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Fans had lots of feedback on Lucas Matthysse's impressive third-round stoppage of Lamont Peterson and plenty of opinions on a potential showdown with Danny Garcia, as well as other fights, including the Carl Froch-Mikkel Kessler rematch, in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Read on for fans' thoughts on Saturday's excellent 140-pound (OK, 141-pound) showdown between Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse in this very late edition of Dougie's Friday mailbag. (He's really sorry about that, but still, enjoy!)

Fans give their two cents on the Lucas Matthysse-Lamont Peterson fight, Ricky Burns' unexpected struggle with Jose Gonzalez, Carl Froch and Miguel Cotto's legacies, and much more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Hardcore fans and critics of Floyd Mayweather give Dougie their two cents about the pound-for-pound king and future hall of famer, while other readers focus on upcoming bouts and present mythical matchups, in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Read on for all the fan feedback on Floyd Mayweather's masterful domination of Robert Guerrero, as well as questions and speculation about what might be next for the Pound-for-Pound king, that one Monday mailbag can hold (don't worry, there will be more in Friday's mailbag). Enjoy!

Mark E. Ortega gathered news, notes and quotes from Antonio Tarver and James Kirkland, among others, during the Fox Sports Net boxing card that took place the night before the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero event in Las Vegas.

Fans give their various takes on tomorrow night’s big Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero showdown and present a number of fascinating mythical matchups for Dougie to dissect in this week’s Friday "May Day" mailbag. Enjoy!

Fight fans from around the globe offer their feedback on this past Saturday's huge offering of major matchups, including RING champs Sergio Martinez's and Danny Garcia's tougher-than-expected title defenses, in this week's Monday mailbag.

Fans provide questions and comments on tomorrow's Danny Garica-Zab Judah and Sergio Martinez-Martin Murray RING championship bouts; more feedback on Alvarez-Trout, Donaire-Rigondeaux and Fury-Cunningham, and other subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Read on for a lot of mixed fan reactions to Saul Alvarez's unanimous decision victory over Austin Trout, plus feedback on Tyson Fury-Steve Cunningham and much more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans have varying opinions and a lot to say about tomorrow night's RING junior featherweight championship between Nonito Donaire and Guillermo Rigondeaux in this week's Friday mailbag. Read on and enjoy!

Dougie is asked about his thoughts on this past Saturday's boxing card from Macau, the Peruvian presence on the most recent Friday Night Fights main event and the terrific action boxing fans have been treated to early this year in this week's Monday Mailbag. Enjoy!

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!

Fans give their two cents on referee Russell Mora, Dib-Gradovich, Malignaggi-Broner, Mayweather-Canelo, and get Dougie’s thoughts on numerous upcoming fights and mythical matchups, in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy! 

Fans continue their feedback on the major fights of the past weekend -- including Tony Thompson-David Price, Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt and Ishe Smith-Cornelius Bundrage -- along with other subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans ask for Dougie's thoughts on Floyd Mayweather's move from HBO to Showtime, this weekend's fights and upcoming showdowns, such as Donaire-Rigondeaux and Mayweather-Guerrero, in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Sorry for the late posting of this week's Friday mailbag, folks. (Valentine's Day evening was rough.) But here it is, complete with fans' questions and comments on Adrien Broner, The Problem's Saturday lightweight title defense against Gavin Rees, and other subjects. Enjoy!

Readers comment on Nonito Donaire's recent decisions and his legacy, tomorrow night's Frankie Gomez-Lanard Lane fight, major boxing cards being scheduled on the same day, and RingTV.com's current poll in this week's Friday mailbag.

Fans express a variety of opinions on Lucas Matthysse, his one-round KO of Mike Dallas Jr., and the potential matchups that exist for him in the 140-pound division in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans had plenty to say about Mikey Garcia, Gennady Golovkin and Gabriel Rosado in this week's Monday mailbag. Read on for their thoughts on the Boxing After Dark tripleheader, plus mythical matchups and more. Enjoy!

Fans give their final thoughts on Manny Pacquiao's fall to Juan Manuel Marquez, as well as opinions on Amir Khan, Nonitio Donaire, and much more in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans give their two cents on Amir Khan, Nonito Donaire, Deontay Wilder, Alfredo Angulo and much more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans have plenty of positive feedback on both Austin Trout and Miguel Cotto plus thoughts and questions on what both junior middleweights should do next (most of which involve Saul "Canelo" Alvarez) in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans have questions about the promotional/business side of Saturday's Miguel Cotto-Austin Trout showdown, more feedback on Guerrero-Berto and a potential Mayweather-Guerrero fight, plus pro and con opinions on the late Hector Camacho in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

The Ring editors Michael Rosenthal and Doug Fischer gave their thoughts on Robert Guerrero's hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Andre Berto immediately after the grueling HBO-televised showdown.

Fans weigh in on tomorrow's toss-up welteweight showdown between Andre Berto and Robert Guerrero as well as other upcoming fights and subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy.

From TheRingDigital YouTube channel: RingTV.com editor Doug Fischer gave his post-fight thoughts on the heated action and drama of the Brian Viloria-Hernan Marquez/Roman Gonzalez-Juan Estrada doubleheader from the L.A. Sports Arena.

Fans give their two cents on the Antonio DeMarco-Adrien Broner showdown, ask questions about Edwin Valero, and propose legendary mythical matchups with heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy! 

Fans get Dougie's picks and opinions on upcoming major fights and potential machups -- including Mares-Morneo, Viloria-Marquez, DeMarco-Broner, Ward-Pavlik, Golovkin-Oosthuizen and Garcia-Judah -- as well as other subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Readers have questions and comments about some of the fighters who were in action this past weekend, including Lucian Bute, Fernando Guerrero and J'Leon Love, plus thoughts on overlooked Olympic gold medalists in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Lee Groves recounts his last trip, to Verona, N.Y., for HBO's Boxing After Dark tripleheader, which was Thursday, Oct. 25, the day Emaneul Steward passed away. Groves details the challenging process of writing a fitting tribute to a beloved boxing icon. 

Fans give their thoughts on the even matchups of the past weekend, including the Rocky Juarez-Antonio Escalante fight, as well as Kell Brook, Amir Khan, Brian Viloria and Len Wickwar (who??? - just read the column) in this week's Monday mailbag.

Dougie shares some thoughts on Emanuel Steward before answering questions about Danny Garcia, Amir Khan, junior welterweight and middleweight division machups, and boxing's unbreakable records in this week's Friday mailbag.

Fans share their thoughts on Danny Garcia's fourth-round KO of Erik Morales, the fighters they hope to see the young junior welterweight champ take on next, as well as other subjects (such as unbreakable boxing records) in this week's Monday mailbag.

Fans share their thoughts and questions about the upcoming Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado showdown, this past Saturday's Yoshihiro Kamegai-Jorge Silva fight, mythical eight-man tournaments and more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans give their opinions on super middleweight contender Edwin Rodriguez, welterweight standout Antonin Decarie, Amir Khan, the best matchups that can be made in every division, and much more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Read on for all of the fan feedback on Andre Ward's impressive stoppage of Chad Dawson and Lucas Matthysse's brutal TKO of Olusegun Ajose that you can handle in this week's Monday Mail Bag. Enjoy!

A fan who is unhappy with what he calls the "Golovkin craze" rudely vents his venom upon Dougie, while others share their questions and opinions on Ward-Dawson, Matthysse-Ajose, Toshiaki Nishoka and more in this week's Friday mailbag.

Readers ask Dougie uncommon questions -- such as which boxing moments have made him laugh out loud -- in this week's Monday mailbag. Being a true boxing geek, Dougie's got some long-winded answers for them. 

Fans bemoan the slow month of August, look forward to the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka showdown, ponder THE RING's pound-for-pound rankings, and wonder which U.S. Olympians will excel as pros.   

Fans bring up Mike McCallum, Evander Holyfield, the anticipated Donaire-Nishioka/Rios-Alvarado card, and a bunch of mythical matchups - most of which involve Antonio Margarito - in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy! 

This week's Friday mailbag has enough mythical matchups and What-If scenarios to satisfy Uatu the Watcher. There's also debate on Manny Pacquiao's controversial gay marriage comments and Floyd Mayweather's all-time great status. Enjoy!

Fans give their opinions on the Lamont Peterson controversy, The Fight Game with Jim Lampley, David Haye vs. Derrick Chisora, the junior middleweight division and mythical matchups involving Floyd Mayweather, in this week's Monday mailbag.

Lamont Peterson had good offers for other fights after beating Amir Khan last December, but the new WBA/IBF 140-pound titleholder accepted an immediate rematch with Khan - on May 19 in Las Vegas - to give fans what they wanted.

Lou DiBella knows Sergio Martinez's St. Patrick's Day showdown with Matthew Macklin will be an exciting fight, but he wishes the middleweight champ could secure a mega-event. Martinez, however, remains postive that bigger fights are coming.

Orlando Salido got up from a knockdown and wore down Juan Manuel Lopez to a 10th-round stoppage in a thrilling rematch slugfest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday. Salido retained the WBO featherweight title he won from Lopez last year.

Readers give their opinions on the Orlando Salido-Juan Manuel Lopez rematch, Yuriorkis Gamboa and his situation with Brandon Rios and Top Rank, as well as many other boxing subjects in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Orlando Salido, a more rugged and experienced fighter than Juan Manuel Lopez, knocked out the talented Puerto Rican when they first fought. Can Lopez, the more athletic and technical boxer, turn the tables on the hardnosed Mexican?

Top Rank president Todd duBoef was miffed that Yuriorkis Gamboa skipped the second press conference, in L.A. on Tuesday, announcing the April 14 fight with Brandon Rios, but would not call the bout off or speculate on a replacement for Gamboa.

Readers give their two cents on Wladimir Klitschko, and the heavyweight champ's historical standing, as well as the Lucian Bute-Carl Froch fight, Joan Guzman, and much more in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!