Fox Doucette
52 articles · Boxing Tribune
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Nothing?s Gonna Ever Keep You Down: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette
Nothing defines a fighter like how he responds to his first loss. Some guys, they step into the ring with a big gaudy record, get promptly deposited on their ass, and next…
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Cotto-Margarito II: The Only Preview You Need
By Fox Doucette
was never told. Now that I?m startin? to learn, I feel I?m growing old.? For Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs), who is 31 but in the minds of most boxing fans may…
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Peter Manfredo Jr.: The Great White Hope
By Fox Doucette
Brace yourself. I?m about to defend Jose Sulaiman and the WBC. Please don fireproof clothing. See, you can jabber all you want about how the Mexico City-based sanctioning body manipulates the rankings…
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Last Night?s Winner: The Sport of Boxing
By Fox Doucette
There are three professions where being completely, indisputably wrong is a normal course of doing business: weatherman, political commentator, and sportswriter. Unlike the former two professions, where you can ruin someone?s picnic…
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Pacquiao-Marquez III: The Only Preview You Need
By Fox Doucette
Before we begin, a disclaimer: It is the opinion of your friendly neighborhood commentator that you?d get a better value for your boxing dollar if you simply saved your money and spent…
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Lucian Bute-Glen Johnson: The Only Preview You Need
By Fox Doucette
On-air, off-air, and up in the air, Saturday night?s battle on Showtime between Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KOs) and Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KOs), Bute?s ninth defense of his IBF super middleweight…
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Super Six? Junior Middle?s Got Super 16
By Fox Doucette
Earlier this week, the esteemed editor in chief of this fine publication and I got into a bit of a discussion about whether Kermit Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KOs), who is scheduled to…
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Mucho Mas: Great Card At Arena Roberto Duran Saturday
By Fox Doucette
Over the past couple of months we?ve gotten boxing shows that have been long on star power (including a pay-per-view by that name) and short on actual quality in the main event.…
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Believe It Or Not: The Only Preview You Need (Part Two)
By Fox Doucette
A defensive, low-action boxing fight is often referred to generically as a ?chess match?. Well, Saturday night on pay-per-view, fans will get the Sweet Science?s answer to Garry Kasparov vs. one of…
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In Praise of the Palookas II: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette
Regular readers of this column know my love for the fringes of boxing, whether it?s up-and-coming fighters who haven?t made their names yet, former champions holding on to past glory, or just…
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The Case for Lucian Bute: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette
Recently, The Boxing Tribune supplied its pound-for-pound rankings to FoxSports.com, and I was unable to prevail upon my colleagues to include in the top ten a guy who, for my money, is…
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Pound for Pound? How About Punch for Punch?
By Fox Doucette
Quick question. What do Ruslan Provodnikov, David Lemieux, and Chris Arreola have in common? Besides the fact that none of them will be world champions, I mean. If you salivated a little…