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2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade Fights Alberto Herrera on Jan. 7

Southpaw former Olympian and current junior middleweight (154 pounds) prospect Demetrius Andrade (pictured above, center) of Providence, R.I., will pursue his 12th victory without a loss and his ninth knockout on Jan. 7 when he makes his Las Vegas debut at The Cox Pavillion on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights." The...

Sergio Martinez On Mayweather, Pacquiao, Bute, Pirog, Zbik

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Last Saturday, WBC middleweight (160 pounds) titlist Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 knockouts) scored a shocking, HBO-televised second-round knockout over challenger Paul Williams (39-2, 27...

Boardwalk Empire: Sergio Martinez KO's Paul Williams

ATLANTIC CITY -- For his past three fights, and nearly the past year, the Boardwalk Hall has been Sergio Martinez's empire. It was there that in December, even as he lost a disputed, non-title clash of southpaws to former three-time titlist Paul Williams in a fight where both boxers were down in the first round, Martinez...

Dmitry Pirog On Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito, His Start in Boxing

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Undefeated Russian middleweight (160 pounds) Dmitry Pirog, who scored July's HBO televised, Golden Boy Promotions fifth round knockout of Daniel Jacobs for the vacant WBO crown, spoke to...

Dmitry Pirog-Kelly Pavlik Under Consideration for the Fall

The promoter of newly-crowned Russian WBO middleweight (160 pounds) champion Dmitry Pirog (pictured above, at left) has expressed interest in fighting the former wearer of that belt, Kelly Pavlik, in an HBO-televised bout in the fall, Pavlik's promoter Bob Arum told FanHouse Thursday. The 30-year-old Pirog (17-0, 14 KOs)...