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Lucas Matthysse stopped Lamont Peterson in the third round Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in a matchup of junior-welterweight champions.

Lucas Matthysse's power prevailed again Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J., but rather than a right hand, it was a series of left hooks that claimed Lamont Peterson as Matthysse's latest TKO victim.

Devon Alexander injured his left hand Saturday, but he did so by throwing lots of punches, earning him a TKO over Lee Purdy and proving he can excite.

Just on their own, the fights between Danny Garcia and Zab Judah, who met April 27, and Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse, who meet Saturday night (Showtime, 9 ET/PT) at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., are attractive matchups. Garcia is a...

Lucas Matthysse has crushing knockout power and his past 10 wins are by stoppage, but that doesn't worry junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson too much.

Interim junior welterweight titlist Lucas Matthysse was supposed to arrive in New York on Tuesday morning on a flight from his native Argentina that would give him plenty of time to make it the final news conference on Wednesday to promote his 141-po...

Lamont Peterson is a junior welterweight titleholder, while Lucas Matthysse holds an interim strap. So when the elite 140-pounders meet Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J., why won't it be for a belt?

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Lamont Peterson against Lucas Matthysse on Saturday.

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Lucas Matthysse against Lamont Peterson on Saturday.

Amir Khan came back from a knockdown to unanimously outpoint fast-finishing Julio Diaz on Saturday night in a welterweight fight at Motorpoint Arena.

Former junior welterweight titlist Kendall Holt believes the issues surrounding his atypical urine test following an eighth-round knockout loss to Lamont Peterson in their Feb. 22 world title fight have been cleared up, but he still needs further med...

With fighters and suppliers always a step ahead of those who test for performance-enhancing drugs, less -- not more -- regulation may be a necessary evil to address, if not solve, boxing's steroids conundrum.

Former junior welterweight titlist Kendall Holt put out a statement to react to the fact that his urine sample came back with an "atypical finding" following his eighth-round knockout loss to titleholder Lamont Peterson on Feb. 22 in Peterson's homet...

Former junior welterweight titlist Kendall Holt's postfight drug test following his knockout loss last month to titleholder Lamont Peterson came back with an "atypical finding" for human chorionic gonadotropin.

Lucas Matthysse and Lamont Peterson will meet May 18 in the main event of a Showtime-televised card at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.

The heavyweight rematch between Johnathon Banks and Seth Mitchell is still supposed to take place, but it will be put off a little longer because of Banks' injured thumb. Banks scored an upset when he knocked out Mitchell in the second round on No...