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British Fireworks! Boxing\’s Esham Pickering and Michael Hunter Go To War

By saddo October 29th, 2005 All Boxing Results

It was British boxing at it's finest last night when European and Commonwealth Champion Esham Pickering and British Champion Michael Hunter collided on a superb Matchroom Promotions card televised by Sky TV. The clash took place in Hartlepool, England's Borough Hall in front of a packed house of Hunter's rabid hometown fans. It was an action packed fight with Pickering surprisingly going on the attack instantly in round one. "Brown Sugar" dropped Hunter with a great left hook midway in the first, but the British Champion beat the count and made it through the round. Hunter was down again in the second from the very same left hook from the European Champion. Despite the knockdowns, Hunter was still fighting back and landing some great shots of his own but the difference was that he couldn't hurt Pickering. More...

Exclusive Photos: Michael Jennings Uses Boxing Skills To Retain British Welterweight Title.

By saddo October 26th, 2005 All Boxing Articles, Boxing Photos

**Ringside Boxing Photos by Jane Warburton**

On a Sports Network card from the Northern English city of Preston, British Welterweight Champion Michael Jennings had to climb off the canvas to overcome challenger Bradley Pryce over the course of twelve hard fought rounds. It was an exciting fight from start to finish as Jennings started slow, allowing Pryce to capitalise on some flaws in Jennings defence. The Welshman dropped the champion

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in the first, but Jennings showed great heart and intelligence by getting his defence up and going into survival mode until his senses returned.

Jennings didn’t look very good on the outside and was losing the long range war until the local hero changed tactics. "The Chorley Lurcher" took over the rest of the fight by being quicker to the punch, scoring with short combinations on the inside during what turned out to be a great war. More...

Ring Magazine Weekly Boxing Ratings

By saddo October 22nd, 2005 All Ring Ratings

Ring Boxing Ratings for Period Ended October 19, 2005

POUND-FOR-POUND 1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER Junior Welterweight 2. WINKY WRIGHT Junior Middleweight 3. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA Junior Lightweight 4. MANNY PACQUIAO Junior Lightweight 5. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ Featherweight 6. ERIK MORALES Junior Lightweight 7. RICKY HATTON Junior Welterweight 8. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO Junior Welterweight 9. JERMAIN TAYLOR Middleweight 10. BERNARD HOPKINS Middleweight

HEAVYWEIGHTS Weight Unlimited Champ: VITALI KLITSCHKO Ukraine 35-2 (34) 1. CHRIS BYRD Flint, MI 39-2-1 (20) 2. JOHN RUIZ Methuen, MA 41-5-1 (28) 3. HASIM RAHMAN Baltimore, MD 41-5-1 (33) 4. JAMES TONEY Ann Arbor, MI 69-4-2 (43) 5. LAMON BREWSTER Los Angeles, CA 33-2 (29) 6. MONTE BARRETT Queens, NY 31-4 (17) 7. CALVIN BROCK Charlotte, NC 26-0 (21) 8. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO Ukraine 45-3 (40) 9. SAMUEL PETER Las Vegas, NV 24-1 (21) 10. JAMEEL McCLINE Clifton, NJ 32-5-3 (20)

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Boxing Ticket Info: Audley Harrison Vs Danny Williams

By saddo October 20th, 2005 All Press Releases

2000 Olympic Champion Audley Harrison will fight former British Champion Danny Williams on December 10 in the biggest all-British heavyweight title fight since Lennox Lewis beat Frank Bruno over a decade ago.

There's plenty of pride at stake as they slug it out to decide who really is the best in Britain.

Premier promoters Sports Network have put together a superb fight card that also sees Bedford brawler Matt Skelton's challenge recent Mike Tyson conquerer Kevin McBride for the Vacant WBU World Heavyweight title. More...

ESPN The Contender Coverage!

By saddo October 16th, 2005 All Boxing Results

The Staples Center in Los Angeles was filled with over 15,000 fans last night, all there to witness the first series of bouts that make up ESPN's popular television program "The Contender" now in it's second season. SaddoBoxing's own Adam Matson was at the helm to provide a superb round by round account of the action packed contests. Peter Manfredo Jr Vs Sergio Mora Anthony Bonsante Vs Jesse Brinkley Alfonso Gomez Vs Luciano Perez

Ring Magazine Weekly Boxing Ratings

By saddo October 13th, 2005 All Ring Ratings

Ring Boxing Ratings for Period Ended October 12, 2005

POUND-FOR-POUND 1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER Junior Welterweight 2. WINKY WRIGHT Junior Middleweight 3. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA Junior Lightweight 4. MANNY PACQUIAO Junior Lightweight 5. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ Featherweight 6. ERIK MORALES Junior Lightweight 7. RICKY HATTON Junior Welterweight 8. DIEGO CORRALES Lightweight 9. JERMAIN TAYLOR Middleweight 10. BERNARD HOPKINS Middleweight

HEAVYWEIGHTS Weight Unlimited Champ: VITALI KLITSCHKO Ukraine 35-2 (34) 1. CHRIS BYRD Flint, MI 39-2-1 (20) 2. JOHN RUIZ Methuen, MA 41-5-1 (28) 3. HASIM RAHMAN Baltimore, MD 41-5-1 (33) 4. JAMES TONEY Ann Arbor, MI 69-4-2 (43) 5. LAMON BREWSTER Los Angeles, CA 33-2 (29) 6. MONTE BARRETT Queens, NY 31-4 (17) 7. CALVIN BROCK Charlotte, NC 26-0 (21) 8. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO Ukraine 45-3 (40) 9. SAMUEL PETER Las Vegas, NV 24-1 (21) 10. JAMEEL McCLINE Clifton, NJ 32-5-3 (20

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Boxing Info: Castillo bet Gary Shaw $100,000.00 that he will knock out Corrales

By saddo October 8th, 2005 All Boxing Articles, Boxing Photos

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At 3:PM on Saturday.Oct.8th.2005,in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center just hours before the much awaited rematch between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, Castillo was made to weigh-in again due to him not making weight(135lbs.) at the official weigh-in on Friday. Under the new deal between Bob Arum and Gary Shaw,Castillo and Corrales' respective promoters Castillo was required to weigh not more than 147lbs.,which he did,however to add more drama to this compelling rematch, Castillo bet Gary Shaw,Corrales' promoter ($100,000.00)one hundred thousand dollars that he will knock out Corrales.

Jorge Arce Vs Hussein Hussein Boxing Weigh-in Results

By saddo October 7th, 2005 All Boxing Photos, Press Releases

Boxing - Jorge Arce weighed in at 111 and Hussein Hussein weighed in at 112,square off at the weigh-in at Caesars Palace 10,07,2005 for there fight on the televisied undercard of the Corrales vs Castillo rematch at The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas live on SHOWTIME Pay Per View,9:PM ET,6:PM PT.Oct.8th.,2005

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Bobby Pacquiao Vs Carlos Hernandez Boxing Weigh in Results

By saddo October 7th, 2005 All Boxing Articles

Bobby Pacquiao weighed in at 130 and Carlos Hernandez weighed in at 132,square off at the weigh-in at Caesars Palace 10,07,2005 for there fight on the televisied undercard of the Corrales vs Castillo rematch at The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas live on SHOWTIME Pay Per View,9:PM ET,6:PM PT.Oct.8th.,2005

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Showtime Boxing: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr Vs Jeremy Stiers Weigh-In

By saddo October 7th, 2005 All Boxing Photos

Boxing Photos: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr weighed in at 143 and Jeremy Stiers weighed in at 143.5,square off at the weegh-in at Caesars Palace 10,07,2005 for there fight on the televisied undercard of the Corrales vs Castillo rematch at The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas live on SHOWTIME Pay Per View,9:PM ET,6:PM PT.Oct.8th.,2005

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Boxing Weigh-in Photos: Diego Corrales Jose Luis Castillo

By saddo October 7th, 2005 All Boxing Photos, Press Releases

Diego Corrales, owner of both WBC and WBO World Lightweight Championship belts, weighed in at 135 and Jose Luis Castillo weighed in at 138 1/2(over the limit) on Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, outside on the Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2005, for his highly anticipated rematch with Jose Luis Castillo (Oct. 8, 2005 Showtime Pay-Per-View, 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).

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Interview with Heavyweight Boxing Hopeful Juan Carlos Gomez

By saddo October 7th, 2005 All Press Releases

One of the most bizarre figures in boxing, former WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez, is back in action. After a lot of private turbulences he reported back at the Universum boxing stable in the beginning of 2005 and scored two victories in the heavyweight division this year. On October 15 the highly skilfull 32-year-old fighter will face former WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall in Düsseldorf, Germany, in a meaningful battle to sort out a possible future world title challenger. More...

Jamar Patterson to Defend Perfect Boxing Record

By saddo October 7th, 2005 All Press Releases

Local boxing fans can catch another glimpse of rising star Jamar Patterson (3-0, 2 KO’s) of Utica when Turning Stone Resort and Casino hosts a night of professional boxing at the Event Centre on Friday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

The evening's matches will be taped for DiBella Entertainment's "Broadway Boxing" series, airing on MSG Network, Fox Sports Net New England, Comcast Sportsnet and HDNET. Turning Stone is a major sponsor of the series, which is held in association with DBE. More...

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr Boxing Photos

By saddo October 6th, 2005 All Boxing Photos, Boxing Predictions

Showtime Boxing: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. training at Caesars Palace in LasVegas for his fight with Jeremy Stiers on the televisied undercard of the Corrales vs Castillo rematch at The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas live on SHOWTIME Pay Per View,9:PM ET,6:PM PT.Oct.8th.,2005

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Boxing Photos: Jorge Arce and Hussein Hussein

By saddo October 6th, 2005 All Boxing Photos, Press Releases

Boxing Photos: Click for larger image © Tom Casino/Showtime

Jorge Arce and Hussein Hussein pose at the final press conference at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas 10,05,2005 for there rematch on the televeised undercard of the Castillo vs Corrales rematch at the Thomas and Mack Center in LasVegas 10,08,2005

Live on SHOWTIME Pay Per View. 9:PM ET and 6:PM PT

Arce and Hussein hit the speed bag at an open work out at Caesars
palace in Las Vegas 10,04,2004

Boxing Rematch:
Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo

By saddo October 6th, 2005 All Boxing Predictions

Boxing Rematch: "Uno Mas!" . . . "One More Time!" -- the world lightweight championship rematch between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, takes place Saturday, October 8, at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Top Rank, in association with Caesars Palace and Wynn Las Vegas,

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will be broadcast live on SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View begining at 9 P.M. ET / 6 P.M. PT

Diego Corrales, WBC/WBO lightweight champion (r): "This is round 11. We are picking up where we left of in the first fight five months ago. This is the final battle and I will win the war. If necessary, I will go to Hell's end to finish this fight and keep my belts."

Jose Luis Castillo, former two-time WBC lightweight champion (l): "I know I lost the battle but THIS is a war. And I know I will win the war. Saturday's fight will be much better than the first one ... because I will leave the ring as world champion ... again."

Boxing Photos:
Diego Corrales - Jose Luis Castillo

By saddo October 5th, 2005 All Boxing Photos, Press Releases

Corrales Vs Castillo 2 Oct. 8, 2005 Showtime Boxing Pay-Per-View, 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m.

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Jose Luis Castillo participated in an open workout on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2005 outside on the Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Diego Corrales works the speed bag during an open workout on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2005, in the Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace.

Jose Luis Castillo met with fans, signed autographs, shook hands and kissed babies.

Diego Corrales met with fans, posed for photos and signed autographs.

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Scottish Boxing Triumph! Anderson Wins Commonwealth from Okine

By saddo September 30th, 2005 All Boxing Results

In Kirkcaldy, Scotland undefeated Kevin Anderson went into the trenches with one of Ghana's finest and came away with a razor thin split decison victory and the Commonwealth Welterweight title. On a Matchroom promotion, the Tommy Gilmour managed fighter from Buckhaven went to war with beltholder Joshua Okine and it was toe to toe action with very close rounds all the way throught. When the smoke cleared Anderson became the fourth Scottish fighter in history to win the Commonwealth Welterweight crown. Credit goes to both men in a very fast paced fight that was televised live in the UK by Sky Sports.

On the undercard in a scheduled eight round affair, former Commonwealth Super Feather titlist Craig Docherty kept his cool in the face of an all gun blazing strategy from John Mackay. The Glasgow man patiently bided his time behind great defense but unleashed a nice combination in the seventh round that forced the referee to stop the bout with Mackay still on his feet. More...

Duran Outlasts McNeil, Retains Commonwealth

By saddo September 23rd, 2005 All Boxing Results

At London's Park Lane Hilton tonight, Ossie Duran looked to be walking his way to victory over the inexperienced Scotsman Colin McNeil but by round seven the warrior from Ghana was almost out of steam, but Duran managed to pull the victory from grasp of his southpaw opponent by margins of 118-110, 119-109 and 119-109 to take a unanimous decision and retain the Commonwealth Light Middleweight title. Sports Network promoted the charity show to benefit the fight against the disease EB. More...

Moore Takes Out Walker in Four

By saddo September 23rd, 2005 All Boxing Results

Jamie Moore retained his British Light Middle crown tonight in Manchester by stopping London slugger David Walker in four torrid rounds. By the third Moore was showing his class and canvassed Walker at the end of the round. Again Walker was on the floor in the beginning of the fourth, causing his corner to throw in the towel.

The card was produced by Matchroom in association with Tommy.

Also, Hungary's Mihali Kotai had a scare but held onto his IBO Light Middle belt with a draw against former world title challenger Sebastian Lujan of Argentina.

Full report with photos to follow from our correspondent at ringside, Anthony Roberts.