By John J. Raspanti (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): here was no need to hype the third fight between warriors Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado. Their first two bouts were brutal delights, with each man claming a victory. The main question heading into tonight’s third go-around was who had more left in the tank. Two minutes into the rubber match, it was obvious that Rios was the more energetic fighter. The 28-year-old from Oxnard, Ca. pounded Alvarado from pillar to post--leading to a stoppage..

Jan 24, 2015, Broomfield, Co. Boxing results and photo for Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado III.

Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. James Kirkland is on! In a fresh report on the LA Times as well as various sources on social media, Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya is confirming that Saul ’Canelo’ Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) vs. James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs)is set for May and to be televised by HBO...

Allan Scotto: Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related issue...

Compiled by Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you’d like...

By John J. Raspanti (Photo © German Villasenor, MaxBoxing): Most boxing fans remember Mark Breland. He captured gold at the 1984 Olympic Games by boxing circles around his opponents. Breland parlayed his Olympic success into a solid professional career winning 35 of 38 fights. He won the WBA world welterweight title on two occasions in the 1980s. Still, there were some who said he was overratedand never reached his potential. Critics...

Not everyone is betting that the dream match, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao will happen. One such person is Boxing Promoter, Lou DiBella. Although DiBella thinks there is a chance the fight will happen, he is not willing to bet that it does. Dibella says...

Say good bye to the "Problem" child of boxing?! Wouldn’t it be great if Adrien Broner grew up and stopped acting like a useless clown in public? You know, rather than come off as an immature jerk, he acted more like a man his age and a role model for the young boxing fans watching him at home?...

"He has power that everyone should respect," says Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya in regards to Golden Boy’s latest signing, David Lemieux. Check out this special video which features...

You know what the hot question is these days. Will we see the fight boxing fans all want? Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. versus Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao? Super middleweight boxing champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward says: "I don’t know. I hope so, man...

The tides of Boxing are ever changing these days. The landscape is suddenly very different with new on the scene Roc Nation (Jay-Z’s boxing promotions), and that TV mega-deal Al Haymon just pulled off with NBC. Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is striving, Kathy Duva’s Main Events is doing well also. Hey, if anything, it’s good to be a boxing fan these days...

By John J. Raspanti (Photo © German Villasenor): The expected knockout didn’t happen, but Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) became the first American heavyweight fighter since Shannon Briggs to win a piece of the heavyweight crown by jabbing his way to a 12-round unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne (24-2-1, 16 KOs) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Saturday night. The scores were 118-109, 119-108 and 120-107. Maxboxing and Doghouseboxing had Wilder winning the match 118-110...

Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you’d like...

By John J. Raspanti: The questions here are many and varied. Can challenger Deontay Wilder take a punch? Will WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne be able to counter the wide shots of Wilder? Does Wilder have a stamina issue? Is Stiverne too slow to catch Wilder? Does previous competition mean that much when two huge men with power duke it out? Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) will be defending the crown he captured when he eliminated Chris Arreola last year. Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) pummeled...

"I want the biggest fight in boxing which you know is against Floyd Mayweather." Amir Khan wants Floyd Mayweather. We all know that... so check out this prank (video) pulled on Khan and have a good laugh...

Oh, the drama! Will Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao finally become a reality? Boxing trainer Virgil Hunter says: "You know what? My approach to that is, when it happens... it happens."...

Manny Pacquiao and boxing fans will get the match we want. It seems inevitable this time around - never mind all past negotiations, for time is no longer on anyone’s side here. If a fight fails to materialize this go around, then the public out cry will more than likely...

By Allan Scotto: Happy Wednesday fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related issue you would like to comment on. We welcome and appreciate your participation, so take a minute; scroll down and leave your comment. Now on to today’s question(s): Well, for the first time in a long time, there is excitement over a fight in the heavyweight division. This Saturday, Deontay W

Even at the age of 50, He certainly is a top dog in Boxing. However, is it time for Bernard Hopkins to hang up the gloves? Can we expect more from "The Alien"?...

By Derek Bonnett: The 2015 boxing year is underway. Now that pundits and casual fans have put their pens away after designating the best of this and that and assigning year end awards, it’s time to start all over again. The practitioners of the greatest sport on the planet wait for no one as Francisco Santana punched his ticket as the first KO of the Year candidate while cleaning the clock of Kendal Mena on ESPN. The match-up itself was a mismatch between fringe contender and last minute

By Derek Bonnett: Back in 2012, Pedro Guevara received his first world title shot. He was dropped in the opening round by then champion John Reil Casimero, but rose to his feet to see the remaining 12 rounds out only to see defeat with two judges’ cards showing the difference of only one point. Guevara did not hang his head for too long and went on to build a six fight win-streak through 2013 and 2014...

What if I told you the best chin in boxing belonged to a 50 year old man? You’d say I must be talking about Bernard Hopkins. Obviously you’d be correct because Hopkins is a freak of nature... an "Alien" out of this world...

One of the best boxing scribes in the business, and certainly one of our favorites of our here at Doghouse Boxing is Matthew Aguilar. With the New Year upon us, Aguilar has compiled a list of the be...

In a new video released by TMZ, Adrien Broner had a message for rap mogul and boxing promoter, Jay-Z. You can view the full video embedded on the left hand side of this page...

"Arriba! Arriba! Andale! Arriba!" Remember Speedy Gonzalez (Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons)? That mexican mouse was super fast. Speedy probably would have made for a great boxer if there was a Mouse-Weight division! Speed is a tool which is very useful in boxing. In his latest column for El Paso Times, Matthew Aguilar ranks his top 3 fastest boxers in the game...

Work the jab! It’s the best punch to utilize in setting up your next shot and keeping your opponent at bay. So, being that it is such an important part of a boxer’s arsenal... who’s the best of the best when it comes to throwing their jab?...

Three-time world boxing champ Adrien Broner fiercely attacked Jay Z for what he says is a highly insulting offer to join Roc Nation Sports...

"I wanted the KO bad" - Dusty Hernandez-Harrison remains impressive & undefeated on Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports; "Throne Boxing" card...

Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you’d like...

John J. Raspanti: Jerry Fitch has spent most of his life writing about boxing. He’s the author of two engaging books on pugilism, James Louis Bivens: The Man Who Would...

There is a man in boxing who is everything. He advises the world’s highest-paid athlete in Floyd Mayweather Jr. He handles the majority of fighters on Showtime’s telecasts. His stable generates hundreds of millions in annual revenue. He seems to sign a boxer (or five) every week...

According to Oscar De La Hoya, via his very own personal media site, Ring, the boxing promoter is confirming that his company, Golden Boy Promotions has signed Mercito Gesta (27 years of age from the Philippines) and...

By Matthew Hurley: The MaxBoxing pound-for-pound list for January 2015 consists of only one significant change. Although pound-for-pound lists are mythical and certainly debatable, inactivity counts against a fighter, no matter how talented, almost as much as a loss. In December we dropped super middleweight champion Andre Ward for inactivity. Ward has not fought since November of 2013 and still has nothing scheduled. He remains off the list...

By Allan Scotto: Happy Tuesday fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related issue you would like to comment on. We welcome and appreciate your participation, so take a minute; scroll down and leave your comment below. Now on to today’s question(s)...

Saul Canelo Alvarez calls on Miguel Cotto. Sign the fight contract. In an open letter to the boxing media former WBC junior middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez has called on WBC middleweight champ Miguel Cotto to sign the contract and fight him in the ring on May 2...

In today’s news wire here at Dog House Boxing, I came across an interesting article by Kevin Iole (Yahoo Sports). Iole (a well respected veteran boxing & MMA scribe) posted his list of the most powerful figures in boxing for the year that just ended. Below, I list the Top 5 as ranked by Iole, followed by a link to the full story on Yahoo Sports, which lists in full, (with reasoning behind the choices) the top 25 most powerful...

Most people can’t afford one Bugatti supercar, worth around $2 million - Floyd Mayweather has 3. The boxing champ just showed off his insane car collection -- comprised of some of the most rare and expensive cars in the world...

Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you’d like...

By John J. Raspanti: There were a number of outstanding fights in 2014. Last August, strawweights Francisco Rodriguez Jr. and Katsunari Takayama battled for 12 rounds at the famed Arena Monterey in Monterrey, MX. Takayama had the edge in the first half of the fight. Rodriguez dug deep and battled on, eventually overtaking Takayama in the last few rounds. The give and take nature of the bout left the crowd salivating for more.

By John J. Raspanti (Image by icheehuahua, MaxBoxing): After his fighter, former heavyweight champion of the world, Max Schmeling "lost" by decision to Jack Sharkey in 1932, Schmeling’s manager, Joe Jacobs, grabbed the microphone at Madison Square Garden and bellowed, "We wuz robbed." In the shady world of boxing, there were a number of similar decisions in 2014 that left many fans and commentators shaking their heads in disbelief. Just two weeks ago, on a special Thursday night card on ES

By Mikko Salo: The year 2014 saw the heavyweight division gather momentum on different fronts. In Europe, the main market in today`s heavyweight landscape, the Undisputed Champion Wladimir Klitschko fought a 5-round barnburner against top contender Kubrat Pulev. The entertaining HBO-televised match-up proved us once again what kind of a special era in heavyweight boxing we are all witnessing. Klitschko is one of the all-time heavyweight kings and is not about to relinquish his crown...

As last year is officially over, and the New Year is among us - Cheers! to all. In a news wire find (on our home page here at Dog House), I came across some interesting numbers as posted by International Business Times, pertaining to the richest boxers of last year. So who came out the richest?...

By John J. Raspanti: There were a lot of great candidates for MaxBoxing’s Fighter of the Year. Such as... Terence Crawford (25-0, 17 KOs) had a phenomenal 2014. In March, Crawford, of Omaha, Neb., traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to defeat hometown hero Ricky Burns. He returned to Omaha three months later and stopped talented Yuriorkis Gamboa in the ninth round of a thrilling bout. Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) rolled through 2014 by…

Regarding Amir Khan’s latest outing, Boxing Promoter Oscar De La Hoya in this new video, says: "I would say it was his best performance (vs. Devon Alexander) and his most dominant performance of Amir Khan’s career. He fought an elite fighter, a southpaw, a guy who toyed with Marcos Maidana, which had the fight of his life with Mayweather."...

By Allan Scotto: Happy Tuesday fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related issue you would like to comment on. We welcome and appreciate your participation, so take a minute; scroll down and leave your comment below. Now on to today’s question(s)... Recently, when asked how to improve judging in boxing, Teddy Atlas suggested, among a number of...

A fight to the death? Was it basically human cock-fighting? In this new video, the legendary Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini and veteran boxing scribe Steve "K9" Kim discuss the Rahman Bros. suing Floyd Mayweather Jr...

Is Haymon good or bad for boxing? A fair question, right? This top panel discusses the pros and cons of one of the biggest boxing promoters, Al Haymon. You don’t want to miss out on this one, as It’s a hot topic on an interesting man (Haymon)...

Who’s the fighter of the year? Do you want some answers from some true boxing experts? In this brand new video, you’ll get it...

Pound for pound lists, everyone’s got one... So as the year is set to end, here is the latest Top 10 P4P world boxing ranks by Jeff Powell for the Daily Mail...

In Jeff Powell’s (Daily Mail) latest updated Top 10 UK pound for pound best in boxing list, Carl Froch sits in the top spot. Amir Khan takes the 2nd spot, while his rival, Kell Brook takes in 3rd...