Australia's Danny Green said Wednesday he will defend his IBO cruiserweight world boxing title next month against former sparring partner Paul Briggs, who is coming out of a three-year retirement.

Green said he had had some bruising training sessions in the past with Briggs, 34, who twice fought Poland's Tomasz Adamek for a light heavyweight world title but has not been in action since February 2007.

Rafael Marquez stopped Israel Vazquez midway through the third round Saturday night, evening their epic rivalry at two fights apiece.

More than 26 months after Vazquez claimed the fighters' third meeting, Marquez made short work of his rival by cutting Vazquez near both eyes in the opening rounds, leaving the former 122-pound champion blinking back blood.

Pacquiao's chief of staff, Jayke Joson, said Monday that doctors discovered the 31-year-old boxer had an ulcer during a routine checkup Sunday and his family convinced him to stay in a suburban Manila hospital for a few days.

It took junior welterweight champion Amir Khan a trip to Canada and nearly two weeks of turmoil just to secure a visa to make his highly anticipated debut in the United States.

It was well worth the wait.

The former British Olympian used crisp right hands and incredible speed to stop former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi in the 11th round Saturday night, a brutally efficient display of boxing that is certain to catapult him into the upper echelon of a deep 140-pound division.

Japan's Takashi Uchiyama successfully defended the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight title with a technical knockout victory over Angel Granados of Venezuela on Monday.

Granados was floored one minute 42 seconds into the sixth round by a powerful hook to the face. He stood up once but failed to make a fighting pose, forcing the referee to declare a technical knockout.

"I practiced that hook during my training, hitting the body and unleashing straights, and then hitting a right hook suddenly. I made it in the sixth round very well," said Uchiyama, 30.