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Called 'A Fraud' By Miguel Diaz, Alex Ariza Responds, 'I Don't Cheat'

Sometime during the aftermath of Saturday night's HBO televised, unanimous decision by WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) champ Amir Khan over WBA interim titlist Marcos Rene Maidana, Khan's strength coach, Alex Ariza, and Maidana's trainer, Miguel Diaz, engaged in a heated, verbal brawl in the ring. In victory, Khan...

Eric Morel Signs With Golden Boy Promotions

Puerto Rican-born, former WBA flyweight (112 pounds) king Eric Morel (pictured at right, on the left), of Madison, Wis., who holds the WBO interim bantamweight (118 pounds) belt, has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions, the company announced on Thursday. The 35-year-old Morel (42-2, 21 KOs)...

Rafael Concepcion Replaces Injured Eric Morel vs. Fernando Montiel

Puerto Rican-born, former WBA flyweight (112 pounds) king Eric Morel, of Madison, Wis., has withdrawn from a scheduled, mandatory July 17 bout with WBO bantamweight (118 pounds) champion Fernando Montiel of Los Mochis, Mex., and will be replaced by Panama's Rafael Concepcion, according to a report by ESPN.com's Dan...

Nonito Donaire Growing into Role as Manny Pacquiao Protege

Even as WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) champion Nonito Donaire focuses on his next opponent, Hernan "Tyson" Marquez, the 27-year-old Philippines native has long-range goals that include being a four-to-five division champion. That's not only out of desire, but out of necessity. The nearly 5-foot-7 Donaire is...

Fernando Montiel Fights Eric Morel on July 17

Top Rank promotions' matchmaker, Carl Moretti, won Friday's mandatory purse bid at the Affinia Hotel in New York City for the right to promote the July 17, WBO bantamweight (118 pounds) fight between champion Fernando Montiel of Los Mochis, Mex., and Puerto Rican-born, former WBA flyweight (112 pounds) king Eric Morel,...