Doug Fischer
504 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Marquez Stops Casamayor, Wins The Ring Lightweight Title
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 13th ? In his first fight at lightweight, former featherweight and 130-pound title holder Juan Manuel Marquez methodically solved the difficult puzzle that is Joel Casamayor and stopped the…
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Dougie?s MASSIVE Monday Mail Bag
Read on for fan feedback on Calderon-Cazares II, Katsidis-Diaz, De La Hoya-Pacquiao, the lightweight division, and much more in this week?s MMMB. Enjoy! THE LIGHTWEIGHTS de la hoya only loses to p4p…
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Dougie?s MASSIVE Monday Mail Bag
Read on for fans? opinions on De La Hoya-Pacquiao, Pavlik-Hopkins, Antonio Margarito?s next fight, and the historical placement of Sugar Ray Robinson, Bernard Hopkins, and Shane Mosley in this week?s MMMB. Enjoy!…
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Cotto vs. Margarito: a Great Fight but will it be a Great Event?
Hardcore boxing fans have been treated to some great fights this decade ? including Barrera-Morales I, Castillo-Corrales I and this year?s instant classic Vazquez-Marquez III. On a few occasions during the last…
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Valero has New Opponent for June 12th
Sources close to the promotion have confirmed to MaxBoxing that undefeated 130-pound titlist Edwin Valero will defend his WBA belt against the WBA's no. 8 ranked junior lightweight, Takeshiro Shimada, on June…
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Pacquiao Edges Marquez in Another Classic, Wins 130-Pound Title
LAS VEGAS, March 15 ? The first round of tonight?s rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez did not have the any of the awesome drama of the opening stanza of…
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Even More National Pride is on the Line for Marquez-Pacquiao Rematch
BEVERLY HILLS, Jan. 15 ? When Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez first met in the ring in May of 2004 the two featherweights fought one of the most intense and controversial…
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Dougie?s Pound-For-Pound Top 20 List
I held off all year before filing this list for two reasons: One, because everyone and his grandmother has a freakin? pound-for-pound list that they drop five times a year these days…
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Pacquiao Bests Barrera in Boxing Match
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 6 ? The rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera did not feature the sustained action or unbridled passion of either fighter?s classic trilogy with Erik Morales. It…
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DeLeon Blasts Bautista in One, Penalosa Stops Gonzalez With Body Shot
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 11 ? The pressure was on Daniel Ponce DeLeon. The awkward southpaw with the crude technique has never been the most popular of the many world title holders from Mexico,…
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Dougie’s MASSIVE Monday Mail Bag
Read on for fan feedback on Evander Holyfield, the Ding-A-Ling Man, news of Pacquiao-Barrera II and Chagaev-Ibragimov being made, and much more in this week’s MMMB. Enjoy! HOLY ROLLER & THE CRUISERWEIGHTS…
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Mayweather Out-points De La Hoya by Split Verdict
LAS VEGAS, May 5th ? Floyd Mayweather out-boxed Oscar De Hoya over 12 rounds, winning his sixth major world title in a fifth weight class and keeping his undefeated record intact ?…
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Mayweather Must Beat De La Hoya
After thoroughly out-boxing Carlos Baldomir to win his fifth world title and gain recognition as the best fighter in a fourth weight class last November, Floyd Mayweather broke down emotionally at the…
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Dougie’s MASSIVE Monday Mail Bag
Read on for a ton of fan feedback on this past weekend’s fights, from PacMan fever to the upsets of Valuev, Arce and Viloria to Zab Judah’s return in this week’s MMMB.…
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Can Solis ‘the Student’ Take Pacquiao to School?
There will be a lot on the line for Jorge Solis when the Mexican 126-pound champ challenges Manny Pacquiao in San Antonio, Texas this Saturday, the least of which will be unheralded…
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Can Pacquiao Keep ?the Eye of the Tiger??
Since bursting into the consciousness of hardcore American fight fans in 2001 with his 122-pound title victory over Lehlo Ledwaba, Manny Pacquiao has powered his way to the elite levels of professional…
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Manny Pacquiao: The Idol Reports for Duty
The conference room inside The Palm Restaurant in West Hollywood where the Los Angeles-area boxing press assembled to meet Manny Pacquiao Wednesday afternoon was small and cramped. There was barely enough room…
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Marquez Out-hustles and Out-points Barrera in a Scorcher
LAS VEGAS, March 17th – By out-pointing boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez finally reached the end of a long and winding road to respect, recognition and redemption. His journey…
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Barrera Knows Marquez, which is Why He Knows it Will be a Great Fight
Marco Antonio Barrera doesn’t need Juan Manuel Marquez. He doesn’t need this fight that the sport’s most diehard fans are salivating over. World-class boxers in the featherweight and junior lightweight divisions need…
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Tokyo, Valero, and the ‘Year of the Boar’
Joe Hernandez made the near 12-hour flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo five days before former pupil Edwin Valero defended his WBA 130-pound title for the first time with a 72-second blowout…
