
Periban Returns on March 31 in Cancun on Fox Deportes
Mexican super middleweight prospect Marco Antonio Periban will return to the ring on March 31 in Cancun against an opponent to be determined, according to his manager Rolando Arellano.

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Mexican super middleweight prospect Marco Antonio Periban will return to the ring on March 31 in Cancun against an opponent to be determined, according to his manager Rolando Arellano.

WOODLAND, CALIF. – A sellout crowd at the Woodland Senior Center witnessed a triumphant return for hometown hero Vicente Escobedo, who pounded out a surprising first-round stoppage of Lonnie Smith Saturday night.

Undefeated middleweight contender Peter Quillin (26-0, 20KOs) has signed a contract with influential boxing manager Al Haymon. Quillin was slated for the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto undercard on May 5th - but his opponent, Winky Wright, fell through, and whether or not Quillin will remain on the card is unknown.

Ava Knight will make the first defense of her IBF flyweight title against number one contender Hongfah Tor Buamas on March 24 in Los Cabos, Baja California, Mex.

Per his manager Steven Feder, cruiserweight contender Lateef "Power" Kayode and his team are in talks to fight Antonio Tarver May 26 on Showtime.

Last year’s Olympic Trials winner at 108 pounds has pulled out of the USA Boxing National Championships in Fort Carson, Colo., effectively ending his Olympic dream for London 2012.

BoxingScene.com has been advised by sources within Golden Boy that Vicente Escobedo will step to the forefront of viable challengers for Adrien “The Problem” Broner’s next junior lightweight title defense if the former Olympian can get by Lonnie Smith this Saturday on TeleFutura’s “Solo Boxeo” series.

After BoxingScene.com’s Rick Reeno reported on Sunday that negotiations fell through between former light heavyweight champs Jean Pascal and Zsolt Erdei, Pascal’s promoter Yvon Michel commented on their next step.

Canadian super middleweight Adonis Stevenson will return to the ring on April 14, according to his promoter Yvon Michel of GYM. Stevenson (17-1, 14 KOs), from Longueuil, Quebec, scored an impressive first-round knockout of previously once-beaten Jesus Gonzales (27-2, 14 KOs) in Montreal two Saturdays ago, which was an emphatic statement to start 2012.

Light heavyweight Otis Griffin (23-9-2, 9 KOs) was supposed to meet Canadian-based Colombian Eleider Alvarez (7-0, 5 KOs) two Saturdays ago in Montreal's Bell Center on the undercard of Adonis Stevenson vs. Jesus Gonzales, but the bout was scrapped when the Sacramento, Calif.-based fighter felt like his opponent's promoter, Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), was not dealing in good faith.