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For Juan Carlos Payano and Jundy Maraon, Friday's fight will play a pivotal role in the future of each fighter's promising career. Payano and Maraon will meet on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" main event at the South Mountain Arena in South Orange, ...

U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago will host boxing as light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara takes on Gabriel Campillo in the main event of the Aug. 16 season finale of ESPN's "Friday Night Fights."

A few notes from the world of boxing: • The Aug. 16 season finale of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" is shaping up to be an excellent card, which will take place at U.S. Cellular Field, the home stadium of the Chicago White Sox. Two popu...

Perennial lightweight contender John Molina Jr. returns to the main event of ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" against Russia's Andrey Klimov at the Little Creek Casino Resort, in Shelton, Wash. (ESPN2, 10 p.m. ET). Molina (25-2, 20 KOs) is continuing ...

In another step towards a new chance at a world title in the junior middleweight division, Delvin Rodriguez is facing a tough challenge against former world title challenger Freddy Hernandez in the main event of "Friday Night Fights" (ESPN2, 10 p.m. ...

It wasn't so long ago that Vernon Paris was considered a prospect who was on the rise in the junior welterweight division. But after an impressive streak of 29 fights without a defeat, Paris was stopped by Zab Judah in a March 2012 title eliminat...

Mauricio Herrera and Ji-Hoon Kim will meet in a 10-round junior welterweight fight on Thursday at the Omega Products International in Corona, Calif., in a special edition of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" (10 p.m. ET). Despite dropping his past two...

Javier Fortuna, due to make the first defense of his interim featherweight title against Miguel Zamudio, was stripped on Thursday for failing to make weight for his ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" main event.

The latest edition of "Friday Night Fights" (ESPN2, 10:30 pm ET), from the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., features a tripleheader headlined by unbeaten interim featherweight titlist Javier Fortuna against Mexico's Miguel Zamudio. The pro...

Former titleholders Jose Luis Castillo and Joan Guzman, the poster children for modern fighters who have chronically missed making their contract weights, can rest easy now. Hello, Francisco Sierra! Mexico's Sierra (25-7-1, 22 KOs) was contract...

It's rare for two fighters coming off a loss to get an opportunity to battle in a main event on national television, but Rico Ramos and Oscar Gonzalez will get just such an opportunity in this week's edition of "Friday Night Fights" from Little Creek...

Unbeaten Peruvian prospect Jonathan Maicelo will be featured in the main event of this week's "Friday Night Fights" in a 10-round bout against Russia's Rustam Nugaev at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. Maicelo, 29, is a celebrity in...

Former junior featherweight titlist Rico Ramos will take on Oscar Gonzalez in the new main event of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" on April 12 at Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Wash.

It has been some time since Brian Vera has been considered anything better than an even-money bet in a big fight. Although his new role might take some getting used to, it also means that he must be doing something right. Vera, coming off three st...

CHICAGO -- There's a great line in "The Untouchables" when Malone is schooling Ness in the ways of creative police work, pressing him to up the ante to catch Capone and, if necessary, bring a gun to a knife fight. "That's the Chicago way," Malone ...

To move up in the world, former super middleweight contender Donovan George seems to understand he may first need to make a move down. George is dropping to 160 pounds for Friday's fight at the UIC Pavilion in his hometown of Chicago, where he'll ...