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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...

A shot at a junior lightweight world title will be at stake when Rances Barthelemy and Fahsi Sakkreerin meet June 21 in the main event of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis.

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.

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...

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.

A little of this and a little of that from the boxing world: • As part of the lead-up to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero welterweight title fight on May 4 (Showtime PPV) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the documentary "30 Days I...

Former super middleweight title challenger Andre Dirrell and lightweight contender Marvin Quintero, both scheduled for main events on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" in April, dropped out of their bouts this week.

Trainer Freddie Roach is always motivated to see his guys win their fights. All of those victories he has been involved in as a trainer have helped make Roach a multi-millionaire, a five-time trainer of the year and a member of the International Boxi...

A few updates on some upcoming fights: • American fans will have a chance to see the rematch between junior lightweight titlist Juan Carlos Salgado (26-1-1, 16 KOs) and Argenis Mendez (20-2, 10 KOs). HBO bought the rights to the March 9...

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Featherweight contender Luis Franco has stopped training and withdrawn from a world title challenge against Billy Dib.

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...

Canadian welterweight Kevin Bizier got a new opponent Thursday for his ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" main event on Feb. 8: former unified lightweight titlist Nate Campbell.

Featherweight titlist Billy Dib of Australia will make his mandatory defense against Luis Franco on March 1 in the main event of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights," promoters Lou DiBella and rapper 50 Cent announced on Tuesday.

The deal between junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson and mandatory challenger Kendall Holt, which was agreed to last Friday, is now finalized with the contracts signed and submitted to the IBF, which is sanctioning the bout. The fight is F...