John Raspanti
369 articles · DogHouseBoxing.com
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Skill is the key: Terence Crawford vs. Jeff Horn
Jeff Horn is the Rodney Dangerfield of boxing. You remember Dangerfield who claimed ?I get no respect at all.? Horn is a 30-year-old Aussie former teacher who?s undefeated in 18 fights, scoring…
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Talent galore: Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jorge Linares
There are different measures of talent. Belting out a karaoke tune (in key) is one. Singing an aria takes it several levels up. Sports is loaded with athletes with varying degrees of…
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Battle at the StubHub: Oscar Valdez vs. Scott Quigg
I?ll never forget the roar of the crowd when heavy underdog Alfredo Angulo connected with a crunching left hook to the jaw of Erislandy Lara on the night of June 8, 2013.…
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2017 Maxboxing fighter of the year: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Picking the fighter of the year isn?t always easy. Manny Pacquiao first won the award in 2006 followed by a guy named Floyd Mayweather. Paquiao was honored the next two years as…
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Stamina could be the key in Saunders vs, Lemieux fight
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is a mouthy brat. His trash talking is rarely amusing. He recently made a comment about a woman?s body part that was unconscionable. He?s the father…
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Alvarez and Golovkin show talent and respect, but unseeing Byrd ruins the evening
We shouldn?t have been surprised. With boxing?s horrific history of terrible judging, especially in Sin City, would another bad score really surprise us? No. Thank you very much Adailade Byrd for ruining…
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Roman Gonzalez wants his title back
Revenge can be a great motivator. Last March, defending WBC flyweight champion Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez faced challenger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Danny Jacobs middleweight championship…
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Eubank Jr., Abraham square off this Saturday
Questions always abound before important prizefights. When Manny Pacquiao met Jeff Horn, many wondered if the 38-year-old Pacquiao might get older on fight night, (more on that later) or if Horn had…
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Bomber versus destroyer: Kell Brook takes on Errol Spence
In 57 professional fights, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and top contender Errol Spence have iced 43 opponents and lost one bout between them. Brook?s lone loss happened last year when he…
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Lomachenko dominates as usual
Vasyl Lomachenko?s (8-1, 6 KOs) fights are quickly becoming anticlimactic. After knocking out former champions Ramon Martinez and Nicholas Walters last year, the WBO super featherweight champion put a hurtin on Jason…
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Who ya got? Keith Thurman battles Danny Garcia
Undefeated welterweight kingpins Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia will settle their differences in the ring this Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Thurman has won all 27 of…
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What’s next for Vasyl Lomachenko?
A couple of years ago, many opined that Nicholas ?The Axe Man? Walters would defeat Vasyl Lomachenko. ?The Axe Man? had just recently knocked out world champion Nonito Donaire in six brutal…
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What’s next for Vasyl Lomachenko?
A couple of years ago, many opined that Nicholas ?The Axe Man? Walters would defeat Vasyl Lomachenko. ?The Axe Man? had just recently knocked out world champion Nonito Donaire in six brutal…
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Talent, speed and power: Vasyl Lomachenko takes on Nicholas Walters
This Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will defend his championship belt against former featherweight titleholder Nicholas ?The Axe Man? Walters. Lomachenko, who…
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Looking ahead, boxing returns with a bang in November
Things are somewhat slow in the world of boxing right now. Not dead, but slow, since boxing will never die. The sport is akin to Frankenstein?s monster. No matter how many times…
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Looking ahead, boxing returns with a bang in November
Things are somewhat slow in the world of boxing right now. Not dead, but slow, since boxing will never die. The sport is akin to Frankenstein?s monster. No matter how many times…
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Canelo Alvarez meets little-known but undefeated Liverpool fighter
After knocking out Amir Khan with a thunderous right hand four months ago, Canelo Alvarez spoke of fighting WBA and IBF titleholder Gennady Golovkin "later this year." Apparently talk is cheap. The…
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Ward one victory away from meeting Kovalev
When Andre Ward returned to the ring in 2015 after a layoff of nearly two years, some boxing insiders said his performance was mediocre. Seven months later, Ward was back, tangling with…
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Thurman and Porter battle for bragging rights
On June 25th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman and former champion Shawn Porter are set to let their fists prove who is the better fighter.…
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Maxboxing knockout of the year: Canelo Alvarez KO 3 James Kirkland
Before they met in the ring last May, Canelo Alvarez and James Kirkland talked knock out. The two punchers had iced 60 opponents between them. No one expected a dance. They expected…