Oscar De La Hoya calls Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo ‘bombs away’
Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya called the junior middleweight fight between Canelo Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo a clash of “two Mexican warriors in the ring” during a media workout for Alvarez on Wednesday in San Diego.
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Dougie’s Friday mailbag
Love him or hate him, it’s hard to ignore Floyd Mayweather, whose name continues to buzz among fans and fight scribes even though he’s yet to name his May 3 opponent. The first mailbag of 2014 has its share of “Money-mails,” but also plenty of historical banter, stats and other subjects. Enjoy!
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Dougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts on the potential big fights of 2014, Floyd Mayweather’s recent Twitter-jabs at Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather’s merits versus Oscar De La Hoya’s, mythical middleweight matchups and more in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!
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Lem’s latest: Fox Deportes to air Golden Boy classics
Fox Deportes will air classic Golden Boy Promotions fights involving Floyd Mayweather Jr., Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trindad, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, among others on Dec. 23 and Dec. 29.
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Oscar De La Hoya, Bob Arum exchange X-mas greetings on Twitter
Among the things Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya said to rival Top Rank CEO Bob Arum during their exchanged Christmas greetings on Twitter was “Let’s make these fights for the fans.”
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Lem’s latest: Schaefer touts welters
Golden Boy’s Dec. 7 and Dec. 14 shows will feature what Richard Schaefer calls “the best fights that you can make at 147,” including Adrien Broner-Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander-Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman-Jesus Soto Karass, and Paulie Malignaggi-Zab Judah.
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Rios, Garcia don’t talk Pacquiao with Ariza
Brandon Rios expects to be faster and lighter on his feet against Manny Pacquiao as a result of working with Alex Ariza, but and his trainer, Robert Garcia, don’t discuss strategy with the strength and conditioning coach.
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Weigh-in has alien, short cake, kick-ass threats
Bernard Hopkins vows to march on at 48 years old against Karo Murat, Deontay Wilder tries to earn his 30th knockout without a loss, and Peter Quillin and Gabriel Rosado trash talk in advance of Showtime’s Saturday tripleheader.
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Hopkins ‘craves’ KO versus Murat, shot at Mayweather
Bernard Hopkins on Karo Murat: “I need a stoppage, definitely. I haven’t had a knockout since 2004.”
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Lem’s latest: Rosado calls Golovkin’s gloves ‘suspect’
Gabriel Rosado says Gennady Golovkin’s Grant brand gloves had less cushion across the knuckle area than the ones he wore during his seventh-round stoppage loss to Golovkin in January.
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