Oct

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

Fans share their thoughts on Tommy Coyle’s chilling (and depressing) KO of the faded Michael Katsidis, Luke Campbell, Keith Thurman’s next bout, Bernard Hopkins-Sergey Kovalev, title unifications, the GGG hype train, and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag.

Oct

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fight fans share their thoughts on British middleweight contender Martin Murray, Anthony Joshua, Andre Ward, Nicholas Walters, Amir Khan, Gennady Golovkin and other fighters in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Oct

Gennady Golovkin-Marco Antonio Rubio scores big TV ratings on HBO

by Lem Satterfield

Gennady Golovkin HBO-televised stoppage of Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday was watched by 1,304 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, making his 18th consecutive knockout the second highest viewed premium cable boxing event of 2014.

Oct

Commentary: Tough decisions await Nonito Donaire in wake of KO loss

by Ryan Songalia

Nonito Donaire admitted that he can’t compete with featherweights like Nichols Walters, who stopped him in six rounds on Saturdays, but the 31-year-old Filipino star also says he won’t consider retirement yet. If he continues boxing he’s got some hard choices to make.

Oct

Gennady Golovkin doesn’t disappoint: Weekend Review

by Michael Rosenthal

The manner in which fans supported Gennady Golovkin on Saturday was as impressive as his knockout of Marco Antonio Rubio.

Oct

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans from around the world share their thoughts on Gennady Golovkin’s quick stoppage of Marco Antonio Rubio and Nicholas Walters’ impressive KO of Nonito Donaire and ask Dougie what’s next for the skilled power punchers in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Oct

Golovkin makes Southern California his new home with Rubio KO

by Doug Fischer

Gennady Golovkin made short work of Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday in Carson, California, but that didn’t disappoint the record crowd that came to see the WBA middleweight titleholder make his area debut.

Oct

Weigh-in results: Gennady Golovkin 159, Marco Antonio Rubio 161.8

by The Ring

Marco Antonio Rubio came in 1.8 pounds over weight for Saturday’s middleweight matchup with defending WBO titleholder Gennady Golovkin, who weighed in at 159. Rubio was given two hours to lose the excess.

Oct

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fight fans from around the world share their thoughts on Saturday’s Gennady Golovkin-Marco Antonio Rubio and Nonito Donaire-Nicholas Walters matchups, as well as Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler and Emanuel Augustus.

Oct

Gennady Golovkin: the making of a Los Angeles boxing attraction

by Doug Fischer

How did Gennady Golovkin, who defends his WBA middleweight title against Mexican veteran Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday at StubHub Center in Carson, California, become an attraction in the greater Los Angeles area without ever fighting in the region?