Dawson calls Ward ‘just another fighter’
Chad Dawson on Andre Ward: “He’s never been in there with a fighter like me. I don’t care what the media says or what people say, he’s never been in the ring with a fighter like me. On Sept. 8, he’s going to see something different in there, something he’s never seen before.”
read moreW. Klitschko faces tall order in Wach
RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will face a taller foe in challenger Mariusz Wach on Nov. 10.
read moreWard’s training camp notes; 24/7 Road to Ward-Dawson
Andre Ward on Chad Dawson: “There is not (just) one thing that’s dangerous about him; he is a good, all-around fighter. His credentials speak for themselves.”
read moreLem’s latest: Rigondeaux bout in jeopardy?
The bout between junior featherweights Guillermo Rigondeaux and Roberto Marroquin on the Sept. 15 Chavez-Martinez undercard could be in jeopardy following a complaint from promoter Gary Hyde.
read moreLem’s latest: Santa Cruz-Morel on Alvarez-Lopez card?
An IBF bantamweight title fight between beltholder Leo Santa Cruz and Eric Morel may complete the Sept. 15 quadrupleheader headlined by WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul Alvarez and Josesito Lopez.
read moreDawson training camp notes
RING light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is the son of a boxer, which helped him settle on the sport himself after struggling with the demands of three sports plus academics in high school.
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans bemoan the slow month of August, look forward to the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka showdown, ponder THE RING’s pound-for-pound rankings, and wonder which U.S. Olympians will excel as pros.
read moreHBO, Showtime fall dates to clash
Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that “there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing.”
read moreHBO lands Mitchell-Banks, Broner on Oct. 6 from Atlantic City
Unbeaten Adrien Broner on his inability to land an opponent thus far for Oct. 6: “Don’t nobody want to grab that rope to hang themselves, man. But anybody can get it. Everybody that’s anybody can get it.”
read moreWard inspired Shields, first U.S. women’s boxing Olympic champ
Far in advance of Thursday’s history-making Olympic gold medal-winning performance, Claressa Shields was offered encouragement by RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward, an Olympic gold medalist in 2004.
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