Feb

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

Some boxing fans are worried sick over the possibility of Canelo Alvarez pushing back his anticipated showdown with Gennady Golovkin. Dougie’s talks them off the ledge in this week’s Monday mailbag.

Feb

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans continue their feedback on the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan fight (including their anticipation, analysis and criticism of the matchup) and share thoughts on other subjects in this week’s Monday mailbag.

Nov

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans share their thoughts on Wladimir Klitschko’s surprisingly entertaining stoppage of Kubrat Pulev, what might be next for the heavyweight champ, who might have a prayer of beating him, as well as the Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri fight, gatekeepers, and mythical matchups in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Aug

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans share their thoughts on Danny Garcia and the lack activity among today’s elite boxers, the Garcia-Salka, Hopkins-Kovalev and Porter-Brook matchups, Takashi Uchiyama, Mikey Garcia, Jorge Linares, and much more in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Jan

Gennady Golovkin’s trainer: ‘We have the best fighter in the world’

by Lem Satterfield

WBA middleweight beltholder Gennady Golovkin “beats” RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward if they were to meet, according to Golovkin’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, who ranks the 160-pounder behind Sugar Ray Robinson and Bernard Hopkins as the best in the division’s history.

Jan

Motorcycle accident takes Thomas Oosthuizen off Pascal-Bute card

by Lem Satterfield

South African light heavyweight Thomas Oosthuizen has suffered a motorcycle accident that will take him off a Jan. 18 card featuring Jean Pascal against Lucian Bute.

Jan

Andre Ward calls Gennady Golovkin ‘a great fight for boxing’

by Lem Satterfield

RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward on the prospect of facing WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin: “A lot of people say that he’s gotten a lot of unnecessary hype, but I’ve got a lot of respect for Gennady Golovkin…When that fight happens, it’s going to be a great fight for boxing.”

Jan

Manager: Sergey Kovalev ‘is not a racist’

by Lem Satterfield

WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev’s reference to African Americans as “dark-skinned people” during a Russian-language interview was not meant as a negative “for black persons,” according to his manager, Egis Klimas.

Jan

Sergey Kovalev eyes March return, Adonis Stevenson

by Lem Satterfield

WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev could return to the ring in Moscow as early as March, accordingto his manager, Egis Klimas. Kovalev says he wants to fight RING champ Adonis Stevenson in 2014.

Dec

Beibut Shumenov wants Bernard Hopkins next

by Lem Satterfield

WBA beltholder Beibut Shumenov wants to unify all of the belts in the division, beginning with a bout against IBF titleholder Bernard Hopkins in March or April.