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Robert Guerrero said it himself. He didn't want to be a "gatekeeper," a former champ used to open doors for younger fighters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's a good thing that the fight is Saturday night, because Sergey Kovalev can't wait any longer for another shot at Andre Ward. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Trash talking is a big part of boxing, whether the fighters are trying to psych each other out, help sell tickets or just blow off some steam during a rigorous training process. And Sergey Kovalev is doing his best to do his part, as we get closer to his big rematch against Oakland's Andre Ward for the unified light heavyweight title. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For a worthwhile rematch to take place in the ring, there has to be interest, with controversy and animosity sprinkled in. Not to mention two talented fighters with a lot to lose and much to gain. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Boxing fans are enjoying an exciting year of competitive title bouts, and that should continue now that the rematch between Oakland's Andre Ward and Russia's Sergey Kovalev has been set. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Andre Ward may have said goodbye to his wife and four kids seven weeks ago to prepare for Saturday's light heavyweight title fight, but he's actually been getting ready for this one much longer than that. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

They're throwing a going-away party for Andre Ward on Saturday night at Oracle Arena. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The business of promoting boxing matches is much like the sport itself. Things happen so quickly, from the early planning stages to the night the bell is rung, that if you're not careful, the promoter could be laid out on the canvas as well. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As Amir Khan works the speed bag in a boxing gym hidden in Hayward, he is well aware of how quickly a career can come and go. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Stephen Curry and other Warriors players were on hand Saturday night at Oracle Arena to support Oakland's own, as were several Raiders and recently retired Marshawn Lynch. But boxer Andre Ward was really seeing dollar signs when he looked at the front row and saw Sergey Kovalev. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sullivan Barrera didn't need his translator when asked how he saw Saturday night's fight against Andre Ward going. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

At 28-0 and with many title belts piled up in his closet, Oakland's Andre Ward looks to prove something to himself and start a new legacy Saturday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Vacaville's Tino Avila hopes to continue his climb to a major title shot when he enters the ring Saturday night at Cache Creek Casino Resort in Brooks (Yolo County). Avila (18-0) will be facing Mexico's tested Angel Beranza (36-33-2) in a 10-round super-bantamweight fight on a card that features other local boxers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The fans came out. The celebrities came out as well, with man of the hour - OK, the past 40 years - Stephen Curry walking Andre Ward into the ring Saturday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Andre Ward, sweaty but unmarked, sat late Saturday night after his first fight back and said how great it was to talk about something besides lawsuits or ring rust. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As Andre Ward told the fans assembled at Friday afternoon's weigh-in, "The Warriors did their thing. Now I am ready to do my thing." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Saturday's much-anticipated, long-doubted fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao not only will shatter pay-per-view records, at $100 a household, but the bout between two top pound-for-pound boxers of the past two decades also is blowing the minds of everybody in the fight game. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The looming May 2 clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao might be the biggest fight since the 1970s, but Saturday night's title bout also looms pretty large for the sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It was unthinkable that he was writing the words. He had jotted them down twice before, only to throw them away. But here he was again, a boxing champion at age 30, putting his retirement speech on paper. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Some people show up late for boxing cards, making sure to get dinner in before the main event. That would be a bad idea Saturday night in Brooks (Yolo County). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Super fight, anyone? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Super fight, anyone? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Two journeys, one long and one short, have brought 6-foot-11 Taishan Dong here, ready to step into the boxing ring in San Francisco on Friday to make his professional debut. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Two journeys, one long and one short, have brought 6-foot-11 Taishan Dong here, ready to step into the boxing ring in San Francisco on Friday to make his professional debut. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Andre Ward thinks there are three pay-per-view fights to be had, against Gennady Golovkin, Carl Froch or Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. And he says he might even add some sizzle by changing his style when he gets back in the ring. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Andre Ward had time to sit for coffee and chat last week. Make that a double soy latte, which his nutritionist is not going to be too happy to know. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Andre Ward had time to sit for coffee and chat last week. Make that a double soy latte, which his nutritionist is not going to be too happy to know. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

London. Los Angeles. Union City. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Super middleweight champ Andre Ward has been with promoter Dan Goossen since turning pro after winning an Olympic gold medal in 2004. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. wears a lot of hats, and not all of them say "Money" or "The Money Team" in huge letters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Robert Guerrero trained over the past month on the slopes of Mount Charleston, which rises nearly 12,000 feet, high above Las Vegas, it reminded the boxer of home. Guerrero, from the farm town of Gilroy, says the land is "part of our heritage." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Preparing for the biggest fight of his career, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero made what could have been one of the biggest mistakes of his life Thursday morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A year ago, a frustrated Robert Guerrero nearly went to Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s gym in Las Vegas, knocking on the door and asking the boxing star himself why he wouldn't agree to a fight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Virgil Hunter has been around boxing his whole life. His dad boxed, his uncle boxed, his grandfather boxed. The gym has always been a second home to the Berkeley native and Hayward resident, and when the old boxers visit, it's not a pretty sight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The left hooks from Andre Ward landed with such speed and ferocity that Chad Dawson probably didn't see many of them coming. The stiff right hand started hitting home in the middle rounds Saturday night, and the Oakland boxer finished off the clinic with uppercuts against the ropes in the later rounds. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Oakland's Andre Ward likes to say "they don't see me coming," but in this case he is wrong. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Who would steal from kids? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It wasn't pretty, it wasn't easy, and probably wasn't flashy enough to get Robert Guerrero the big fight he wants so badly, but "The Ghost" won a unanimous 12-round decision over Selcuk Aydin for the WBC interim welterweight title Saturday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Robert Guerrero called out Floyd Mayweather last year, and many fans and members of the media scoffed, if not downright laughed, at the notion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Robert Guerrero takes on Germany's Selcuk Aydin at San Jose's HP Pavilion on Saturday night, one of the Gilroy boxer's biggest supporters - a life supporter - will be in the stands, and she is from Germany, as well. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]