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Lee Purdy of England failed to make the 147-pound weight limit at Friday's weigh-in, one day before he was scheduled to challenge welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander of St. Louis on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J..

England's Martin Murray knew what he was up against going to Argentina to challenge middleweight champ Sergio Martinez in his homecoming fight Saturday night, and he came close to pulling the upset, too. He dropped Martinez once officially and cou...

Brash lightweight titlist Adrien Broner will move up two weight classes to challenge welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi on June 22, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday.

Robert Guerrero, preparing to challenge Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4, was arrested Thursday morning at Kennedy Airport in New York for attempting to board a flight to Las Vegas with an unloaded gun.

At 48, Bernard Hopkins is always seeking new sources of motivation. For Saturday's challenge of light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud, promoter and nemesis Don King is fueling Hopkins' fire.

Former junior welterweight titlist Kendall Holt, as healthy and hungry as ever, has a belt in his sights again as he approaches current titleholder Lamont Peterson and Friday's challenge in Washington, D.C.

Featherweight Jayson Velez sprained his ankle on Monday, forcing him to pull out of a world title challenge against Daniel Ponce De Leon.

Evgeny Gradovich of Russia has agreed to step in on short notice to challenge featherweight titlist Billy Dib.

Featherweight contender Luis Franco has stopped training and withdrawn from a world title challenge against Billy Dib.

"Sugar" Shane Mosley is 41 and 0-3-1 in his last four fights -- with each loss a one-sided decision -- but the former champion is ending his retirement for a world title shot.

At 6-foot-8 and 250 pounds, the powerful David Price isn't yet ready to challenge the Klitschko brothers for a heavyweight title. But the ESPN.com 2012 prospect of the year may not be far off.

Yuriorkis Gamboa returned from a 15-month layoff Saturday in Las Vegas to receive a stiff challenge -- and even a knockdown -- from Michael Farenas, but grinded out a tough points victory.

Liam Walsh withdrew from his lightweight world title challenge against Ricky Burns following a car accident earlier this week, promoter Frank Warren announced on Friday.

Adrien Broner fancies himself as much entertainer as fighter, and he plans to wear both hats in Saturday's challenge of lightweight titlist Antonio DeMarco.

Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno are familiar enough with each other, but when Moreno moves up to face the junior featherweight titlist on Saturday, the challenge will be a departure from Mares' recent slugfests.

Mexico's Pablo Cesar Cano failed to make weight Friday for his welterweight title challenge of Paulie Malignaggi and ineligible to win the 147-pound belt at the new Barclays Center on Saturday night.