By Dan Ambrose: A bout pitting unbeaten welterweights Wale Omotoso (23-0, 19 KO’s) vs. Jessie Vargas (23-0, 9 KO’s) will be on the undercard of WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley’s first title defense against Ruslan Provodnikov on March 16th, according to Steve Kim. The fight card will be staged at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and HBO will likely be televising it.
Omotoso, #12 IBF, hasn’t faced any real quality opposition yet, so this will be a step up for him in a big way. Omotoso’s best opponents on his resume are Lanardo Tyner and Irving Garcia. Omotoso beat Tyner by an 8 round decision, and his fight with Garcia was stopped in the 2nd round due to a cut that Garcia suffered on his forehead from a clash of heads in the round. Omotoso does have decent power, but not enough to stop the better opposition.
By Paul Walsh: 2013 is set to be a huge year for British boxing. For some it is about redemption, for others it is about new beginnings and the rest it is about stepping up to the world stage.
By Reynaldo Sanchez: Lee Beard Argenis Mendez’s current trainer, spoke with us regarding Argenis’s next fight against IBF’s super featherweight title holder Mexican Juan Carlos Salgado. The 12 rounds bout scheduled for March 9th at The Hangar in Costa Mesa. California. This is a rematch; Salgado won a controversial UD last September 10th 2011 in Jalisco, Mexico.
By Dan Ambrose: Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KO’s) defeated WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KO’s) by an eight round technical decision on Saturday night to capture his WBO title at Madison Square Garden in New York. Garcia knocked Salido down four times in the fight, twice in the 1st, once in the 3rd and once in the 4th rounds.
By Ryan Wardle: On November 17 Johnathon Banks walked into the ring looking to many as a stepping stone for heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell. However, Banks floored Mitchell three times in the second round en route to a second round TKO victory. The two fighters will square off again on the undercard of Adrien Broner vs. Gavin Rees on February 16th in Atlantic City, New Jersey to see if that victory was a fluke.
by Bill Mitchell: Friday night fights broadcast their season debut last night live on ESPN from The Magic City Casino in Miami, Fl. The main event featured two undefeated junior lightweight contenders Rances Barthelemy (17-0, 11 KOs) and Arash Usmanee (20-0,10 KOs). And here’s where the controversy ensues. 
By Jason Kim: Two high quality fighters Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8 KO’s) and Sharif Bogere (23-0, 15 KO’s) will go at it for the vacant WBA lightweight title on March 2nd in the United States. The venue still isn’t decided yet but it will shortly. This is the WBA strap that previously belonged to Brandon Rios. However, Rios failed to make weight and was stripped of the title. Rios has since moved u to light welterweight, leaving the WBA title available to Abril and Bogere.