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During what was supposed to be a press conference to announce a contest between veteran heavyweight contender Lance "Mount" Whitaker and undefeated prospect Sultan Ibragimov at Gallagher's Steak House in Manhattan, an impromptu, sustained no holds barred brawl broke out between the principals. The trouble started when Whitaker took exception

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to Ibragimov's repeated placement of his fist in the towering heavyweight's face. Despite several conference attendees jumping onto the backs of the combatants, it was pure mayhem for several minutes and when the smoke cleared, one of the promoters, Samson Lefkowitcz, was lying on the floor unconscious after having been struck simultaneously by both men when he tried to step between them. More...

Tonight at Manhattan's luxurious Hammerstein Ballroom, Cedric Kushner Promotions presents a hotly anticipated fight card that's being termed “The Homecoming”. The main event features middleweights John Duddy, 12-0 (11), and Bryon Mackie, 25-11 (8), colliding head to head. The venue, located at West 34th Street and 8th Avenue, is over one hundred years old and promoter Cedric Kushner has firmly decided that Friday will mark the first sellout in the storied building's history.

Canadian native Mackie should be a good contender to the popular, hard hitting Irishman Duddy, who has knocked out all but one of the opponents he's faced during his pro boxing career. More...

WBO Ranked #3 Contender Joshua Clottey’s Request for Welterweight Champion Zab Judah

During an interview on Friday, October 17th, Boxer Joshua Clottey had several remarks to make regarding his contention in the welterweight division. Clottey says that he believes that he is championship bound based upon his work ethic. He says, “I have been fighting for 2 years now and run 14 miles everyday!” Even more said, Joshua Clottey has now targeted top contenders in the welterweight division, among

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those are Zab Judah and Antonio Margarito. In the interview, Clottey said “I want to fight everybody, especially Zab Judah”. More...

A press conference to announce the hotly anticipated rematch between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins was held yesterday at the Copacabana in New York and SaddoBoxings was there. Read on for a full report and exclusive photo gallery.

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At approximately 10:30 am, Jermain Taylor and his team begin their opening session in various discussions with reporters and fans at the Copacabana Ballroom. Bernard Hopkins shows about thirty minutes later and walks into the conference area. More...

The Town House in Huntington, NY was the scene of some great Thursday night boxing action put on by Frankie D Productions and headlined by the New York State Lightweight Championship. Saddoboxing was there and you won't want to miss this exclusive ringside report of all seven bouts on the card.

The opening bout featured junior weighterweights Juan Carlos Herrera and Dwayne Hall. In a close battle, Herrera in the red corner comes out to win a 10-9 first round before Hall later establishes his jab, largely ineffective but efficient enough to even up in round two. In round three the action heated up into a good fight that led to majority draw. Official scorecards: 39-37, 38-38 (twice) Majority Draw. More...

Between the U.S. economy, gas prices, and the heavyweight division of boxing: “Okay, so now does everyone believe we are in a recession?” Says Chief Investment Officer Don Luskin. Since the boxing etymology of Muhammad Ali, then Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, then Evander Holyfield, when has professional boxing seen an unambiguous heavyweight champion of the world? Could the next contender to the crown be James “Lights Out” Toney (68-4-2; 43 KOs?) In employment of today’s towering heavyweights the size of Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, and Hasim Rahman, who would logically ruminate a little chubby, five-feet-nine-inch guy to become heavyweight champion in this era of boxing? More...