Dougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans ask Dougie’s opinion on fights that are made (Froch-Groves), fights that could be made (Brook-Khan, Matthysse-Provodnikov) and, of course, a bunch of mythical matchups (including Tyson-Bowe, Duran-Chavez, Pryor vs. the Fab Four). Enjoy!
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Lane makes overdue entry into Boxing Hall of Fame
Famous retired referee Mills Lane, who will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y., on June 9, was the third man in the ring for some of the greatest and most controversial bouts of the 1980s and ’90s.
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Dougie’s Friday mailbag
Read on for fan thoughts and questions about Tavoris Cloud-Bernard Hopkins, Keith Thurman-Jan Zaveck, Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero, Saul Alvarez-Austin Trout, what’s next for Manny Pacquiao and Andre Ward, plus other subjects in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!
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Buffer to be profiled on HBO’s debut of ‘Cornered’
Ageless Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer will be profiled on HBO’s debut series “Cornered” on March 5.
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Q&A Brotman: ‘Ronald Reagan would have been a good boxer’
Washington, D.C.’s Charlie Brotman served as a publicist for Sugar Ray Leonard, and will, yet again, preside over the Inaugural Parade when President Barack Obama is sworn in on Jan. 21.
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Brotman to reign over Obama’s parade
Washington, D.C.’s Charlie Brotman has touted Sugar Ray Leonard and Riddick Bowe, and will, yet again, preside over the Inaugural Parade when President Barack Obama is sworn in on Jan. 21.
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Lem’s latest: Chavez case review, Williams update
Julio Cesar Chavez’s positive post-fight drug test case will be reviewed in February; Plus, a Paul Williams update and a look at 6-foot-5 junior middleweight prospect Alantez Fox.
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Fried to advise Harrison
Undefeated welterweight Dusty Harrison, who is 18, has entered into an agreement with Washington, D.C.-based attorney Jeff Fried that includes a college component.
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Lem’s latest: Trout raises intensity for Cotto; Bowe-Holyfield I annivesary
Austin Trout on his fight with Miguel Cotto: “I’m looking at this as my golden opportunity. He’s had his time and done great things with it, but it’s my time now. I’ll be damned if I let this opportunity slip away from me.”
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Lem’s latest: Malignaggi, Tyson part of Brooklyn’s boxing legacy
Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi is part of a championship legacy that includes Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Zab Judah.
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