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Kelly Pavlik Withdraws From Darryl Cunningham Clash

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•Aug 2, 2011

YOUNGSTOWN – Former World Middleweight Champion and current World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 1-rated super middleweight contender KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK’s professional boxing comeback took a wrong turn inasmuch as Pavlik withdrew from his upcoming 10-round bout against Darryl Cunningham today. The Pavlik-Cunningham bout was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH, and was to be televised live on SHOWTIME® as the main event of a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation. Both the broadcast and the live event have been canceled. Ticketholders can get a refund by returning their tickets to the place of purchase.

Mike Alvarado Drops His WBC Regional Championship

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•Jul 29, 2011

DENVER – Undefeated Top-10 junior welterweight contender MIKE ALVARADO has stripped off the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title he was scheduled to defend on Saturday night in his north Denver homecoming fight against former Méxican welterweight champion Gabriel Martinez. Alvarado had captured the vacant WBC Continental Americas title in his previous fight, in May, via a third-round stoppage of Ray Narh (25-2, 21 KOs), who had entered that fight rated No. 6 by the WBC and was riding a seven-year, 15-bout winning streak, with 12 of those victories coming by knockout.

Robert Marroquin To Return With New Trainer Paul Reyes

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•Jul 26, 2011

Roberto Marroquin of Dallas gets back into action this weekend with a new trainer - Paul Reyes, who worked the corners of world champions Donald 'Lone Star Cobra' Curry and Paulie Ayala - on a Top Rank Live! fight card in Denver, Colorado.

Donaire, Top Rank Officially Announce Reconciliation

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•Jul 25, 2011

LAS VEGAS, NEV – World Bantamweight Champion and consensus Top-Three pound-for-pound fighter, NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE and TODD DUBOEF, President of Top Rank, Inc., announced today that they will move forward together in promoting Donaire’s stellar professional boxing career.

Lucky Boy Omotoso, Roach Boxer, Inks With Top Rank

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•Jul 22, 2011

Big punching undefeated welterweight "Lucky Boy" Omotoso of Nigeria today signed with Top Rank. He has a record of 18-0, 16 KOs and is trained by Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif.

Pavlik-Cunningham: Kelly Trains Hard in Brutal Heat

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•Jul 22, 2011

Kelly Pavlik ran 4.8 miles on Thursday, 3.3 miles this morning in scorching hot Youngstown.

Gamboa, Ponce De Leon Are Ready For War: Ticket Info

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•Jul 21, 2011

ATLANTIC CITY -- Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON will collide in one of the season’s hottest fight, Saturday, September 10, in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The 12-round featherweight rumble will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.) The two gladiators boast a combined record of 61-3 (50 KOs) – which translates to a winning percentage of 95% and a victory by knockout ratio of 82%.

Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Ticket Information

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•Jul 18, 2011

LAS VEGAS, NEV. – Chapter three of boxing’s best-selling rivalry goes on sale this week. The No. 1 pound-for-pound box office attraction and the Fighter of the Decade, MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO (54-3-2, 38 KOs), the lone congressional representative from the Sarangani province in the Philippines, returns to the Fight Capital of the World to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title against professional nemesis, three-division world champion and future Hall of Famer JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ (53-5-1, 39 KOs), of México City. Pacquiao-Marquez III erupts Saturday, November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

Marquez vs Ramos Card Will Be Streamed Live Online

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•Jul 14, 2011

LAS VEGAS, NEV. – Three-division world champion JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ risks his revenge rematch against professional nemesis and boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao when he battles former world champion LIKAR RAMOS in a 10-round junior welterweight rumble This Saturday! July 16. Marquez-Ramos will headline a three-bout broadcast, which will be streamed live from Plaza de Toros in Cancún, México, via www.toprank.tv, beginning at

Orlando Salido Faces Yamaguchi, Mike Oliver Withdraws

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•Jul 13, 2011

Featherweight world champion Orlando "Siri" Salido will make his world title defense against Kenichi Yamagushi in his hometown of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico on Saturday July 23, after his original opponent Mike Oliver pullout with injury. The Salido-Yamagushi bout will be telecast by Fox Deportes on "Top Rank Live`` and former world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez is expected at ringside, the winner will meet Lopez later this year.

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Articles by Top Rank: page 18

Kelly Pavlik Withdraws From Darryl Cunningham Clash

Mike Alvarado Drops His WBC Regional Championship

Robert Marroquin To Return With New Trainer Paul Reyes

Donaire, Top Rank Officially Announce Reconciliation

Lucky Boy Omotoso, Roach Boxer, Inks With Top Rank

Pavlik-Cunningham: Kelly Trains Hard in Brutal Heat

Gamboa, Ponce De Leon Are Ready For War: Ticket Info

Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Ticket Information

Marquez vs Ramos Card Will Be Streamed Live Online

Orlando Salido Faces Yamaguchi, Mike Oliver Withdraws

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Articles by Top Rank: page 18

Kelly Pavlik Withdraws From Darryl Cunningham Clash

Mike Alvarado Drops His WBC Regional Championship

Robert Marroquin To Return With New Trainer Paul Reyes

Donaire, Top Rank Officially Announce Reconciliation

Lucky Boy Omotoso, Roach Boxer, Inks With Top Rank

Pavlik-Cunningham: Kelly Trains Hard in Brutal Heat

Gamboa, Ponce De Leon Are Ready For War: Ticket Info

Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Ticket Information

Marquez vs Ramos Card Will Be Streamed Live Online

Orlando Salido Faces Yamaguchi, Mike Oliver Withdraws

Joshua Buatsi, Willy Hutchinson make weight for WBC title rematch

Chris Billam-Smith, Chev Clarke make weight; Shane Mosley Jnr needs second attempt