
U.S. Women’s Olympic Trials Day 1 Results, Day 2 Brackets
The inaugural U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women completed its first night of competition at the Pend Oreille Pavilion in Airway Heights, Wash.

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The inaugural U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women completed its first night of competition at the Pend Oreille Pavilion in Airway Heights, Wash.

Unbeaten middleweight Peter Quillin confirmed that a deal is all but complete for a May 5 fight with former undisputed junior middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright. BoxingScene.com first reported the possibility of Quillin-Wright on Friday.

BoxingScene.com has learned that middleweight prospect Fernando Guerrero will return to the ring on Feb. 18th against James Winchester in Cancun, Mex., at a contracted weight of 164 pounds.

Multiple sources close to the situation have advised BoxingScene.com that three names have emerged as candidates to fight Mexican junior middleweight star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on May 5 in Las Vegas—“Sugar” Shane Mosley, Delvin Rodriguez, and Gabriel “King” Rosado.

Rolando Arellano, manager of Victor Ortiz, confirmed that his fighter would go forward with an Andre Berto rematch in Las Vegas on June 30.

All signs point to new WBO junior featherweight titlist Nonito Donaire fighting Mexico’s Jorge Arce next, as the Filipino’s manager confirmed the news along with a tentative accord with WBC 122-pound boss Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan afterward.

Junior welterweight prospect Mike Dallas Jr. will reportedly meet Miguel Gonzalez in a Feb. 17 ESPN2 Friday Night Fights headliner in Arlington, Tex.

Despite rupturing his left bicep during sparring on Monday, Andre Berto will not go through surgery, per his nutritionist Victor Conte.

Light heavyweight contender Isaac Chilemba loves a good challenge. Whether it was leaving his home of Malawi for South Africa six years ago to jumpstart his pro career, or taking on seven straight fighters with a combined record of 117-6, Chilemba (18-1-1, 9 KOs) has annexed both the IBO and WBC International belts to become a player in the 175-pound picture.

NABO junior lightweight titlist Eloy “The Prince” Perez went through 10 hard rounds of sparring at King’s Gym of Oakland on Friday as he continues to prepare for his Feb. 25 challenge of Adrien “The Problem” Broner’s WBO 130-pound world title.