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By Jim Dower: No.1 ranked WBC light welterweight contender Ajose Olusegun (30-0, 14 KO’s battled hard to defeat a determined Ali Chebah (35-2, 28 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Friday night on Showtime at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California. The judges’ scores were 120-106, 119-107, and 119-107, all for the 31-year-old Olusegun.

By Marquise Bullock: The deal is finally finalized. UFC signs a seven to eight year deal with Fox 5 network, and FX. This is…well this isn’t the news that the boxing world wanted to hear.

By Ray Napoleoni: My thoughts about the sport that I love, boxing has been around since the gladiator days. And in the sport today it’s more entertaining with money involved. Every boxer fights because one day they hope in becoming champions.

By Gerardo Granados: A friend of mine asked me, “what if it was true? What if he does use or have used performance enhancement drugs in the past to achieve greatness?” He said to me “others have done it in the past and no one find out”. I respond to him “well I believe a man should stand his ground and defend his reputation if he is innocent and not allow anyone to call him a cheater.”

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell (23-0-1, 17 KO’s) kept his perfect record intact on Friday night, stopping journeyman Hector Ferreyo (21-11-2, 12 KO’s) in the third round of a scheduled 10 round bout at Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Allen Fox: Photo credit: Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions. Ramiro González – 21-year-old Pable Cesar Cano (22-0-1, 17 KO’s) will be fighting for the vacant WBC light welterweight title on Saturday night against Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cano has less than half the experience that Morales, and has none of the big fight experience either.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten light welterweight slugger Jessie Vargas (16-0, 9 KO’s) is set to show why it might not be a good idea for Amir Khan to accept Floyd Mayweather’s invitation for Khan to fight Vargas in order to get a big money bout with him. All Khan can talk about is taking on Mayweather, but Khan isn’t interested in working his way into a fight with Floyd by knocking off the dangerous light welterweights and welterweights. Khan is taking on soft punchers and looking to get the fight by calling Mayweather out in the media. It’s the David Haye approach to landing a fight.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. reportedly is in the planning stages for opening up his own gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. This has nothing to do with Mayweather Sr. being kicked out of his son’s gym Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the Mayweather-Ortiz 24/7 episode 1. It more has to do with Mayweather Sr. wanting to have his own gym to train his fighters.