Dougie’s Friday Mailbag (GGG-Plant, Felix Savon, strange matchups)
GOLOVKIN VS. PLANT, CANELO-GGG 3 Hey Dougie! Hope all is well. Quick question: Would it be a good idea for GGG to actively...
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
In this week’s Monday mailbag fans share their thoughts on Shawn Porter’s decision over Adrien Broner, Andre Ward’s dominant stoppage of Paul Smith and David Lemieux’s thrilling IBF middleweight title win against Hassan N’Dam.
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Lem’s latest: Manager makes case for Marcos Maidana against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Marcos Maidana’s manager, Sebasian Contursi, believes his fighter would make for a more exciting bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. than would Amir Khan.
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Richard Schaefer chosen Promoter of The Year by Sports Illustrated
Richard Schaefer on being chosen Promoter of The Year by Sports Illustrated: “In the end, this is all about the fans of our great sport and I will continue to deliver the best fights and fighters to them in 2014 and beyond.”
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Trainer Robert Garcia: The transformation of Marcos Maidana
Robert Garcia on Marcos Maidana’s win over Adrien Broner: “We were ready to throw 100 punches a round. We know that’s the only way to beat somebody like Adrien Broner, or that’s the way to beat somebody like Floyd Mayweather [Jr.,]. That’s the way [Roberto] Duran beat Sugar Ray Leonard.”
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Keith Thurman: ‘I’m ready for the world’
Richard Schaefer: “I think the question is, who can beat Keith Thurman? I don’t there there’s anybody. I just don’t think there is anybody who is going to beat Keith Thurman.”
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Shawn Porter makes case for Marcos Maidana fight
Shawn Porter on Marcos Maidana’s victory over Adrien Broner: “It didn’t go the way that I thought it would go. I actually thought that Broner would move more and use his quickness, but Maidana came in and got the job done.”
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Lem’s latest: Body-punching 101: Marcos Maidana-Adrien Broner
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer on Marcos Maidana-Adrien Broner: “I would like to see a rematch. I would like a rematch at the Alamodome. There is no rematch clause.”
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Experts analyze Paul Malignaggi-Zab Judah buddy bash
Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah will meet in Saturday’s clash of Brooklyn natives. Sixteen boxing experts are split over who will win the showdown between the veteran two-division titleholders.
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Lem’s latest: Malignaggi vows ‘no love taps’ with Judah
Paulie Malignaggi says he is motivated to defeat Zab Judah, despite the fact that the Brooklyn natives are friends. Malignaggi and Judah headline a Showtime-televised card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday.
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