Kelsey McCarson
87 articles · DogHouseBoxing.com
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Why Boxing is Better Off If Canelo Defeats Cotto
Whomever you think will actually win the fight, it?s pretty clear that the sport itself would be better off if Alvarez beats Cotto on Saturday night. Boxing is a sport driven by…
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Why Shane Mosley is Coming Back
Great fighters believe in themselves when no one else does. It?s what drove them before they hit it big in the sport they love, arduous days toiling long hours for little or…
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Why HBO Loves Canelo Alvarez
Canelo Alvarez is the real deal. The 24-year-old from Guadalajara, Mexico is poised to carry boxing into the post-Mayweather, post-Pacquiao era as a crossover star with mainstream appeal. He?s a good fighter…
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Was Mayweather-Pacquiao Good or Bad for Boxing?
There?s a running debate continuing in boxing right now as to whether Mayweather-Pacquiao was good for the sport overall or just good for those involved. While the event was a huge success…
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Why Amir Khan Is No Match for Floyd Mayweather
Amir Khan defeated Chris Algieri by unanimous decision over the weekend in a fight that showed all the reasons why he?s one of the worst possible choices for Floyd Mayweather?s next bout,…
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The 3 Manny Pacquiaos: Tracing the Evolution of the Boxing Star’s Fighting Style
Tracing the evolution of Manny Pacquiao's fighting style is a case study in metamorphosis. Pacquiao, the fighting pride of the Philippines, is one of the best fighters who have ever lived. He?s…
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Mini-blogs on Kovalev, Mayweather-Pacquiao and PBC on NBC
Mini-blogs on Kovalev, Mayweather-Pacquiao and Premier Boxing Champions Bloggers gonna blog. I think that?s a saying. If not, it might should be. Anyway, here?s a smattering of thoughts on Sergey Kovalev, Mayweather-Pacquiao…
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Floyd Mayweather Can?t Win
The thing about drug addicts and alcoholics is that it?s hard to feel sorry for them. It?s not that we don?t recognize the validity of their struggle. It?s not that we don?t…
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HBO Boxing Boss on Judging Controversies, Pacquiao-Mayweather and More
HBO Sports president Ken Hershman admitted to TSS he?s just as sick of judging controversies as the rest of us. ?We want great fights first and foremost, and we want those fights…
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Shane Mosley Contemplating Return: ?I Can Beat Anybody?
Shane Mosley is contemplating a return to the ring. ?It?s a possibility,? said Mosley. ?I?ve been in the gym training a lot and working out. I feel real good.? Mosley said he?s…
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GGG PPV 2015?
WBA and IBO middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin dominated and stopped Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Golovkin stunned Rubio in the first then finished him…
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Sorry Mr. Mayweather, Sugar Ray Robinson Was The Best Ever
Floyd Mayweather appeared forlorn on Saturday night. He had over 32 million reasons not to be. But Mayweather looked tired after his latest victory, his second decision win over a welterweight whose…
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How Will Floyd Mayweather Be Remembered
Yesterday I was thinking about school. I was thinking about all the universities I chose from back when I went to school. I thought about my wife?s school, my friends?, my parents?.…
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Danny Garcia Destroys Rod Salka in Mismatch of the Year
Let?s face it. Nobody wanted to see TBRB, Ring, WBA and WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia take on Rod Salka on Saturday except for the people who made the fight and…
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BIG MAC’S PREDICTION PAGE: They Like Canelo Over Lara…What About YOU?
Color me shocked when Canelo Alvarez decided to meet Erislandy Lara on July 12 in Las Vegas. Lara, long regarded as one of the most fierce and trickiest southpaws in the junior…
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PREDICTION PLANET: Big Mac?s Expert Panel–Pacquiao-Bradley 2 Edition
It?s that time of year again. A big fight beckons, so your old pal McCarson gathered picks from around the boxing world to see who will come out on top Saturday when…
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Manny Pacquiao in the Fight That Matters
Boxers are involved in all sorts of fights. They fight themselves daily, making war on their bodies and minds to prepare themselves for the ring. They fight their sparring partners, their sleepiness…
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Is HBO Still Top U.S. Television Platform?
Despite inroads made by rival Showtime this year, the folks over at HBO Boxing still consider themselves to be the leading television platform for the sport of boxing in the U.S. It?s…
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Manny Pacquiao Returns…
Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring this weekend against Brandon Rios in Macau, China, almost one full year after he was bludgeoned down to the canvas by archrival Juan Manuel Marquez. Most…
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RINGSIDE REPORT from Top Rank/HBO Show in Texas
Garcia started coldly efficient. While Martinez employed a jab, cross combination at a distance, Garcia meant to close the distance with shorter punches. The first was largely a feeling out round. The…
