
Notebook: Juanma Lopez, Mike Lee, Marroquin, Chavez Jr.
Young, rising star Roberto Marroquin of Dallas is in Mexico for a Top Rank Live! fight televised card on Saturday night.

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Young, rising star Roberto Marroquin of Dallas is in Mexico for a Top Rank Live! fight televised card on Saturday night.

Undefeated Jose "Chelo" Gonzalez of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico will take on fellow unbeaten Hector Marengo of Arecibo, Puerto Rico in the undercard of "Unification" the big boxing card that will be headline by Ivan Calderon and Geovani Segura on Saturday, August 28 from the Mario Morales Coliseum in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Tickets for Top Rank's 'Battle of the Champions' -- Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Orlando Salido - on Sept. 11 at the Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, July 31.

The Nigerian Nightmare, heavyweight Sam Peter, today signed a contract to fight for the world heavyweight championship.

Las Vegas,Nevada --- "Sam Peter Will Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship" -- Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum announced today that Heavyweight challenger "The Nigerian Nightmare" Sam Peter signed the contract to take on IBF World Heavyweight champion Wladmir Klitschko on Saturday,September 11 in Frankfurt Germany. Peter signed his contract in the Top Rank headquarters in Las Vegas. Peter will leave this weekend to be at a press conference in Germany. --- Photo Credit : Chris Farina - Top Rank

LAS VEGAS, NEV. – Fireworks will fly during Mexican Independence Day weekend in Las Vegas, Nev., when two-division world champions JUAN MANUEL “JuanMa” LOPEZ and RAFAEL MARQUEZ collide for Lopez’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight title, Saturday, September 18, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The 12-round world title tilt will be televised live on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing.

Notre Dame champion Mike Lee returns to action on a Top Rank Live! fight card on August 14 at the Laredo Energy Center in Texas.

The purpose of this call is to bring you up to date to all that has happened. About two months ago, just after the Mayweather-Mosley fight, I got a call from Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who asked me frankly whether myself and Manny Pacquiao wanted to do the fight against Floyd Mayweather and I assured him after talking to Manny that was the case. From there I have had a couple of conversations with Ross and I laid out all the terms that would be acceptable to our side and I also informed him about the concession that Manny had made about drug testing. He got back to me in a couple of weeks and told me he had discussions with Al Haymon, representing Mayweather, and that everything looked good. We were nearing a resolution. The subsequent conversations with Ross detailed to me discussions he had with Al Haymon. Nowhere were the names of Richard Schaefer or Golden Boy mentioned although I read, as you all did, Oscar’s statement that a deal was close, so I assume from that, that Haymon was keeping Golden Boy abreast of the situation.

This is it, says Bob Arum. The Money Mayweather Countdown Clock is ticking on Top Rank.com. The Final Decision will be made tonight regarding a mega fight against Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, November 13. At 12:00AM Pacific Time, tonight the clock ticks down. Arum will then have a national media conference call. Arum's call will be at midnight pacific, 3 am eastern. Fight fans throughout the world can listen to the conference call on Top Rank.com

This is it, says Bob Arum. The Money Mayweather Countdown Clock is ticking on Top Rank.com. The Final Decision will be made tonight regarding a mega fight against Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, November 13.