Dougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans share feedback on David Lemieux’s chilling one-shot KO of Curtis Stevens and wonder what’s next for the hard-punching middleweight contender.
read moreWill Tomlinson: ‘I didn’t come to America to take easy fights’
Unbeaten junior lightweight contender Will Tomlinson on his five-bout deal with Golden Boy Promotions: “I came here to test myself and see how good I really am.”
read moreMikey Garcia could face Burgos in first defense
Promoters Bob Arum and Artie Pelullo have put Juan Carlos Burgos on a very short list of possible options for Mikey Garcia’s first defense of the 130-pound belt he won on Saturday.
read moreLem’s latest: Provodnikov right at home versus Alvarado
Ruslan Provodnikov’s mother traveled from Russia for what is both her first trip to the U.S. and the first time she will be ringside to watch her son as he battles Mike Alvarado on Saturday.
read moreSalido represents Cruz’s toughest fight
Orlando Salido on Orlando Cruz: “I don’t think that he has faced anyone as tough as I am. I don’t think so at all. Daniel Ponce de Leon knocked him out, so I know that I’m going to be his toughest fight.”
read moreSeemingly still bitter Tyson says he ‘forgives’ King
Mike Tyson is excited about promoting his first boxing show, which will be televised on this week’s Friday Night Fights, but when asked if he can learn anything about the business from former promoter Don King, the former heavyweight champ got a little bitter. “I can learn how to manipulate my fighters and take advantage of them and tell them lies,” Tyson said.
read moreLem’s latest: Mitchell-Arreola, Khan-Alexander in works
Negotiations are ongoing for an early September fight between heavyweights Seth Mitchell and Chris Arreola.
read moreLem’s latest: Broner-Malignaggi a big draw
Adrien Broner’s split-decision victory over Paulie Malignaggi drew 1.3 million viewers, Showtime has reported.
read moreM. Garcia focused on Lopez; Gamboa no longer
RING and WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia: “Before I became the world champion, I wanted the biggest names in the game to show everybody what type of fighter I was, and at the time that was Yuriorkis Gamboa.”
read moreLem’s latest: De La Hoya discusses Mayweather-Alvarez
Oscar De La Hoya on Floyd Mayweather-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “Mayweather will stand in the pocket and fight. He’ll run and he’ll box, but he’ll also stay in the pocket and fight, which can make him vulnerable to being hit.”
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