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There are two big fight cards on June 8. A Showtime tripleheader from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., will be headlined by the welterweight clash between Marcos Maidana and Josesito Lopez, and also will feature two junior middleweight fi...

As an amateur fighter, Darley Perez was a 2008 Olympian for his native Colombia. As a professional, he is undefeated but a bit too old to still be called a prospect and not proven enough yet to be called a contender. But now that Perez (28-0, 19 K...

Yuriorkis Gamboa, a former unified featherweight titleholder and current interim junior lightweight titlist, is moving up in weight again.

Three notes from the fistic world: • Interim junior lightweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa is supposed to fight June 8, but it has not been easy for promoter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and HBO to finalize the opponent. Gamboa is supposed to...

After the March 16 Ricky Burns-Miguel Vazquez lightweight unification fight was pushed off on Monday, Golden Boy Promotions' CEO Richard Schaefer said he revisited trying to make a unification fight between Adrien Broner and Scotland's Burns for June...

NEW YORK -- Welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. is supposed to be back in action March 16 and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has been saying it's going to be a big-name opponent, but he won't say who. But from what I am told, Top Rank has a deal ...

Juan Manuel Marquez, seeking his first victory over longtime rival Manny Pacquiao, delivered the most convincing and emphatic ending of their four fights Saturday in Las Vegas with an explosive one-punch KO.

Yuriorkis Gamboa returned from a 15-month layoff Saturday in Las Vegas to receive a stiff challenge -- and even a knockdown -- from Michael Farenas, but grinded out a tough points victory.

LAS VEGAS - The contracts have been submitted to the Nevada State Athletic Commission so the purses are official for the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV card on Saturday night (HBO PPV, 9 ET, $59.95) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pacquiao's...

Former unified featherweight titleholder Yuriorkis Gamboa got a new opponent in Michael Farenas on Monday for his first fight in 15 months.

We all know that Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will meet for the fourth time on Dec. 8 (HBO PPV) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. But what else will you get if you decide to shell out the $50 or $60 to buy the pay-per-view? Here is what you ca...

Promoter Gary Shaw won a purse bid on Thursday for the featherweight title elimination bout between Luis Franco, who he promotes, and Gary Russell, the 2011 ESPN.com prospect of the year who is promoted by Golden Boy.

For the second consecutive time, Brandon Rios failed Friday to make the 135-pound limit for a lightweight world title fight.

Your random thoughts ... • I like the fact that Juan Manuel Marquez, one of today's best fighters, isn't just sitting around waiting for another big fight. He desperately wants a fourth fight with Manny Pacquiao, which could come near t...

Brandon Rios didn't get the fight against Yuriorkis Gamboa that had the lightweight contender -- and fans everywhere -- so excited. But it didn't take him long to find a new foil in Richard Abril.

Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios, left without an opponent for April 14 after Yuriorkis Gamboa bailed last week, will instead face Richard Abril for a vacant lightweight title, Top Rank announced Saturday.