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A few fight and fighter updates: • Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., whose first fight since losing his belt to Sergio Martinez and subsequent suspension for testing positive for marijuana after the fight was being pl...

Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina, a guy nobody really wants to fight, is the reason why mandatory challengers exist. If a sanctioning organization did not make him a mandatory challenger, it is very likely he would never get a title shot b...

Junior middleweight titlist Cornelius "K9" Bundrage (32-4, 19 KOs) will defend his title in his hometown of Detroit at the Masonic Temple Theatre against Las Vegas' Ishe Smith (24-5, 11 KOs) on Saturday night (Showtime, 9 ET/PT). A number of fight...

Former two-division titlist Juan Manuel Lopez shook off the rust after a long layoff and set himself up for a possible shot at another belt with his ninth-round TKO of Aldimar Silva Santos on Saturday.

CHICAGO -- If Carlos Molina is a snake-bitten fighter, the only evidence that betrayed it Friday at the UIC Pavilion was a small cut near his right eye -- which he wore, along with a smile on his face, in a cramped locker room after his main event bo...

If you don't get enough boxing on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" this week, just head to your computer for bonus coverage from this week's card in Chicago. On the televised card (9 p.m. ET), junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina (20-5-2, 6 KO...

Luck hasn't been on Carlos Molina's side for some time, but perhaps a hometown bout against Cory Spinks and the familiarity of the "Friday Night Fights" airwaves will change the 154-pound contender's fortunes.

Molina (R) is 12-1-1 since he last fought in his home city in 2008. Welcome to SportsNation! On Thursday, we're going inside the boxing ring when Carlos Molina stops by to chat about his fight on ESPN's Friday Night Fights (ESPN2, 9 p.m. ET). M...

Let's try this again: Two-time Mexican Olympian Oscar Molina is ready for his pro debut. He was scheduled to turn pro in November, but he withdrew because of a cyst on his left shoulder that limited the use of his arm. But his debut is on again --...

You'll be seeing more of former junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan on Showtime. Khan, in his first fight since being knocked out by Danny Garcia in a July title unification bout, stopped Carlos Molina on Saturday night in Los Angeles in his Sho...

As Nonito Donaire put the wraps on his fighter of the year candidacy Saturday, Amir Khan and Leo Santa Cruz set themselves up for bigger things in 2013.

There were times in the early rounds of Amir Khan's rebound bout against Carlos Molina, as Khan lingered too long in the pocket after throwing a combination and Molina cracked him with a left hook, that a few bars from "The Wizard of Oz" filtered int...

Five things we learned from Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce, Amir Khan-Carlos Molina and Saturday's other fights.

Amir Khan was bigger, quicker and altogether much better than Carlos Molina for every minute of their 10 rounds together, which ended with Molina bleeding too much to continue.

With a new trainer in his corner and a new emphasis on defense, Amir Khan will attempt to right his sinking ship against brawler Carlos Molina on Saturday.

Showtime and Golden Boy have a mega day of boxing planned on Saturday, culminating with the return of former junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan taking on Carlos Molina at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET, Showtim...