Doug Fischer
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Nicholas Walters fails to make weight, loses WBA featherweight belt
By Doug Fischer
Nicholas Walters will face amateur rival and fellow unbeaten puncher Miguel Marriaga tomorrow night in New York City, but he will not do so as the defending WBA featherweight titleholder. Walters lost…
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Dougie?s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
MAYWEATHER WINS EASY Okay, it?s a foregone conclusion that Floyd f___s Pac up. The supposed mega-event created by the media will be another boring boxing exhibition by Maywether. He is the best…
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Gennady Golovkin keeps buzz going with Martin Murray stoppage
By Doug Fischer
Gennady Golovkin has earned an unprecedented fast rise in worldwide popularity in the last 2? years, but there was very little buzz going into his WBA middleweight title defense against Martin Murray…
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Dougie?s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO Hi Doug, So, it seems the fight is probably going to take place May 2nd, at the MGM grand, and now that it?s probably set, I?m thinking it may be a…
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Welcome back ?Bam Bam? Rios, thank you Mike Alvarado
By Doug Fischer
Fight fans tuned into the Mike Alvarado-Brandon Rios rubber match expecting the same fierce mano-a-mano action that marked the first two bouts the brave sluggers split. What they got was a brief…
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Dougie?s Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
Hey Dougie! I just watched Naoya Inoue totally wreck Omar Narvaez in less than two rounds. Narvaez, a 43 fight veteran, who took Donaire the distance, got totally owned by this little…
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Khan, Alexander, Thurman poised to make statements on Saturday
By Doug Fischer
LAS VEGAS ? Four RING-rated welterweights will be in action on Saturday in Las Vegas, each will be looking to make a statement and position himself for a big 2015. Tim Bradley,…
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Keith Thurman calls out Floyd Mayweather Jr. (and everyone else)
By Doug Fischer
LAS VEGAS ? Most boxing fans and media regard the Amir Khan-Devon Alexander welterweight bout, which headlines a Golden Boy Promotions card at MGM Grand on Saturday, as an unofficial elimination bout…
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Dougie?s Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer
WLAD & KUBRAT PUT ON A SHOW Hey Dougie, Haven?t written you in a while but figured I?d tell you what a lot of people probably feel: That Wladdy Klitschko fight was…
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Andrzej Fonfara outpoints Doudou Ngumbu in tough 10 rounder
By Doug Fischer
Light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara won a hard-fought decision over game Doudou Ngumbu in the main event of a Showtime tripleheader on Saturday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Fonfara won the…
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Golovkin makes Southern California his new home with Rubio KO
By Doug Fischer
CARSON, California ? Gennady Golovkin was born and raised in Kazakhstan. He turned pro in Germany, where he lived and climbed the middleweight rankings from 2006 to 2009. Since winning the WBA…
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Gennady Golovkin: the making of a Los Angeles boxing attraction
By Doug Fischer
Gennady Golovkin is known for his punching power in the ring but the undefeated WBA middleweight titleholder may prove to be a box-office powerhouse in Southern California. Photo by Gene Blevins-Hoganphotos To…
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Danny Garcia blasts Rod Salka in Round 2 of non-title bout
By Doug Fischer
RING junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia made short work of Rod Salka, dropping the undersized underdog three times in Round 2 of a non-title bout on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn,…
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Alvarez beats Lara but the debate on who ?really? won continues
By Doug Fischer
LAS VEGAS ? The Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara fight featured the combination of two legendary Latino boxing traditions. Alvarez, the 23-year-old matinee idol from Guadalajara, represented the Mexican school of boxing ? the…
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara: head-to-head analysis
By Doug Fischer
From the moment Canelo Alvarez first turned heads in the U.S. with a six-round KO of former welterweight champ Carlos Baldomir as a prospect in 2010, the freckle-faced Mexican star has had…
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Alvarez, Lara bring storied boxing traditions to the ring on Saturday
By Doug Fischer
LAS VEGAS ? The final press conference for the Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara fight was a quiet one. All of the fighters involved in the Showtime Pay Per View event basically said the…
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Robert Guerrero, Yoshihiro Kamegai just happy to be fighting
By Doug Fischer
LOS ANGELES ? The Robert Guerrero-Yoshihiro Kamegai main event for Saturday?s tripleheader at StubHubCenter in Carson, Calif., has been overshadowed by the fascinating featherweight matchup between Gary Russell Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko,…
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Oscar De La Hoya: pressure is on Alexander and Soto Karass
By Doug Fischer
LOS ANGELES ? Of the three bouts presented on Saturday?s Showtime tripleheader, the matchup getting the least amount of attention from fans and media is the welterweight bout between former IBF titleholder…
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Russell-Lomachenko has boxing world?s attention, and deservedly so
By Doug Fischer
LOS ANGELES ? Robert Guerrero?s ring return against Yoshihiro Kamegai is the main event of Showtime?s tripleheader this Saturday, but the fight on the Golden Boy Promotions card that everyone is talking…
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Miguel Cotto takes the great welterweight challenge vs. Martinez
By Doug Fischer
The glamour weight classes of professional boxing have always been the welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions. During many previous decades (including this one to an extent) the welterweights and middleweights outshined the…