Rios: 'Is do or die for me'

After a stunning loss to Manny Pacquiao last November, Brandon Rios is ready to get back on the horse Saturday against Argentina's Diego Chaves in Las Vegas. Rios (31-2-1, 23 KOs), a former lightweight titlist who is coming from two tough loses in 2013 -- Pacquiao and Mike Alvarado in march -- faces Chaves (23-1, 19 KOs) at The Comsopolitan Casino in Las Vegas (HBO, 9:45 p.m. ET). Looking to reborn with his long term trainer Robert Garcia, Rios, 28, feels this is the right time -- and the right opponent -- to start his comeback.

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Pacquiao-Bradley II: What we learned

Vindication. Hopefully that’s what Manny Pacquiao felt on Saturday when he took back the welterweight belt he lost to Timothy Bradley in June 2012 due to one of the worst decisions the sport of boxing has seen in years. Pacquiao, 35, said prior to Saturday’s championship fight he didn’t feel as if he had much to prove -- after all, he knew who really won that first fight. Even though many of us would tend to agree, here are five other things we learned from the Pacquiao-Bradley card.

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Unbeaten Ramirez faces Lorenzo on FNF

Mexican prospect Gilberto Ramirez puts his unbeaten record on the line Friday against veteran Giovanni Lorenzo in the main event of ESPN's "Friday Night Fights." The 10-round super middleweight bout (ESPN2, 9 p.m. ET) headlines a card from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, on the even of Manny Pacquiao's rematch with Timothy Bradley Jr. Ramirez (27-0, 21 KOs), the 6-foot tall knockout artist, has stopped 77 percent of his opponents.

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Pacquiao: 'Freddie has been a father to me'

Two years removed from the most controversial fight of his 19-year professional career, Manny Pacquiao is focused on getting a chance to set the record straight against Timothy Bradley Jr. The rematch, set for April 12 in Las Vegas (HBO PPV), marks the first time the fighters will meet since their June 2012 bout -- won by Bradley via split decision -- which produced some of the most contentious scorecards in modern history. Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs), 35, enters the bout one fight removed from a wide unanimous-decision win over Brandon Rios in November -- a fight that served as a comeback for Pacquiao following his December 2012 knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez.

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Bradley: 'Pacquiao has lost the fire'

In the two years since his controversial June 2012 victory over Manny Pacquiao, unbeaten welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. has done nothing but grow as a fighter. Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs), 30, survived a toe-to-toe war with Ruslan Provodnikov in March 2013 before outboxing slick counterpuncher Juan Manuel Marques in October. But the native of Palm Springs, Calif., returns April 12 in Las Vegas (HBO PPV) for a second go-around with Pacquiao.

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