Dec

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

Fans continue their feedback on what could be the Upset of the Year, Marcos Maidana’s decision victory over Adrien Broner, and share their thoughts on what both welterweights might do next, as well as other subjects, in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Dec

Ring Ratings Update: Maidana knocks Broner from Pound for Pound

by Doug Fischer

Marcos Maidana’s bruising unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner dropped the previously unbeaten American down in THE RING’s welterweight rankings and out of the magazine’s pound-for-pound top 10.

Dec

Q&A: Kiko Martinez: “Mathebula came to Spain to lose by KO”

by Doug Fischer

Junior featherweight contender Kiko Martinez is finally in a position to call the shots in his career after signing with middleweight champ Sergio Martinez’s promotional company and winning the IBF title. He faces mandatory challenger Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday in Elche, Spain.

Dec

Stretch Drive: Travelin’ Man in Atlantic City – Part II

by Doug Fischer

RingTV.com’s Travelin’ Man Lee Groves provides a CompuBox analysis of the recent HBO tripleheader in Atlantic City where Guillermo Rigondeaux continued his boxing excellence which has split the boxing world into a raging debate regarding the Cuban’s worth as a TV attraction. Groves gives his thoughts on Rigondeaux.

Dec

Stretch Drive: Travelin’ Man in Atlantic City – Part I

by Doug Fischer

The first of the final two legs of “Travelin’ Man” Lee Groves’ five-week “Stretch Drive” to end 2013 saw him work the CompuBox keys on an HBO-televised tripleheader involving Guillermo Rigondeaux in Atlantic City, where he learned of the passing of Nelson Mandela and the death of the South African icon’s favorite boxer, Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala.

Dec

Amateur sensation Ievgen Khytrov invades America

by Doug Fischer

Is Ukrainian middleweight star Ievgen Khytrov, an amateur world champion who had more than 500 bouts in the unpaid ranks, the second-coming of Gennady Golovkin? The 2012 Olympian makes his pro debut on Wednesday at Webster Hall in New York City, N.Y.

Dec

Dougie’s Monday Maidana Mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans share their many thoughts on Marcos Maidana’s thrilling upset of Adrien Broner, what’s next for both welterweights, Alex Ariza’s corner controversy, the likelihood of Maidana getting a shot at Floyd Mayweather, and more in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Dec

No easy money in Texas: Marcos Maidana solves Adrien Broner

by Doug Fischer

Marcos Maidana shocked Adrien Broner and the boxing world by beating up and outpointing the heavily favored WBA welterweight titleholder in the main event of a stacked quadrupleheader on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Dec

Ring Ratings Update: Broner rated at 135 and 147, for now

by Doug Fischer

Adrien Broner is rated at lightweight and welterweight by THE RING. He seems done with the 135-pound division but the Ratings Panel has decided to wait until after his 147-pound title defense against Marcos Maidana before dropping him from lightweight.

Dec

Hall of Fame ballot deliberation

by Doug Fischer

With the International Boxing Hall of Fame announcing its class of 2014 today, Lee Groves, an elector since 2001, shares his voting thought process. Chosing Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad and Joe Calzaghe was a no brainer, but electors can checkmark up to 10 of the 45 names on the ballot.