The Battle is on! Welterweight superpowers Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito square-off in a compelling and eagerly-awaited world title fight to determine the division’s top dog and arguably boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. “The Battle!” / “La Batalla!” -- the pay-per-view extravaganza -- headlined by the Cotto vs. Margarito World Welterweight Championship, will take place Saturday, July 26, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Promoted by Top Rank, the fight will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. More...
By Matthew Bridgeman July 28th, 2006 All Boxing News
Former British boxer Garry Delaney was jailed for life on Friday 28th July by an Old Bailey judge for the murder of 23 year old Paul Price. The judge Leonard Goldstone ruled that Delaney must serve a minimum of 11 years for what he described as a “Cowardly” attack.
The incident happened in October 2005 when Delaney, 35 years old, was at a disco in the County Hotel in Woodford, Essex. He was asked by a member of staff to help remove Price and his friend who had been refused entry for wearing jeans and trainers. The former boxer, who worked as an East London bouncer, then lifted Price’s friend up off his feet and carried him outside and dropped him into some nearby bushes. More...
Although Joe Calzaghe's opponent for his upcoming title defense on July 8 has yet to be announced, the "Pride of Wales" wastes no time in declaring just who he wants to face in the ring later this year. "Antonio Tarver is my main objective," said the WBO and IBF Super Middleweight Champion. "I'd also love to fight the winner of Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor. Those would be two massive opportunities out there for me, but obviously, they're all fighting in June so we're looking at the autumn as a possibility." More...
Ricky Hatton has given up the IBF Light Welterweight title in order to pursue the WBA Welterweight title of Luis Collazo on May 13 in Boston, MA. Below is the letter Team Hatton sent to IBF President Marian Muhammad to notify that organization of his decision. Hatton remains the WBA Light Welterweight Champion.
Dear Marian Muhammad & The IBF Team,
It is with the greatest regret that I must surrender my IBF Light Welterweight Title. Winning the IBF Championship was without doubt the greatest night of my life and to have to give it up outside of the ring is truly a painful experience. Much worse than the punches I had to take to wrestle the title from Kostya! More...
It was the perfect day off in California; a pleasant afternoon at the beach, with Hawaiian barbecue, a few Coronas, beautiful women and harmonic melodies. In short, a celebration of life. Indeed, it was a celebration as the WBO celebrated the title winning effort of Daniel Ponce De Leon, 27-1 (25), and gave five local boxing gyms the day off. Yesterday, at downtown Long Beach’s Hawaiian BBQ & Fish,
Daniel Ponce De Leon was honored by receiving his championship belt as the WBO Super Bantamweight World Champion for his twelve round, unanimous decision victory over Sod Looknongyangtoy on October 29, 2005. Also, the WBO presented donations to five Los Angeles area boxing gyms. Held in conjunction with Golden Boy Promotions, the five represented gyms honored by WBO President Paco Valcarcel were: Maywood Boxing Club, Azteca Boxing Club, Los Reyes Boxing Gym, Daniel Ponce De Leon Club and First Street Boxing Gym. More...
Sitting with magnificent pride along the icy waters of the River Thames, the HMS Belfast graciously welcomed members of the media into one of its cosy cabins for a press conference to announce an exclusive three-fight deal negotiated by Fight Academy and U.S based outfit Banner Promotions with WBA/IBF light-welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton.
If all goes to plan, Hatton (40-0- 30KO’s) will make his American debut this May in a 20,000-seat tent at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut against a high profile opponent.
How fitting, Robert Waterman of Fight Academy remarked off the bat, that Hatton’s impending invasion of America be announced from inside a Battleship which, apart from being one of the most potent cruisers in the Second World War, was the first vessel to bomb Normandy prior to the Allied invasion. More...
At a press conference held by promoter Chris Sanigar the air in Plymouth was chilling but as Scott Dann and Larry Sharpe met for the first time ahead of their match-up for the vacant commonwealth middleweight title the heat was building.
Plymouth born boxer Scott Dann was as usual full of confidence and looking in tremendous shape, “I feel a lot physically stronger than I have before and am happy with how all my training has gone.” More...
In a press conference held early this morning on the HMS Belfast in London, it was announced Ricky “The Hitman’ Hatton will be taking on America in a three-fight deal with Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions in association with Fight Academy, his first fight under the deal will be in May on either Showtime or HBO. No opponent or venue was confirmed, but Hatton is likely to take on newly crowned welterweight king Carlos Baldomir, Vivian Harris or fan
favourite Arturo Gatti depending on the outcome of the wrangling over television rights, the conclusion of which, is hoped to be announced in six days time.
There was high drama in Sheffield today as Colombian Carlos Maussa took to the scales 3 times before the BBBC declared he had made the 140lb limit.
Star MC, Michael Buffer opened the proceedings for the Fight Academy promoted event, bringing out the Colombian to polite applause from the pro Hatton crowd. More...
By Curtis McCormick August 31st, 2005 All Boxing News
All looked lost yesterday for WBF lightweight titlist Jon Thaxton when his opponent for this Saturday night, Eduardo Daniel Roman, pulled out of their scheduled twelve-round bout to take place in Thaxton's hometown of Norwich, England. Today, however, the situation is now stabilized with the entry of Vasile Dragomir into the fray. The former Romanian lightweight belt-holder Dragomir, 13-4-1 (8), has gone 2-2 this year fighting at welterweight and light welterweight. The highest profile contest to date for the Bucharest resident happened in February of this year when Dragomir was knocked out in the third by unbeaten welterweight Michael Jennings, who went on to become the current British champion. More...
By Katrina Walters August 29th, 2005 All Boxing News
The boxing world had the privilege of watching Iran "The Blade" Barkley do what most thought could not be done, and that was to stop Thomas "Hitman" Hearns. The stoppage came in dramatic fashion and thus catapulted Barkley into boxing superstardom. Ring Magazine stated, "This fight was the upset of the year." The year was 1988. Although there have been many fights since then, "The Blade" has been remembered for that fight. He also went on to stop Hearns for a second time. Iran became a five-time boxing world champion and fought in three different weight divisions. SaddoBoxing has been exclusively informed by "The Blade" himself that he is ready to do it again, yes you've read it correctly. Although SaddoBoxing had been informed in the early stages of negotiation, Iran will be fighting in the early part of October and it will be a ten-round fight in the heavyweight division. No opponent, venue or exact date has been inked as of yet. Iran is currently training and anticipates a successful comeback and hopes to possibly dominate the lackluster heavyweight division.
SaddoBoxing, as always will keep our readers posted as more exclusive information comes in, as "The Blade" is ready to slice into the heavyweight division!
By Katrina Walters August 26th, 2005 All Boxing News
After an impressive win over Shawn Gallegos, to capture the NABA junior welterweight title, Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita took time out from his much needed rest to say a few words to the readers of SaddoBoxing. Here's what he had to say. "I am feeling good now, it's very good when hard work pays off. I really had a hard training camp and feel that this closes a certain chapter in my life. Now I will take a little time off, enjoy the summer and get the energy to start working hard again."
SaddoBoxing will cover Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita's progress as he aims to become one of the new stars of the red-hot 140-pound division.
SaddoBoxing is pleased to announce another fantastic prize giveaway. ESPN is set to televise a fight card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 15 featuring the stars of the first season of "The Contender" reality boxing series. The main event of the evening will be the rematch between "Contender" champion Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora and Peter Manfredo Jr. plus several more bouts including Alfonso "Superman" Gomez vs. Jeff "The Hell Raza" Fraza, Anthony Bonsante vs. Jesse Brinkley and Jonathan Reid vs. Miguel Espino. In this great opportunity exclusive to SaddoBoxing.com, you can win two tickets to this event. All you have to do is follow this link:
By Curtis McCormick August 22nd, 2005 All Boxing News
Saturday night in Biloxi, Mississippi saw Ann Wolfe outfight nemesis Valerie Mahfood to defend her IBA light heavyweight title and move into position to set a shocking precedent in her next bout. The thirty-four-year- old from Waco, Texas won her second contest over Mahfood, who handed Wolfe her only career loss five years ago. In this rubber match, Mahfood was never able to get a handle of the highly muscular Wolfe, who applied a heavy beating to her fellow Texan. Wolfe, 22-1(15), is scheduled on October 15 to fight a man, Roy Skipper, who has recorded a 11-3-2 (7) mark. Thirty-five-year-old Skipper hails from Laurel, Mississippi and has lost to the three fighters he's faced that had winning records. All of those losses have been by way of stoppage and Skipper is riding a two-fight losing streak.
By Sergio Martinez August 19th, 2005 All Boxing News
Fight fans! The Hernandez’ had some business to take care, but have returned and we now have a winner. Shirley Turbyfield, you are the lucky fan that will receive the autographed gloves. Congratulations! On behalf of Carlos and Veronica Hernandez and Saddoboxing.com, thanks to all of the great fans that participated in this give away.
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By Curtis McCormick August 19th, 2005 All Boxing News
It was a little more than a year ago when Juan Lazcano finally saw the opportunity that he'd been working for so long to earn. The Sacramento man was riding a streak of 19 straight victories going back to 1998 and had
just dusted off respected former world champion Stevie Johnston in his most recent outing. The occasion was a chance to fight for the vacant WBC Lightweight title but Lazcano would have to prove to be the better of perhaps the toughest opponent in the division, Jose Luis Castillo. For twelve hard rounds the two proud men traded punches and gave their all with Castillo gaining the advantage late in the bout. When the smoke cleared at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas it was Castillo who found his hand raised and Juan Lazcano retreated to California to recover from the tremendous battle he had just taken part in. More...
By Curtis McCormick August 18th, 2005 All Boxing News
At 33 years of age, Audley Harrison is finally on the fast track to becoming a heavyweight contender with his bout tonight on Fox Sports' broadcast from San Diego, California. The 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist faces his first real threat in the form of southpaw Robert Wiggins,
20-4-1 (12), a very wilfull banger who comes to fight. More dangerous than Wiggins himself perhaps is the damage that may be done to Harrison's future propsects. Should Audley experience more than a rocky moment or two at the hands of the short, stocky and very strong American campaigner, the mumurs of doubt that have dogged his career since day one will certainly become more pronounced.
It is however Harrison's opportunity to capitalize on and he's definitely being given the push by Fox Sports in America. They've been featuring previews of this bout and interviews with the big Brit heavily during the lead up to tonight. If Harrison is as good as he appears to have the potential for being, he'll keep Wiggins on the outside all night and pick the Rhode Island man apart. But neither Monte Barrett nor DaVarryl Williamson were able to pull that off as Wiggins got inside on both. Should the veteran find Audley's chin, there should be more questions about what that is made of, but in any case this is a very important fight for a division screaming out for a unifying force.
By Greig Johnston August 16th, 2005 All Boxing News
Hot Australian prospect Michael “Rocky’ Katsidis takes on Filipino Ranee Ganoy on Friday night for the WBO Asia Pacific Light Welterweight crown at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane. Katsidis has been hailed by some observers as Australias best home grown prospect since Jeff Fenech.
A high volume puncher and Olympian in Sydney 2000, he has cut a swathe through all before him in the paid ranks, notching up a record of 17-0 with 15 coming inside the distance.
A non-stop punching machine, Katisidis spits out combinations like an assault rifle, and the comparisons with Fenech, one of Australian boxing’s greatest sons, are warranted. Former Australian 140lb world champion Barry Michael coined Katsidis’ nickname “Rocky’ when he compared him to former WBC Junior Middleweight champ Rocky Mattioli.
The bout will be no pushover for Katsidis. Ganoy is riding the crest of a three fight winning streak, all of them by knockout.
A victory for would be the perfect birthday present for Katsidis, who turned 25 on Monday.
By Curtis McCormick July 28th, 2005 All Boxing News
European welterweight champion Oktay Urkal will put his crown on the line against undefeated Dane Thomas Damgaard on September 3 in Berlin, Germany in a battle between the two best 147-pound boxers on the continent. Both men have previously worn the European light welterweight title belts while Damgaard, 36-0 (27), briefly held the welterweight title in 2000. For Urkal, 35-3 (11), the contest will ideally provide him with further respectability in the division as the German based Turk is seeking to do what he was unable to do at 140-pounds, and that is secure a world title. For Damgaard, this bout marks the first time in thirty-six bouts that he'll be facing a world class opponent in their prime and the man from Morkov, Denmark will also have to travel to Germany, always a daunting prospect, to do so.
By Sergio Martinez July 22nd, 2005 All Boxing News
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 earlier this year.
Daniel was not sure of the name of his opponent, but did say that his foe is from Thailand. This fight adds that much more to the Barrera-Peden card, as Ponce-De Leon is an all out, blood and guts warrior who comes forward with both hands blazing. Be looking out as Daniel will be providing Saddoboxing.com with pictures and information from his first championship training camp.
