Dougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts on Luis Ortiz’s next opponent, Canelo’s chances against GGG and touted worldwide popularity, and other subjects in this week’s Friday mailbag.
read moreLem’s latest: Jermain Taylor faces Candelo on Broner-Maidana card
Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor will face Juan Carlos Candelo on the undercard of the Dec. 14 main event featuring Adrien Broner against Marcos Maidana.
read moreQuillin-Jacobs on tap?
Middleweight beltholder Peter Quillin could soon defend his WBO title against promotional stablemate Danny Jacobs.
read moreLem’s latest: Shafikov, Diaz, Ramirez win
Junior welterweight/lightweight contender Denis Shafikov, former lightweight titleholder Juan Diaz, and junior welterweight Jose Carlos Ramirez all won by knockout on Saturday night during a Top Rank-promoted event in Laredo, Texas.
read moreLem’s latest: Garcia targets ‘showcase night’ versus Matthysse
RING junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia says of No. 1-rated Lucas Matthysse, who challenges him on Sept. 14: “If he’s not careful, he’s gonna get hurt.”
read moreLem’s latest: BWAA honors Donaire, Garcia, Marquez-Pacquiao
In accepting his award for Fighter of the Year, an emotional Nonito Donaire spoke of coming a long way since being the “small, frail, asthmatic little boy” of his childhood.
read moreLem’s latest: Quillin-Guerrero done; Golden Boy gets Lara-Martirosyan II
WBO middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin will make his first defense against Fernando Guerrero on the Feb. 9 undercard of a main event featuring RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia and Zab Judah.
read moreGolden Boy touts Bika-Sjekloca, Salita-Camacho Jr., Charlo-Yorgey
Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika could face Nikola Sjekloca for the WBC’s interim belt on Feb. 16, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
read moreAdvisor says Trout will stop Cotto
Sam Watson likes Austin Trout’s chances against Cotto, saying that Trout is “gonna just tear his ass up.”
read moreJacobs to return on Dec. 1 Cotto-Trout card
Once-beaten middleweight prospect Danny Jacobs will return to the ring on the Dec. 1 Miguel Cotto-Austin Trout undercard, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
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