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Yuriorkis Gamboa Faces Orlando Salido, Eyes Juan Manuel Lopez

When WBA featherweight (126 pounds) king Yuriorkis Gamboa (pictured above, at left) enters the ring for Saturday night's HBO televised unification clash with IBF champ Orlando Salido (above at right) at the Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas, the opponent in front of him will be his primary focus. Even so, the 28-year-old...

Can Jorge Linares Exorcise Demons Against Rocky Juarez?

There were still some three weeks left before Halloween, but the night of Oct. 10 was, nonetheless, a horrific one for for Jorge Linares (pictured above). A Venezuelan-born 24-year-old who had enjoyed tremendous popularity in his adopted hometown of Tokyo, Japan, Linares was putting his WBA superfeatherweight (130...

Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz Focus of Golden Fight Card

On July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions will hold one of the deepest and most entertaining fight cards in years. The main event features a lightweight rematch between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz that was the 2009 Fight of the Year. The undercard boasts a 139-pound clash between...

Yuriorkis Gamboa-Orlando Salido likely for July 24 in Las Vegas

WBA champion Yuriorkis Gamboa of Miami, by way of Cuba, will likely face newly-crowned IBF king, Orlando Salido, of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mex., in a featherweight (126 pounds) unification bout on July 24 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Gamboa's manager Tony Gonzalez informed FanHouse moments ago. Top Rank...

Edwin Valero Wants to be Among Boxing's Top 10

Doug Fischer witnessed something during a sparring session involving hard-punching Edwin Valero that he hadn't seen even the great Manny Pacquiao do."Valero knocks guys out with head shots in sparring. That's very rare. I saw him knock out Urbano Antillon wearing 18-ounce gloves, and Antillon is a lightweight contender who...