Tonight, the first televised bout of HBO Latino’s “Boxeo De Oro” boxing series featured former 2004 United States Olympian “Rock” Allen, making his professional debut. Allen, who won by first round TKO, looks like a very exciting young fighter as he rushed his opponent showing an array of punches in …
Read More »The Big Debate: Jeff Lacy vs. Robin Reid.
On Saturday, August 6, 2005, live from Tampa Bay, Florida, and televised on Showtime, Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy will put his IBF 168-pound trinket on the line against perennial contender, and former WBC champion, Robin “Grim Reaper” Reid. This will be the third defense of Lacy’s title, and should be …
Read More »Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy: An Active Champion? What a Concept!
On August 6, 2005, live from the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa Bay, Florida, former United States Olympian, and current IBF super middleweight titlist Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy will defend his crown, which he won on October 2, 2004, via an impressive eighth round TKO over solid veteran contender …
Read More »Jorge \”Travieso\” Arce: New Interim WBC Flyweight Champion.
Last night, from La Paz, Mexico and in front of thousands of his countrymen, Jorge “Travieso” Arce (now 40-3-1, with 30 KOs) captured the interim WBC flyweight title via a three-round destruction of tough and rugged Angel Priolo (now 30-2-0, with 20 KOs). Arce’s all out action style and heavy-hands …
Read More »Erik “El Terrible” Morales: The Very Definition of a Champion.
Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “There will be no easy fights or inferior opponents for me. I will fight the best available lightweights when I move up. The public can be assured that they will always be entertained and that I will always give them great fights.”–Erik …
Read More »My Visit to “Sin City”: Final Part.
Like I mentioned before, I had an early wakeup call for Saturday morning, but I really did not need it. My dreams were filled with the “sweet science,” and the excitement had me awake at 5 a.m. By 6:15 a.m., I was showered, shaved, and was ready to embark on …
Read More »Exclusive Juan \”Baby Bull\” Diaz Training Video.
Hello fight fans, and welcome to yet another exclusive feature brought to you only by SaddoBoxing.com. Today we step inside the training camp of WBA lightweight champion of the world Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and give you the close-up view of this young phenomenon working hard in the gym as …
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Ronnie Shields.
“I have no idea why Main Events don’t push Juan. He’s their world champion, but you don’t even see his name or picture anywhere on the (Main Events) website main page. It’s like he doesn’t even fight for them. I don’t know what is wrong with them. Juan should have …
Read More »My Visit to “Sin City”: Part II.
Well fight fanatics, the scheduled time for the weigh-in, which was at 2:30 P.M., was drawing near. I was still hauling around that pesky piece of luggage I told you about earlier and was starting to feel the wear and tear of the night before. I walked over to a …
Read More »Ricardo “Piolo” Castillo: Baby Bro Can Fight.
On June 22, 2005, the main event of Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo” boxing series featured lightweight monster Jose Luis Castillo’s younger brother, Ricardo “Piolo” Castillo taking on the always dangerous Edel “Cuate” Ruiz for the Mexican super bantamweight title. Ruiz, who happens to be the twin brother of 118-pound contender Heriberto …
Read More »Ahmed \”Babyface\” Kaddour: My Two Cents.
As a recent guest of the “TKO Boxing Show,” I was very interested to see how Ahmed “Babyface” Kaddour would fair in his fight last night. I did not get to see the Showtime, “Showbox” telecast live, but did catch it very late, once I finally got home (Thank God …
Read More »Breaking News: De Leon Gets World Title Fight.
I just got off the phone with 122-pound monster, Daniel Ponce-De Leon, who advised this writer that he has been added to September 17, 2005, Barrera vs. Peden card. Ponce-De Leon is going to challenge for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title, which was vacated by Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman …
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