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So much for Top Rank promoter Bob Arum's plans to match newly crowned junior featherweight titlist Victor Terrazas with either Vic Darchinyan on the Aug. 3 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard in Mexico City, or with former titleholder Nonito Donaire in ...

Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be back in action Aug. 3, in Mexico City, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Wednesday.

A little of this and a little of that from the boxing world: • Middleweight contender Andy Lee (29-2, 20 KOs), 28, of Ireland, gets back in action May 15 on promoter Lou DiBella's Broadway Boxing card at B.B. King Blues Club in New Yor...

Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez must have had deja vu following his successful title defense against England's Martin Murray on Saturday night.

Although middleweight champ Sergio Martinez won a dominant unanimous decision against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in their big-time showdown in September at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, the most memorable moment came in the 12th round when Marti...

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...

Pernell Whitaker versus Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. Canelo Alvarez versus Austin Trout. The comparisons are so obvious between the two fights that are separated by nearly 20 years. What was once old is new again. Both fights pitted champion again...

LAS VEGAS -- Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is leaving for Macau, China on Sunday to promote his company's card there next Saturday, which is headlined by the pro debut of Chinese national hero Zou Shiming, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. But this isn'...

OXNARD, Calif. -- Like most any Mexican or Mexican-American boxer today, Brandon Rios grew up captivated by the performances of Julio Cesar Chavez. Inspired by the Mexican idol, Rios visualized himself from a very young age as a future world champ...

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. says he doesn't have a drug or alchohol addiction and is set to return to the ring in June after serving his suspension for a failed anti-doping test in September 2012.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was suspended for nine months and fined a whopping $900,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday for failing a drug test following his loss to champion Sergio Martinez last fall in Las Vegas.

Action fighter Donovan "Da Bomb" George has decided to drop down in weight from super middleweight to middleweight, figuring his explosive power will be even better at 160 pounds than it was at 168. "At 160 pounds, no one can take my power," Georg...

A lot has happened to middleweight contender Andy in the past seven months. First, he was stopped in the seventh round by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a world title bout in June. A few months later, his longtime trainer and dear friend Emanuel Stewar...

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...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission will decide the fate of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in late February.

Yes, 2012 is in the books, but beyond last week's daily annual awards for fighter, knockout, round, prospect and fight of the year, I handed out some additional hardware on Wednesday. And now, here is Part 2: Most important business development: T...