Mike Houser
22 articles · FightNews.com
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Brinkley-Gilbert: Will the economy have a negative effect?
By Mike Houser
Seemingly always on the verge of suffering a knockout, the sport of boxing is once again standing across the ring from the probing left jab of a recession and the looming iron…
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Pacquiao Fighter of the Year
By Mike Houser
It wouldn?t be entirely accurate to look back on the year in boxing and say, "It was great in 2008," but the last 12 months certainly weren?t lacking for action and excitement.…
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Pacquiao establishes his legacy
By Mike Houser
For most of the world, Manny Pacquiao?s official ascendancy into all-time greatness officially took place on Dec. 6, 2008, when with surgical precision he chopped up Oscar De La Hoya in eight…
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Golden Boy not so golden
By Mike Houser
There are only three irrefutable rules to worldwide military conquest: Never invade Russia, China or the United States. In the world of professional boxing, the corollary would be to never engage in…
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Here’s my top 10 boxers
By Mike Houser
?Yahoo! Sports? recently invited me to join its ratings committee and asked me to submit my choices for boxing?s Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters. While it was easy to name the top four…
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Pac-Man and the Golden Boy
By Mike Houser
At first it was an unlikely possibility. Then it was off. Now it?s finally on. No, it?s not the proposed Jesse Brinkley-Joey Gilbert matchup that Northern Nevada boxing fans have not so…
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Bob Arum, HBO, and Cotto-Margarito
By Mike Houser
It was called ?La Batalla.? On July 26th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the eyes of the boxing world focused on the much-anticipated showdown between Miguel Cotto and…
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Margarito in line for big fight
By Mike Houser
While it may not have matched the fury of Marvin Hagler?s three-round destruction job of Thomas Hearns in their 1985 middleweight war, Antonio Margarito?s 11-round beatdown of vaunted WBA welterweight titlist Miguel…
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On Boxing: Cotto is the pick in this fight
By Mike Houser
When WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, defends his belt Saturday against former WBO 147-pound beltholder Antonio ?The Tijuana Tornado? Margarito, national pride and a chance to move to…
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Not buying Merchant
By Mike Houser
Thank you, Larry Merchant, for once again playing the part of a willing heavy bag, begging fans around the world to work you over. Ditto for HBO. During Saturday?s broadcast of Wladimir…
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Pac-Man’s quest for greatness
By Mike Houser
Following his ninth-round demolition job of former WBC lightweight titlist David Diaz on Saturday, Manny Pacquiao has boxing fans everywhere asking themselves, ?Floyd who?? Forget the not-so-insignificant fact that Pacquiao has now…
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Pacquiao is now the man
By Mike Houser
The lightweight division has gone from an interesting to a downright relevant division and the reason for that has to do with a boxer who has never even competed at 135 pounds.…
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Setting the record straight
By Mike Houser
Rather than providing clarity, HBO's muddled coverage of Samuel Peter's knockout of Oleg Maskaev and Nate Campbell's victory over Juan Diaz on Saturday left a host of question marks. Boasting three ringside…
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Preview of Pacquiao/Barrera
By Mike Houser
When two of the top fighters in the world meet in a 12-round bout televised by HBO Pay-Per-View, it usually means there is a significant title at stake and that one or…
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It truly is a world wide sport
By Mike Houser
The vast majority of important title fights may take place on American soil and are televised on HBO and Showtime, but the United States no longer has a monopoly on the world's…
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2006 wasn’t that bad
By Mike Houser
Call this The Year That Could Have Been. In putting together the annual year-end boxing awards it's become obvious that 2006 wasn't bad, it just wasn't a banner year. Although the emphasis…
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Preview of upcoming top fights
By Mike Houser
BY MIKE HOUSER Appeal Sports Writer, (Unknown address) November 1, 2006 Comments (0) Print Email In a year of unrealized promise, professional boxing kicks into high gear with four seemingly can't-miss and…
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Suckers are born for PPV
By Mike Houser
Do all boxing fans have a giant "Sucker" tattoo stamped on their foreheads? Evidently the suits who market the sport seem to think so, or at least they are na?ve enough to…
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Juan Manuel Marquez ready to fight for crown
By Mike Houser
STATELINE - Although he will face Thailand's Terdsak Jandaeng for the vacant WBO Interim featherweight title Saturday at MontBleu Outdoor Sports Pavilion, Mexico City's Juan Manuel Marquez has learned to temper his…
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Five pressing questions in boxing
By Mike Houser
Taking into consideration the best information available, it's time to address five pressing questions in the world of boxing: 1. When will Oscar De La Hoya fight Floyd Mayweather? If we are…