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In the domain of sports, as most everywhere else, it's an obvious and self-evident truth that the space between a champion and runner-up is usually the shortest possible distance to a title, and that second place always falls between first and third....

A big fight with Robert Guerrero fell through, but Marcos Maidana hasn't let it stop him. With a win over Petr Petrov in his native Argentina on Friday, Maidana expects "a lot of good things happening" in the near future.

Robert Guerrero knows what he'll be fighting for when he faces Michael Katsidis on Saturday: pride, country and a chance to throw his hat in the ring for the biggest fights in boxing's elite division.