Hennessy Sports promoted John O'Donnell will face Mexican Christian Solano on the Oscar de la Hoya-Floyd Mayweather undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5th.
The Shepherds Bush welterweight competes alongside his Hennessy Sports teammate John Murray on arguably the biggest promotion in boxing history. The “Golden Pair’ will both box over ten rounds. More...
The Impact Boxing trained trio of Jimmy Doherty, Danny Johnston and Imran Khan will each contest their next professional bouts at Stoke’s Fenton Manor Sports Complex on 12th May.
Tunstall based welterweight, Doherty is targeting a British Midlands Area title challenge before the end of the year and boasts a 100% record from his five pro starts. Doherty has been matched to fight the relatively inexperienced Gareth Perkins from Swansea in a six round contest. Perkins has won and drawn one each of his two senior contests to date. More...
Chris Sanigar's Britstol Boxing presents the International Masters Light Middleweight title fight between Jon Harrison of Plymouth, England and Gatis Skuja of Latvia on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at Plymouth Guild Hall.
30 year old veteran Harrison has tangled with the likes of James Hare, Paul Samuels, Alan Gray and Taz Jones but iron chinned scrapper Skuja has vowed
to overcome his seasoned opponent and take the International Masters belt back home to Latvia.
Also featuring on the card are hot West Country prospects Lee Webb at heavyweight, Dezzie O'Connor at lightweight and Ben Wakeham at welterweight.
Former two-time world heavyweight champion Chris Byrd will serve as special guest commentator on the Friday, May 4 edition of ShoBox: The New Generation (SHOWTIME, 11 p.m. ET/PT). Byrd has worked previously as a guest boxing commentator for Fox Sports and KingVision and will be making his SHOWTIME debut. On May 4, he will join "ShoBox" announcers Nick Charles (blow-by-blow) and Steve Farhood (analyst) calling the two-fight heavyweight card. More...
With a combined record of 69-1, 47 KOs, This Saturday's Acelino Freitas - Juan Diaz world lightweight title unification fight has the potential of being the division's biggest title unification since Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo first clashed. Coincidentally, the two year anniversary of that epic fight is around the corner on May 7. Freitas and Diaz, the WBO and WBA champions, respectively, headline "Fight Centennial!", Foxwoods' landmark 100th professional boxing card. It will be televised live on HBO's "Boxing After Dark" at 10 P.M. ET/PT, delayed on west coast.
Classic fights, career defining moments and hard-hitting action from the most compelling and unforgettable prizefights of 2006 are recapped in “Showtime Championship Boxing: 20 Years Later” premiering Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. More...
The two premier active Jewish athletes in America were at Shea Stadium yesterday, as undefeated boxer Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita and Mets slugger Shawn Green met for the first time.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Salita now fights out of Brooklyn, NY. Salita’s impressive ring record of 27-0-1 includes 15 victories by way of knock out.
The Theatre at Madison Square Garden held the last night of finals for New York's 80th Annual Daily News Golden Gloves tournament this past Friday. The nearly sold-out Theatre held the last fifteen bouts in the open, novice and women's divisions.
Christian Concepcion (blue) faces Juan Roman (gold) in the 119-pound open championship
Juan Roman (gold) delivers a counter uppercut to Christian Concepcion (blue) in the 119-pound open championship
Christian Concepcion (blue) hugs Juan Roman (gold) after winning the 119-pound open championship
The 119 pound open championship between Christian Concepcion of John's Gym and Juan Roman of Gleason’s Gym was full of non-stop action. Concepcion was relentless in throwing punches with a high level of activity. Roman was game for the challenge and answered with his own high level of punches. More...
Frank Maloney has put together a stacked undercard to support "Heavyweight Hayemaker", David Haye's heavyweight gamble against Polish hardman Tomasz Bonin, on Friday, April 27 at London's Wembley Arena.
Chief support bout sees ex-WBU super middleweight titlist Tony Oakey looking to complete his comeback by challenging the reigning British light heavyweight champion Peter Oboh. Oakey, 23-2 (5), has won 4 straight contests since losing a razor thin controversial points decision to English champion Peter Haymer two years ago. More...
Hennessy Sports promoted John O’Donnell and John Murray arrived in America on Tuesday ahead of their appearance on the Oscar de la Hoya-Floyd Mayweather undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5th.
The “Golden Pair’ flew in to Los Angeles - the home of de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions - with their promoter Mick Hennessy and trainers Robert McCracken, (O’Donnell), and Joe Gallagher, (Murray). More...
A former paper boy will attempt to make headlines of his own on SHOWTIME when undefeated “Fast” Eddie Chambers (28-0, 16 KOs) faces Dominick “The Southern Disaster’’ Guinn (28-4-1, 19 KOs) in the 10-round main event Friday, May 4, 2007, on "ShoBox: The New Generation" live on Showtime, 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.
In the second half of an excellent doubleheader, undefeated heavyweight Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola (19-0, 17 KOs) will attempt to complete a sweep of the Vargas brothers when he takes on 2004 United States Olympic team captain, “Devastatin” Devin Vargas (11-0, five KOs), in the eight-round co-feature. A top amateur, Arreola defeated Devin’s older brother, Dallas, at the 2001 National Golden Gloves. More...
Rap artist 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) will lead “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather into the ring for his WBC super welterweight championship fight against “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on pay-per-view. 50 Cent will be performing his new song “Straight to the Bank,” for the very first time ever in front of a live audience.
Mayweather, the recognized “pound-for-pound” best fighter in the world, and 50 Cent are good friends and were recently seen together in the premiere episode of HBO’s “De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7,” a four-part series currently running Sunday nights at 10:30pm on HBO, which takes an inside look at the fighters and their backgrounds. More...
The Theatre at Madison Square Garden held the first night of finals for New York's 80th Annual Daily News Golden Gloves Finals this past Thursday. The nearly sold-out Theatre held seventeen bouts in the open, novice and women’s divisions. John Duddy, Emile Griffith, Zab Judah and Maureen Shea were just some of the professional fighters in attendance to watch the amateur finalists.
Brooklyn resident Schavez Peters of Gleason’s Gym used quick footwork against Luis Ramirez of Yonkers PAL in their 119-pound novice championship fight. Peters was deducted a point in the third round for a low blow and the fighters ended the round with good action trading toe to toe in the last 15 seconds of the round. Peter’s footwork and more accurate punches earned him a 5-0 decision.
The 132-pound open championship was a highly anticipated bout between two champions from the 2006 Golden Gloves Finals. Sadam Ali of Havoc Boxing won both the Daily News and National Golden Gloves in 2006 while his opponent Bryan O’Connor of Webster PAL won the 2006 novice championship. Ali won a 5-0 decision by using superior hand speed and hard hitting combinations. More...
“When God asked us both “which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray Robinson” I guess I didn’t raise my hand fast enough” Charley Burley
When Author Brian Hughes MBE announced he had written a new book about the great Sugar Ray Robinson,
I immediately made a cheeky request for a free copy, for review purposes of course. Not only was my request met, but the book was kindly signed by the author and will shortly go up for grabs in a saddoboxing.com competition. Many thanks Brian.
Spread over twenty five punchy chapters the book goes into great detail covering not only Robinsons ring achievements, but also his personal and social circumstances which shaped him as an individual. From his early years in Detroit, through the glory years as undisputed welterweight and middleweight champion of the world, to the struggling prize fighter unable to repay a debt to the authorities, his sublime skills and business empire a thing of the past. More...
On the 27th of April Britain’s premier cruiserweight David “Haymaker’ Haye makes his second trip to the land of the giants as he tackles WBC number 11 ranked heavyweight Tomasz Bonin at Wembley arena. Haye of course already has one appearance in the unlimited weight class under his belt, a hastily arranged third round blow-out of Gary Delaney back in 2005.
Bonin was last on British soil back in 2004 when he challenge Audley Harrison for his lightly regarded WBF heavyweight title. Bonin was halted in nine but to be fair it was a suspect stoppage. Since then the Warsaw man has gone on an unbeaten streak of eleven fights, albeit against less than distinguished opposition. In his last contest he was involved in an up and down affair with debutant Pavil Silvin, Bonin was on the deck in the first before stopping his man in the second.
Haye’s appearance at heavyweight comes as no surprise. The Bermondsey man has been talking about mixing it with the big boys for a long time now and it was always going to be sooner rather than later. Haye’s timing is questionable though. When Haye starched Euro champ Alexander Gurov he picked up a good ranking with the WBC and has followed it up with three defences, the last of the three being a final eliminator for the title that O’Neil Bell wrestled from Jean Marc Mormeck. Haye waited patiently whilst Bell and Mormeck had a return, this time Mormeck came through. So now Haye sits pretty as the mandatory challenger for the WBC cruiserweight championship of the world, he is, and has been for some time struggling to make the cruiserweight limit, which makes his decision to take a fight at heavy all the more confusing. More...
Don't Miss IBO Title Clash Between Antonio Tarver vs. Elvir Muriqui June 9 on Showtime
It was a complete sellout crowd at Bally's Grand Ballroom in Atlantic City for Star Boxing's "Turf War"-a WBO Jr. Welterweight elimination bout between Kendall Holt and Mike Arnaoutis, televised live on Showtime's highly entertaining boxing series "ShoBox, the Next Generation". What ShoBox viewers weren't able to witness was Ray Robinson and Eric Hunter showcasing their skills in two show stealing undercard performances on Friday night. More...
Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis makes his pro debut against 40+ veteran Andreas Sidon, 32-7, who last challenged for the WBA Intercontinental title, on Friday at the Arena Gym in Hamburg, Germany. Herbie Hide continues his comeback at cruiser and is in against Czech Pavol Polakovic. More...
Duva Sees Bright Future for his “Rated R” #1 Contender
Although his fighter Kendall “Rated R” Holt (22-1, 12 KOs) has already proven himself as one of boxing’s best super lightweights, promoter Dino Duva thinks it may be just the beginning.
“Kendall has now clearly established himself as the top mandatory challenger. The next step will be showing he’s the best 140 pounder in the world. Then he’ll continue on to show he’s one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in boxing,” said a confidant Duva. More...
Kevin Iole, who on May 1 will join Yahoo! Sports as a columnist, has been selected for the Boxing Writers Association of America's Nat Fleischer Award for excellence in boxing journalism.
The Fleischer Award is the highest honor the BWAA can bestow on a writer and has been presented since 1972. The winner is determined by a fraternity consisting only of past Fleischer winners. More...
DiBella Entertainment has signed junior welterweight standout Juliano Ramos (14-1, 11 KO’s) to a promotional agreement, it was announced today by DBE President Lou DiBella.
A native of Sorocaba, Brazil, Ramos is trained by the legendary Buddy McGirt, Jr. Eleven of Ramos’ fourteen career victories have come by way of the knock out.
"We are very pleased to add another top fighter in the 140-pound division to the DBE stable," said DiBella. More...
