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Brandon Rios' 10th-Round KO Dethrones WBA's Miguel Acosta

Unbeaten lightweight (135 pounds) Brandon Rios, of Oxnard, Calif., scored his ninth straight win and his eighth stoppage during that run with Saturday night's Showtime televised, 10th-round knockout that dethroned WBA champ Miguel Acosta of Caracas, Venezuela, at the Palms Casino, Resort, in Las Vegas. Nicknamed, "Bam...

Brandon Rios-Omri Lowther On Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito Card

Unbeaten lightweight (135 pounds) Brandon Rios (pictured above) of Oxnard, Calif., will face Omri Lowther of Toronto, Canada, at a catch weight of 138 pounds on the Nov. 13, HBO-televised, Top Rank Promotions under card whose main event matches WBO welterweight (147 pounds) king and seven-division champion Manny Pacquiao...

Brandon Rios to Face Noe Balonos on Dec. 4

Hard-hitting lightweight (135 pounds) Brandon Rios (pictured above, at left) of Oxnard, Calif., will face Noe Balonos, of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mex., on Dec. 4 at The Pond in Anaheim, Calif., as part of a big Top Rank Promotions card. The 24-year-old Rios (25-0-1, 18 KOs) is coming off of a Sept. 11, seventh-round...

Trainer: Antonio Margarito 'Losing' to Manny Paquiao 'Not in Our Minds'

Talk to Robert Garcia (pictured above, at left) about being an underdog, and he'll likely tell you that he's been there and done that. Garcia was the trainer of featherweight (126 pounds) Steven Luevano in July of 2007, when the Los Angeles native earned the vacant WBO title with an 11th-round stoppage of England's...

Yuriorkis Gamboa, Brandon Rios Beat Orlando Salido, Anthony Peterson

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Undefeated WBA featherweight (126 pounds) champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (pictured above, at right) unanimously outpointed Orlando Salido to take the IBF crown Saturday night in a title unification bout at the Palms Casino. Gamboa (19-0, 15 knockouts) had winning scores of 116-109, 114-109 and 115-109 from...