Nicolai Valuev recently lost his WBA heavyweight title to the tenacious Ruslan Chagaev in an entertaining scrap held in Stuttgart, Germany. That strange sound you heard immediately following the fight was the collective sigh of relief from countless boxing fans. The 49-0 mark set by the great Rocky Marciano was safe once more. Marciano’s record…
Recently, SaddoBoxing had a chance to speak with the President of 8 Count Productions, Dominic Pesoli. 8 Count Productions is rapidly becoming a Chicago area staple when it comes to exciting shows and displaying hot prospects. They’ll be putting on their third fight card of the month tonight at Cicero Stadium in Chicago and things…
Recently SaddoBoxing had a chance to interview Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warrior Boxing. Warrior Boxing is rapidly becoming a recognized force on the boxing landscape, promoting such notable fighters as Edison Miranda and Glen Johnson. Mr. Margules took time out of his busy schedule to share the plans and aspirations of Warrior Boxing…
This Saturday, April 7, the pride of Providence, Rhode Island, Peter Manfredo Jr. will face the daunting task of dethroning WBO Super Middleweight Champ Joe Calzaghe at the massive Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. This will be the first attempt at a world title for the 26 year old Manfredo, 26-3 (12), while Calzaghe, 42-0…
In an era in which boxing’s glamour division is as captivating as doing one’s taxes, the public demand for an undisputed ruler of the division is at an all time high. It almost seems that the days of Lennox Lewis reducing ambitious men to horizontal paper weights are from a bygone period. The people need…
ESPN’s Friday Night Fights was live form Scranton, PA this past Friday and the newly renovated Scranton CYC Center was filled to the rafters with fight fans eager for the promised action that the fight card offered. The featured bout of the evening was between two hard-hitting cruiserweights as journeyman Darnell “Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson took…
On March 9, American heavyweight prospect Malcolm “Showstopper” Tann, 22-2 (12), is scheduled to take on journeyman Wade Lewis at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, MI. SaddoBoxing recently caught up with Tann and got his thoughts and opinions on a myriad of topics. Only at SaddoBoxing! SaddoBoxing: You had to pull out of…
Samuel Peter Wins Impressively In Florida Despite being lost amongst the clamor of the controversial first bout, Samuel Peter and James Toney’s rematch was a highly anticipated affair. In the first contest, both rotund combatants dug deep into the inner depths of their soul and put on display a vivid description of what a good…
In the co-featured bout to Sam Peter vs. James Toney 2 last night in Florida, ex-WBA Light Middleweight Champion Travis Simms got a stoppage win over the reigning WBA Champion, the very tough Jose Antonio Rivera. The bout must have seemed like the third ring of hell for the champion. Simms would thoroughly outbox, outclass,…
Controversy and boxing are as interwoven as peanut butter is with jelly. The sport’s long and storied history is teeming with assorted instances of disputatious events. One of the latest cases involves the arguable decision that Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter received over James “Lights Out†Toney this past September. While most observers had Toney…
Bigfoot Or Boxing’s Next Superstar? The sweet science may be the sport more tethered in archaic tradition than any other currently in existence. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, as boxing’s rich history is just as important and meaningful to the sport as say, baseball’s is. So forgive me if I find it…
Guzman Goes Home For The Holidays Tonight, WBO Super Featherweight titlist Joan “Sycuan Warrior†Guzman defends his belt against Antonio “T-Rex†Davis at the Palacio Virgilio Travieso Soto in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This fight will mark the first time that Guzman has defended his title in his hometown. Roughly 12,000 Dominicans will be on…