Doug Fischer
504 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Weekend Preview: Montiel-Donaire highlights the weekend
FRIDAY FERNANDO GUERRERO vs. DERRICK FINDLEY Rounds / weight class: 10 rounds / middleweights Location: Salisbury, Md. Television: ESPN2 The backdrop: Guerrero (20-0, 16 knockouts) is a talented former amateur standout but…
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Ring ratings update: Ioka in rare company, earns 105-pound ranking – Ring ratings update
Kazuto Ioka?s spectacular fifth-round stoppage of previously undefeated Oleydong Sitchsamerchai in only his seventh pro bout did more than win a major 105-pound title and break a Japanese record, it earned the…
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
WE COULD HAVE A FIGHT ON MAY 7 Shane Mosley is quicker than Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito and if he can strike more with his left and guard his…
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Mosley to doubters: Styles make fights
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Shane Mosley has three words for the fans and media who are counting him out of his welterweight showdown with Manny Pacquiao on May 7: Styles makes fights.…
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Tournament finals will determine best bantamweight, says Mares
As far as Oscar De La Hoya is concerned, the winner of Showtime?s bantamweight tournament should be considered the best 118-pound fighter in the sport. That?s what the former champ and promoter…
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Ring Ratings Update: bantamweight shakeups loom
Many fans believe that the showdown between Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire on Feb. 19 will determine who?s the best fighter in the stacked bantamweight division. Others say the winner of Showtime?s…
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Montiel training hard at home
Reports and photos out of Los Mochis, Mexico, indicate that Fernando Montiel, THE RING's No. 1-rated bantamweight, is training hard in his native city and on track for his anticipated fight with…
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Mora hopes Vera fight makes up for Mosley disappointment
Sergio Mora knows he blew it in the biggest fight of his career, his junior middleweight showdown with Shane Mosley last September. Mora, who held Mosley to a split draw, did enough…
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Weekend Preview: Holyfield is unfortunately back in action
LUCAS MATTHYSSE vs. DEMARCUS CORLEY Rounds / weight class: 10 rounds / junior welterweights Location: Mendoza, Argentina Television: Telefutura The backdrop: Matthysse (27-1, 25 KOs) almost got the job done against former…
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Ring Ratings Update: RING title not on line for Bradley-Alexander winner
Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander have each won two major sanctioning organization belts, but the undefeated junior welterweight standouts, who meet in a highly anticipated showdown on Jan. 29, will have to…
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Bradley, Alexander agree their showdown is good for boxing
It took more than a year for Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander to come to terms on fighting each other. But now that their anticipated showdown is only two weeks away, the…
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Prospects to watch in 2011: novice level
The final part to my Prospects to watch in 2011 article will hopefully encourage hardcore fight fans to pay attention to the undercards of major shows this year and assure them that…
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Montiel confident despite underdog status against Donaire
Fernando Montiel wasn?t concerned or offended upon learning that odds makers had listed him as a 2-to-1 underdog against Nonito Donaire in their highly anticipated bantamweight showdown on Feb. 19 in Las…
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Dougie’s Friday mailbag
PACQUIAO CRITICISM IS UNFAIR Dougie, Everyone who is upset at Manny Pacquiao fighting Shane Mosley next needs to take a look at the history of boxing greats and the patterns of who…
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2010 Ring Fan Polls: Marquez-Katsidis is Fight of the Year
FIGHT OF THE YEAR VOTING RESULTS Juan Manuel Marquez TKO 9 Michael Katsidis: 48 percent Amir Khan UD 12 Marcos Maidana: 36 percent Humberto Soto UD 12 Urbano Antillon: 10 percent Giovani…
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2010 Ring Fan Poll: Marquez has Comeback of the Year
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR VOTING RESULTS Juan Manuel Marquez: 68 percent Antonio Margarito: 13 percent Jason Litzau: 9 percent Daniel Ponce DeLeon: 8 percent Jorge Linares: 2 percent Today's poll: Upset of…
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Dougie’s FAT Friday mailbag
UTTER DISGRACE TO OUR SPORT Morning Dougie, Well the inevitable has happened, Manny Pacquiao has gone for another weak option. It is an utter disgrace and a black eye for boxing. Shane…
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2010 Ring Fan Poll: Khan-Maidana 10 is Round of the Year
ROUND OF THE YEAR VOTING RESULTS Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana Round 10: 53 percent Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis Round 3: 34 percent Ivan Calderon-Giovani Segura Round 4: 5 percent Said Ouali-Hector Saldivia Round…
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Ring Ratings Update: B-hop back in top spot
The inspirational effort Bernard Hopkins put forth against Jean Pascal on Saturday in Quebec City, Canada was not enough to lift THE RING light heavyweight title from the 18-years-younger champ to become…
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Hopkins denied history, held to a draw by Pascal
Bernard Hopkins came within one point of realizing his goal of becoming the oldest boxer in history to win a major world title by holding light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal to a…
