Doug Fischer
504 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
THE BIG WEEKEND What's up Dougie. What a weekend. Boxing fans were treated to some nice, meaningful fights. Here are my thoughts: 1. Abner Mares is a badass! If not for that…
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Weekend Preivew: top jr. welterwieghts and bantamweights in action
THURSDAY TOMAZ ADAMEK vs. VINNY MADDALONE Rounds / weight class: 12 rounds / heavyweights Location: Newark, N.J. Television: Integrated Sports PPV The backdrop: Adamek (42-1, 27 knockouts), THE RING?s No. 4-rated heavyweight,…
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Mares returned home to get ready for Darchinyan
For years Abner Mares trained far removed him from his friends and loved ones in Southern California, a sacrifice the young bantamweight up-and-comer was willing to make in order to learn from…
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Ring Ratings Update: Donaire breaks into bantamweight rankings
Nonito Donaire wanted to make a strong statement against Wladimir Sidorenko on Saturday and he did by dominating the Ukrainian veteran to a breath-taking fourth-round knockout. Donaire (25-1, 17 knockouts), a former…
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
Hey Dougie! 1) I am aware that virtually the entire boxing media snickered at Larry Merchant suggesting Pacquiao could fight "Canelo" ?lvarez next, but I don't think it's that ridiculous a thought.…
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Soto, Donaire give fans fights to look forward to in 2011
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The co-featured bouts of Top Rank?s ?In Harm?s Way? pay-per-view show on Saturday delivered a thrilling lightweight slugfest and a breathtaking bantamweight blowout to the 3,253 fans in attendance…
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Soto, Donaire give fans fights to look forward to in 2011
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The co-featured bouts of Top Rank?s ?In Harm?s Way? pay-per-view show on Saturday delivered a thrilling lightweight slugfest and a breathtaking bantamweight blowout to the 3,253 fans in attendance…
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Never, ever count Marquez out
LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez proved once again against Michael Katsidis on Saturday that he can never be counted out in a prize fight. Whenever it looks like the 37-year-old lightweight…
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Marquez continues to astound at age 37
How does Juan Manuel Marquez do it? The 37-year-old lightweight champion is 57 bouts into his 17?-year pro career and he still appears to be on top of his game. Bernard Hopkins…
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Weekend Preview: Pacquiao-Margarito is finally here
FRIDAY OMAR FIGUEROA VS. ARTURO QUINTERO Rounds / weight class: eight rounds / lightweights Location: Hidalgo, Texas Television: Telefutura The backdrop: Figueroa (10-0, 8 knockdowns), the 20-year-old power-punching pretty boy that Golden…
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Capetillo breaks silence, apologizes for hand-wrap scandal
Much has been written about Antonio Margarito?s hand-wrap scandal during the build up to the former welterweight titleholder?s showdown with Manny Pacquiao on Saturday at Cowboys Stadium. The incident, which occurred before…
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Head to head: Lopez vs. Marquez
JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ vs. RAFAEL MARQUEZ When: Saturday, Nov. 6 Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas TV: Showtime, 11:15 pm. ET (live) / PT (delayed) Weight: Featherweight (126 pounds) Title(s) at stake: Lopez?s…
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Manny Pacquiao and history’s greatest weight climbers
Manny Pacquiao?s junior middleweight fight with Antonio Margarito is not his most significant bout in recent years, but it?s notable that the Filipino icon faces his heaviest opponent yet and will likely…
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How will fans and the media react to a Margarito victory?
Antonio Margarito is a 6?-to-1 underdog against Manny Pacquiao. And most boxing writers believe those odds, as lopsided as they are, give the former welterweight titleholder the benefit of the doubt. The…
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Dougie’s Friday Mailbag
KATSIDIS FIGHTS ON Hey Dougie, Fight fans are spoiled with great fights in November. Every weekend features a 5-star match up. However, the fight that I am looking forward to most is…
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Can new 5th Street Gym rekindle excitement of years past?
To get an idea of what the 5th Street Gym was like during its heyday all one need do is visit the Wild Card Boxing Club. The 5th Street Gym, which first…
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Ring Ratings Update: Burns crashes jr. lightweight division
Ricky Burns did more than win a major junior lightweight belt by out-pointing Ramon ?Rocky? Martinez in front of his countrymen in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday. Burns (29-2, 7 knockouts) also participated…
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Dougie’s mini-Margarito mailbag
Doug, In a week where the biggest boxing news is the licensing in Texas of disgraced cheater Antonio Margarito, the only mention in your mailbag is a dig at the ?scathing soapbox…
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Dougie’s Friday mailbag
175 POUNDS I think Tavoris Cloud-Glen Johnson will be a great fight. Actually, I'm really looking forward to both Cloud-Johnson and Jean Pascal-Chad Dawson. I honestly don't know who will win either…
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Dougie’s MASSIVE Monday Mailbag
MARQUEZ-DIAZ II PPV CARD Dear Doug, Props to GBP for having tried to give us a quality undercard. My thoughts: Jorge Linares/Rocky Juarez: About what I'd expected, though I wish it'd been…
