Doug Fischer
504 articles · MaxBoxing.com
-
Dougie’s Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
SHOWTIME IS HOLDING IT DOWN Lucas Matthysse and Humberto Soto put on a wonderful fight. Loved it. Victor Ortiz vs Josesito Lopez was afu**ingmazing! I don't know if it is fair to…
-
Lopez’s heart was too big for Ortiz
By Doug Fischer
LOS ANGELES ? If one went on their body appearance at the weigh-in and just before their main event at Staples Center, Josesito Lopez didn?t belong in the ring with Victor Ortiz.…
-
Lopez and trainer say Ortiz will be tested physically and mentally
By Doug Fischer
LOS ANGELES ? Josesito Lopez says he feels stronger than ever after training above 150 pounds for his Showtime-televised showdown with Victor Ortiz on Saturday at Staples Center. Lopez, a near-6-foot junior…
-
Dougie’s Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
MARTINEZ-CHAVEZ What up Dougie? Two questions: Is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. getting too much credit for beating guys just outside the top ten and/or at the bottom of the top ten? Do…
-
Chavez-Martinez no longer a joke after seventh-round TKO of Lee
By Doug Fischer
Everybody knows Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. isn?t half the fighter his old man was, but it?s time to give the son of the Mexican legend credit for being a world-class middleweight ?…
-
Dougie’s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
SOUND OFF Hey Doug, Just read Timothy Bradley's recent claim that if you take away the commentary and simply re-watch the fight without sound he feels that we?ll think he won it.…
-
Dougie’s Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
WHAT!? Hey Doug, I remember reading in a mailbag that you thought Manny Pacquiao was going to get the benefit of a doubt fighting in Vegas, being the star. Looks like it…
-
Bradley does enough to upset Pacquiao in the judges eyes, not the public
By Doug Fischer
LAS VEGAS ? More than a few fans and boxing insiders thought Tim Bradley had the right stuff to finally end the amazing run Manny Pacquiao has been on for the last…
-
Dougie’s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
WHAT?S YOUR PREDICTION? Hey Dougie, Who do you predict? Manny "God's Fist" Pacquiao or Timothy "Uatu's Head" Bradley? Bradley is a durable iron-spirited warrior who has never tasted defeat, and I believe…
-
Bradley beyond confident going into Pacquiao showdown
By Doug Fischer
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. ? It would be a gross understatement to say that Tim Bradley is merely confident going into his June 9 showdown with Manny Pacquiao. The 28-year-old Palm Springs native wasn't…
-
Dougie’s Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
WHAT?S NEXT? Hi Doug, Just got back to Belfast after going to my first big fight ? the Carl Froch-Lucian Bute super middleweight title bout in Nottingham ? last night. The atmosphere…
-
Dougie’s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
CRUNCH ACTION: 168-175 Hey Dougmeister, Looks like we're getting some really serious crunch-action heating up in the 168-175 divisions with The Viking Warrior going medieval all over Allan Green's sorry ass, the…
-
Dougie’s Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
BOXING?S PED PROBLEM Sup Dougie, Imma keep it short and not so sweet. If I was upset when Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan II was canceled, I'm even more upset to hear Victor Ortiz-Andre…
-
Berto tests positive for banned substance
By Doug Fischer
Andre Berto, who is scheduled to fight Victor Ortiz on June 23, has tested positive for the banned substance norandrosterone, according to Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, the lead promoter of…
-
Dougie’s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? Hey Doug! With little happening this weekend (except Mikkel Kessler vs Allan Green for the "prestigious" WBC Silver Light Heavyweight title!) I thought I'd pick your brains on…
-
Dougie’s Monday Mailbag
By Doug Fischer
PETERSON AND HIS TESTOSTERONE Dear Mr. Fischer: Just a quick comment/question on the Lamont Peterson testosterone issue: One thing I don't think I've seen is a definite answer as to whether using…
-
Dougie’s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
REMATCH CANCELLED Sup Dougie, Been a while since I've written. Let me get down to this. I'm really bummed that Khan-Peterson II was canceled. I was really looking forward to it. Now…
-
Rios continues to advance on Saturday Solo Boxeo show
By Doug Fischer
Ronny Rios will fight in his native Orange County for the fourth time in the past year when he faces Guillermo Sanchez in a Solo Boxeo Tecate main event on Telefutura (11:00…
-
Dougie’s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
REAL QUICK What up Dougie! I?ll go easy on you today with just two real quick thoughts: 1) Wouldn?t it make sense for someone like Sergio Martinez, who is in the top…
-
Rios wanted Gamboa but he’ll settle for Abril on April 14
By Doug Fischer
Brandon Rios admits it is bit of a letdown to be facing Richard Abril on April 14 instead of his original opponent, Yuriorkis Gamboa. However, the undefeated featherweight standout withdrew from what…