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Showtime set to debut The Super Six middleweight bouts

Using a touch of Champions League soccer, Showtime will televise a tournament-type series of fights featuring six of the top super middleweights in the world.

Lopez, Gamboa successfully defend titles

Juan Manuel Lopez remained unbeaten and successfully defended his WBO super bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Rogers Mtagwa.

Salgado TKO's Linares for title

Juan Carlos Salgado captured the WBA super featherweight title Saturday with a first-round TKO of previous champion Jorge Linares.

YURIORKIS GAMBOA

Featherweight not overlooking opponent

Yuriorkis Gamboa is focused squarely on his opponent Saturday, Whyber Garcia, even with a potential mega fight against Juan Manuel Lopez looming.

Hopkins to prep for Jones with December bout vs. Ornelas

Bernard Hopkins hopes to tune up for a possible fight with Roy Jones Jr. by taking on Enrique Ornelas on December 2, with a press conference scheduled next Wednesday to officially announce the bout.

Mesi's return a complex proposition

If only boxing were as simple as Facebook.

Hip injury forces Diobelys Hurtado to pull out of main event

Miami resident Diobelys Hurtado, scheduled to fight in the main event of a card at Miccosukee Resort and Gaming on Oct. 16, withdrew from the bout because of a hip injury sustained while training this past Friday.

Benitez return puts "Where's Roberto?" questions to rest

"Hey, didn't you used to be Roberto Benitez?"

Vitali Klitschko foils Cristobal Arreola's title shot

Fight fans eager for the emergence of a standout American heavyweight in Cristobal Arreola will need to continue their wait or search for another fighter.

Vitali Klitschko beats Chris Arreola to keep heavyweight title

Mammoth Ukrainian export Vitali Klitschko defended his World Boxing Council heavyweight championship for the second time in his second reign Saturday night, toppling previously unbeaten American Chris Arreola by one-sided TKO from Staples Center.

Kratingdaenggym levels Dunne for super bantamweight title

Thailand's Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym scored a third-round knockout of Ireland's Bernard Dunne to take the WBA super bantamweight title Saturday night.

Hopkins and Jones set for long awaited rematch

Two of the generation's best pound for pound boxers, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., are set to tangle in a long awaited rematch.

Pascal keeps title, stops Branco in 10th

Jean Pascal retained the WBC light heavyweight title Friday, knocking down Silvio Branco of Italy three times before the No. 1 challenger's corner threw in the towel in the 10th round.

Good guy Arreola overmatched with mammoth Klitschko

I like Chris Arreola.

Floyd Mayweather shines in return

Floyd Mayweather Jr. answered quickly and firmly any concern about his 21-month inactivity.

Mayweather's timely placed short left hook caught Juan Manuel Marquez on the chin, sending Marquez to the canvas.

Love him or hate him... Mayweather still No. 1

Floyd Mayweather Jr. made a convincing return to boxing's biggest stage Saturday night, winning nearly every second of every round en route to a unanimous decision over Juan Manuel Marquez in the main event of a pay-per-view broadcast from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Sylvester claims vacant IBF middleweight belt

Sebastian Sylvester won the vacant IBF middleweight title after a split decision over Giovanni Lorenzo at the Jahnsportforum.

Rigondeaux wins by TKO in 3rd round

Moving through a quick bout schedule to catch up for lost professional time, Guillermo Rigondeaux also is finishing fights at a rapid rate.

Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, stopped his third opponent since turning professional in a mismatched-laden card Friday night at the Fontainebleau Hotel and Resort.

BOXING

Marquez: I will hand Mayweather first loss

Juan Manuel Marquez is confident he will do something no fighter has accomplished: defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is back after a 15-month retirement.

Mayweather and Marquez weigh in for blockbuster bout

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez tipped the scales Friday afternoon for their blockbuster 12-round lightweight fight, scheduled for Saturday night.