Tom Gray
73 articles · DoghouseBoxing.com
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Former world champion Walter McGowan passes away
By Tom Gray
Former RING and WBC flyweight champion Walter McGowan passed away on Monday evening in a nursing home located in his native Scotland following a long illness. He was 73 years old. McGowan…
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Tyson Fury?s hit list contradicts retirement speculation
By Tom Gray
?Being the heavyweight champion of the world and a gypsy makes me harder than a coffin nail.? ? Tyson Fury Despite reports to the contrary that Tyson Fury may retire from boxing,…
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Results from London: Campbell upset, Malignaggi wins
By Tom Gray
Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell was sensationally floored for the first time in his professional career and dropped a 12-round split decision to Frenchman Yvan Mendy in London, England, on Saturday. The…
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Exclusive interview: Tyson Fury has arrived
By Tom Gray
On the morning after the night before this reporter was continually asked how British heavyweight giant Tyson Fury had found a way to defeat Wladimir Klitschko by 12-round unanimous decision in Dusseldorf,…
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THE RING Pound for Pound history: From ?Iron? Mike to ?Chocolatito?
By Tom Gray
Over 60 years ago, the term ?pound-for-pound best? was coined for Sugar Ray Robinson as a means of recognizing his undeniable superiority in boxing. No matter how good the legendary welterweight and…
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Klitschko and Fury meet at fun-filled press conference
By Tom Gray
There is no guarantee that the Oct. 24 fight between RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury will live up to the hype but the press conferences were always going to…
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Scott Quigg stops Kiko Martinez in two rounds
By Tom Gray
MANCHESTER, England ? Talented British boxer-puncher Scott Quigg retained his ?regular? WBA junior featherweight title with a stunning second-round stoppage of Kiko Martinez on Saturday. [Editor?s Note: THE RING only recognizes Guillermo…
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Scott Quigg new and improved for Kiko Martinez
By Tom Gray
This Saturday British boxer-puncher Scott Quigg looks to bounce back from injury and inactivity when he faces former IBF beltholder Kiko Martinez in Manchester, England. Last November, Quigg dished out a fierce,…
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Best I Faced: Carl Froch
By Tom Gray
Note: This edition of ?Best I Faced? originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of THE RING Magazine, not long after Froch knocked out George Groves in their rematch.) If you?re only…
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Carl Froch retires from boxing
By Tom Gray
Three-time super middleweight titleholder, and former pound for pound entrant, Carl Froch has officially retired from professional boxing. Promotional outfit Matchroom confirmed the news via a press release in the early hours…
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?Phantom Punch?: The 50-year anniversary of Ali-Liston II
By Tom Gray
There was a punch ? and it landed. Approximately half way through Round 1 of what is arguably the most controversial heavyweight championship fight in boxing history the challenger, Charles ?Sonny? Liston,…
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Frampton aims to KO Avalos, then go for Quigg and Rigondeaux
By Tom Gray
And the new! The clich?d phrase in modern boxing which rubber stamps a fighter?s transition from contender to champion, and Belfast?s Carl Frampton was all ears following a 12-round master class over…
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Ricky Hatton breaks down Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
By Tom Gray
In the six-plus years it?s taken welterweight superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao to thrash out a deal for their mega-fight, both have had ample time to feast on the other?s…
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George Foreman: Muhammad Ali?s trainer demand prevented rematch
By Tom Gray
For fight fans ?The Rumble in the Jungle? is the most famous of boxing fairy tales. Muhammad Ali, the divine sorcerer, slaying the monster man and regaining all that was lost in…
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Finally it is ?Showtime? for Kell Brook
By Tom Gray
The raw emotions a fighter experiences prior to his first world title bout are unimaginable but when Britain?s Kell Brook challenges Shawn Porter for the IBF welterweight championship on Saturday in Carson,…
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Paulie Malignaggi talks Shawn Porter-Kell Brook, his future
By Tom Gray
When the Showtime network acquired the services of former two-weight world titleholder Paulie Malignaggi as an expert analyst, they struck fistic gold. ?The Magic Man,? a swanky and charismatic Italian New Yorker,…
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Best I?ve Faced: George Foreman
By Tom Gray
Perhaps no athlete in the history of sports has undergone a metamorphosis as startling as two-time heavyweight champion of the world, and first ballot Hall of Famer, George Foreman. Teenage crime, rehabilitation,…
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George Groves: Carl Froch first and then the world
By Tom Gray
When George Groves met Carl Froch in Manchester, England, for the IBF super middleweight title last November, he had been the lead player in a fistic soap opera. A managerial dispute with…
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Ricky Hatton breaks down Amir Khan versus Luis Collazo
By Tom Gray
On Saturday, Britain?s Amir Khan faces Luis Collazo in what promises to be an exciting and competitive welterweight attraction in Las Vegas. The chief support to Floyd Mayweather?s WBC/ WBA unification clash…
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Exclusive: Sugar Ray Leonard talks welterweight division, RING Top 10
By Tom Gray
?I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.? - Sugar Ray Leonard Nobody ever did…