last weekend to work the CompuBox keys for the CBS-televised Leo Santa Cruz-Alberto Guevara fight and the Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader on Dec. 15.

Amir Khan and new trainer Virgil Hunter spoke to the media after the former 140-pound king dominated tough Carlos Molina to a 10th-round TKO on Dec. 15 in Los Angeles. This video is available on your smart phone or mobile device.

Fans give their two cents on Amir Khan, Nonito Donaire, Deontay Wilder, Alfredo Angulo and much more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Former junior welterweight titleholder Amir Khan and unbeaten prospect Carlos Molina both weighed-in at 139¾ pounds for their Showtime-televised main event at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Showtime Sports will offer a live stream of today’s weigh-in for the showdown between Amir Khan and Carlos Molina. The weigh-in starts at 2 p.m. PT and will be available for live viewing via YouTube.com/shosports, Ustream.tv/shosports, sports.sho.com/live.

Amir Khan and Carlos Molina talked about their Showtime-televised showdown on Dec. 15 at the L.A. Sports Arena during a recent media workout. This video, and all RingTV videos, are available on mobile devices.

Alfredo Angulo talks about his Showtime-televsied bout against Jorge Silva on Dec. 15 and a future showdown with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Silva, a fearless young slugger from Tijuana, says he's not intimated by "Perro" at all.

Bantamweight beltholder Leo Santa Cruz will fight for the fifth time this year when he defends his IBF title against Alberto Guevara on CBS on Saturday. The unbeaten pressure fighter says he welcomes the busy schedule.

Fans have plenty of positive feedback on both Austin Trout and Miguel Cotto plus thoughts and questions on what both junior middleweights should do next (most of which involve Saul "Canelo" Alvarez) in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Miguel Cotto did not like how wide the scorecards were for his unanimous decision loss to Austin Trout on Saturday in New York City, where the Puerto Rican star was previously unbeaten, but there's no doubt that the 27-year-old southpaw deserved to win.

Fans have questions about the promotional/business side of Saturday's Miguel Cotto-Austin Trout showdown, more feedback on Guerrero-Berto and a potential Mayweather-Guerrero fight, plus pro and con opinions on the late Hector Camacho in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Unbeaten bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz will headline a CBS-televised show on Dec. 15 in Los Angeles with members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team on the undercard, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer confirmed to RingTV.com on Wednesday.

Miguel Cotto, Austin Trout, Jayson Velez, Sal Sanchez III and Daniel Jacobs addressed the media at the final press conference for the Showtime-televised Cotto-Trout 154-pound showdown at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

Undefeated junior middleweight titleholder Austin Trout talks to RingTV's Bill Emes about preparing to defend his WBA title against former champ Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

Austin Trout described his tendency since childhood to envision beating his boxing heroes in the ring, and said, "I have a big list of fighters that I really admire, and Miguel Cotto is on that list."

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.

RingTV.com’s CompuBox keyboard warrior, Lee Groves recounts a frightening undercard stoppage, rainfall, “Twinkle Fingers,” and Angelo Santana’s thrilling KO that were part of the most recent ShoBox in part II of his Travelin’ Man goes to Hallandale, Fla.

Fans give their opinions of Abner Mares-Anselmo Moreno, Erislandy Lara-Vanes Martirosyan, Nathan Cleverly-Shawn Hawk, Antonio DeMarco-Adrien Broner, and the late, great Carmen Basilio, among other subjects in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares calls a clash with RING, IBF and WBO champion Nonito Donaire "the only fight for me."

Watch Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno weigh-in for their junior featherweight showdown at Staples Center on Nov. 10. IBF bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz and Alfredo Angulo also weighed in for thier undecard bouts.

WBC 122-pound titleholder Abner Mares and his challenger Anselmo Moreno easily made weight on Friday at Staples Center in L.A., the site of their Showtime-televised showdown on Saturday. Mares weighed 121.8 pounds; Moreno weighed 120.8.

Leo Santa Cruz's days are numbered at bantamweight, but the unbeaten IBF titleholder will remain at 118 pounds at least until the end of the year. He defends his belt against Victor Zaleta on the Abner Mares-Anselmo Moreno undercard at Staples Center on Saturday.

Middleweight Terrell Gausha and heavyweight Dominic Breazeale have somewhat unique last names but both 2012 U.S. Olympians believe that boxing fans will become familiar with their surnames soon after their Showtime-televised pro debuts on Friday.

Marcus Browne, the light heavyweight representative on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, and Erroll Spence, the welterweight member of the squad, put the disappointing London Games in behind them as they approach their Showtime-televised pro debuts on Friday.

RingTV's Dominic Verdin spoke to WBC 122-pound titleholder Abner Mares and WBA bantamweight beltholder Anselmo Moreno about their anticipated Showtime-televised showdown on Saturday followng a public workout in Los Angeles.

WBC 122-pound titleholder Abner Mares says he's evolved into a complete fighter capable of turning back the challenge of highly respected Anselmo Moreno, who says he's ready to win a hard-fought championship bout when they meet on Saturday.   

The combatants of the stacked Showtime-televised card topped by Abner Mares’ WBC 122-pound title defense against Anselmo Moreno on Nov. 10 will hold a public workout at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles today.

Amir Khan and Carlos Molina spoke to RingTV's Dominic Verdin about their Dec. 15 showdown after their kick-off press conference in L.A. Khan also spoke about switching trainers from Freddie Roach to Virgil Hunter, and the passnig of Emanuel Steward.

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.

WBA welterweight titleholder Paul Malignaggi, new WBO middleweight beltholder Peter Quillin, Hassan N'Dam, and Daniel Jacobs all spoke from the heart during the post-fight press conference for the inaugural boxing show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Showtime Sports recaps the Danny Garcia-Erik Morales II weighin. Watch as Devon Alexander, Randall Bailey, Hassan N'Dam, Peter Quillin, Paul Malignaggi, and Pablo Cesar Cano hit the scales, then watch the four title bouts live from Brooklyn on Saturday, 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Danny Garcia, Erik Morales, Paul Malignaggi, Pablo Cesar Cano, Hassan N'Dam, Peter Quillen, Randall Bailey, Devon Alexnader and the undercard fighters of tomorrow's Showtime-televised quadrupleheader from Brooklyn, N.Y., all weighed in at an eventful weighinon Friday.

RingTV's Bill Emes spoke to unbeaten WBO middleweight titleholder Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam and undefeated contender Peter Quillin about their Showtime-televised fight on the Danny Garcia-Erik Morales II undercard on Saturday.

Oscar De La Hoya introduces the stacked undercard of the Danny Garcia-Erik Morales II, including Hassan N'Jikam, Peter Quillin, Randall Bailey, Devon Alexander, Daniel Jacobs, Luis Collazo, Dmitriy Salita and Eddie Gomez.

Angel Garcia, the father and trainer of THE RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia, is predicting a short night on Saturday when his son faces living legend Erik Morales for the second time at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Paul Malignaggi hopes the inaugural boxing card at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Saturday reignites the fight game in the New York City area. The Brooklyn native defends his WBA welterweight title against Pablo Cesar Cano on the Showtime-televised card.

Carl Froch: "I'm in there to fight and do my job and excite the fans. I was unable to do that against Andre Ward because of his style. Stylistically, he's a spoiler. Everyone knows that. That's why he's got no fans."

Daniel Jacobs, who returns to the ring on the inaugural boxing card at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Oct. 20, tells RingTV's Bill Emes that his determination and confidence as a fighter is "sky high" after his year-and-half battle with cancer.