Dougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans give their two cents on the Lucas Matthysse-Lamont Peterson fight, Ricky Burns’ unexpected struggle with Jose Gonzalez, Carl Froch and Miguel Cotto’s legacies, and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreQ&A: Danny Green
Danny Green is the most popular boxer in Australia and boxing writer Anson Wainwright found out why during a recent interview with the former light heavyweight titleholder. A rugged brute in the ring, Green is down-to-earth outside of it. The veteran made for an honest, thoughtful, funny Q&A.
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag
Hardcore fans and critics of Floyd Mayweather give Dougie their two cents about the pound-for-pound king and future hall of famer, while other readers focus on upcoming bouts and present mythical matchups, in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreLem’s latest: Pacquiao wants random drug testing
Manny Pacquiao is requesting random drug testing in advance of his Nov. 23 clash with Brandon Rios.
read moreBute has surgery, will receive cast next week
Former super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute had “several bone fragments” removed from his injured left hand during surgery on Thursday, according to his promoter, InterBox.
read moreBute’s injury forces cancellation of May 25 Montreal card
The hand injury that forced Lucian Bute to postpone his May 25 showdown with Jean Pascal has also resulted in the entire Montreal card to be cancelled. It is not known if the Canadian broadcast of Kessler-Froch II will air without Bute-Pascal.
read moreCharlo-Hopkins added to Maidana-Lopez card
Undefeated junior middleweight Jermell Charlo will take on Demetrius Hopkins as part of the Marcos Maidana-Josesito Lopez card on June 8.
read moreBute’s hand injury forces Pascal bout to be postponed
Former IBF super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute suffered an injury to his left hand that will force the postponement of his May 25 clash with fellow Canadian and former light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal.
read moreLem’s latest: Angry Angel says Judah gets KO’d in five
Angel Garcia, the father and trainer of Danny Garcia, called Zab Judah “a sissy” who is going to get his “ass whupped” for spoiling his son’s promotional signing event at a Brooklyn sports outlet on Tuesday.
read moreLem’s lastest: Macklin vows a beat-down for Golovkin
Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin claims that he will handle unbeaten WBA titleholder Gennady Golovkin in similar fashion to how Bernard Hopkins knocked out then-undefeated Felix Trinindad in the 12th round.
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