NOTE: WEIGHTS – Alfredo Angulo weighed 152 pounds and Ricardo Cortes tipped the scales at 153 pounds during Thursday’s weigh-in. Mickey Bey., Jr. and Roberto Acevedo, who will be fighting in the co-feature Friday night, will weigh-in tomorrow morning. The Mille Lacs Band Of Ojibwe Indians Department of Athletic Regulations will let the two boxers weigh-in tomorrow because Acevedo was a late replacement and had last minute travel arrangements. More...
It was standing room only at the Southside Boxing Club in Youngstown yesterday as undefeated middleweight champion Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs), and trainer Jack Loew hosted a media workout. Reporters and TV crews from all over Ohio descended on the only gym Pavlik has ever known to speak to its favorite son as he prepares for his epic rematch against former undisputed world champion Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor (27-1-1, 17 KOs), from Little Rock, AK. More...
This Friday, February 1, sees comeback kid Tony Oakey put his career on the line once more when he steps up against English light heavyweight champion Peter Haymer, who came away the winner in a hotly disputed decision over the British Champ when the pair fought in June, 2005.
Oakey is known for his guts, determination and work-rate, but at 32 years of age, is father time catching up with the Portsmouth brawler? More...
After a very successful trip overseas to Macau China, Sal Musumeci President and CEO of Final Forum Boxing is ready to take Heavyweight Champ, Derric Rossy to the next level.
"Not many people know this," said Musumeci,"Hasim Rahman was the original opponent for Macau. For whatever reason, the distance, the opponent whatever Rahman's people didn't want to come to Macau. More...
"To have patience is the ability to wait for things that you wish to happen, happen! You sit, you toil and you tarry. You don't complain, you don't cry and you don't grumble. Soon that patience runs its course and frustration sets in. Logical becomes illogical, rational becomes irrational and sometimes in the blink of an eye, the sane becomes insane."
Allow me to introduce you to the man who these words were quoted from, a man once patient; Vernon Forrest.
Recently Forrest has gone from the quiet guy you whisper about to the loud guy you avoid. He has been on a verbal tear as of late, threatening to destroy everyone from Oscar De La Hoya to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and of course the man who has been a never ending thorn in his side, Ricardo Mayorga.
But is anyone listening? What has caused these recent outbursts from a once seemingly quiet fighter? Maybe it's time ticking on the clock?
Boxing, with the rare few exceptions of men like Bernard Hopkins and George Foreman, is a young man's game. Few are competitive at a high level past their mid 30's. Forrest recently turned 37 and has had a few major surgeries on his left arm. The combination of the two has forced Mr. Forrest to become a tyrant, a verbal bully if you will.
Forrest was once seemingly on the way to the top. In 2002, he had consecutive victories over then WBC Welterweight Champion and pound for pound elite, "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Victories that led him to being named Ring Magazines 2002 Fighter of the Year. More...
In anticipation of the impending rubber match between super bantamweight world champions Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, Showtime will re-air both scintillating boxing matches between the offensive-minded sluggers in their entirety on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The instant classics—titled Marquez-Vazquez I & II—will also air on SHO2 on Friday, Feb. 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and Friday, Feb. 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. More...
With less than a month to go to the heavyweight unification showdown on February 23rd between WBO Champion Sultan Ibragimov and IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York City, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch and tickets are rapidly being snatched up by fans eager to watch boxing history in the making. More...
International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi has started off the new year in grand fashion, appropriate for one befitting a young world champion with his flamboyant personality and crossover appeal.
First, The Ring magazine selected Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) as its 2007 Comeback of the Year fighter, and then the movie premiere of his life story, “Magic Man: The Paulie Malignaggi Story,” that drew rave reviews on SHOWTIME. Paulie followed that with his first title defense, winning a 12-round unanimous decision January 5 against mandatory challenger Herman “The Black Panther” Ngoudjo on Showtime Championship Boxing at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City. More...
Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) and his father/trainer, James “Buddy” McGirt (73-6-1, 48 KOs), former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year, are on a special mission together.
The McGirts, born and raised in Brentwood (NY) but now living and training in Vero Beach (FL), are trying to become what is believed to be the first family in boxing to feature father-son world champions with the former working his “blood” son’s corner as head trainer when the latter captures a major world title. More...
Two-time world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero comes to the University of San Francisco to show support for the 2008 USA Boxing Championships taking place February 1-3. On Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 1:30 pm, Guerrero will hold a sparring session on campus at Hagan Gym located at 222 Stanyan St. in San Francisco. More...
“Punchin’ at the Paradise” which is promoted by Joe DeDuardia’s Star Boxing will continue its eighth installment on Thursday, January 31st at the Utopia Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, NY.
The card will host a rare triple co-feature; former world champion Lou Del Valle 35-5-1 (22) against Newton Kidd 6-6-1 (4), Elvir Muriqi 34-4 (21) will return to the ring to battle Willis Lockett 10-5-4 (4) and in the last co-feature Alicia Ashley 13-7 (1) will face Brooke Dierdorff 4-1 (3) for the vacant NABF Super-Bantamweight title.
For Muriqi also known as the “The Kosovo Kid” this fight will mark his first appearance in the ring after his lone fight in 2007 against Antonio Tarver, a fight which he feels he won. Saddoboxing had the pleasure to speak with Muriqi in an exclusive interview to discuss his upcoming fight and his thought on his fight with Tarver.
SaddoBoxing: I wanted to talk to you a little bit about your last fight; how did the fight with Tarver come about?
Elvir Muriqi: “Tarver was coming off his loss from Hopkins and they thought I was the right opponent to make him look good. They gave me the opportunity of my lifetime thanks to Tarver and my promoter Joe DeGuardia. They wanted somebody who would make them look good and thought they would get a knockout or something.” More...
A second light heavyweight world title fight has been added to the April 12 edition of Showtime Championship Boxing, Ken Hershman, senior vice president and general manager, Sports & Event Programming, Showtime announced today. IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods will defend his title against IBO titleholder and former undisputed 175-pound kingpin Antonio Tarver at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa , Fla. More...
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (42-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 6 by the WBC, returns to the ring March 8 against Jameel “Big Time” McCline on the Oleg Maskaev-Samuel Peter card in Cancun, Mexico. More...
Risum Boxing and Larsen Boxing today announced a new cooperation that will see super featherweight Kim ”Golden Boy” Poulsen (6-1, 1 KO) and super middleweight Fawaz Nasir (11-2, 6 KOs) enter the ring for six round bouts against opponents TBA on February 9 at the Mediacentre in Aabybro, Denmark.
The show will be aired live by Danish TV channel DK4. More...
With tensions near the boiling point, promoters have been forced to increase security at this Thursday’s (January 31) weigh-in and press conference for the Friday, February 1, boxing event at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
“Fire & Ice” will feature Motown’s undefeated lightweight sensations Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner and Vernon “Iceman” Paris in separate main events, as part of the lead-up to their nationally televised showdown later this year. More...
German press writes today that former IBF and WBA super middle champ Sven Ottke could be coming back to face Dariusz Michalczewski May 24 in Hannover.
Michalczewski, 48-2 and former longtime WBO light heavy ruler, should have fought another oldtimer in Graciano Rocchigiani but "Rocky" have pulled out. More...
Serious, smart and sexy with a sledgehammer-like right hand, Laura Saperstein has touched off something of a mini-media frenzy in the UK while quickly becoming one of the hottest prospects in British boxing since making her pro debut last November.
The former highly successful corporate lawyer has been the focus of countless newspapers articles and the subject of television programs, where she has on occasion proceeded to give painful boxing lessons to unsuspecting presenters. More...
Go Fight Live is offering its first live boxing webcast of the new year, Thursday January 31, 2008 starting at 7:30 PM (EST) on www.gofightlive. tv
The fists will be flying once again in New York, and GoFightLive's "World Fight Night" will be there to cover all the action, as Star Boxing kicks off the New Year with "Punchin' at the Paradise 8". The bouts include: More...
The documentary Orthodox Stance began its exclusive theatrical engagement at Cinema Village (www.cinemavillage.com) yesterday in New York City featuring Dmitriy Salita, a Russian immigrant, undefeated professional boxer and a religious Jew.
Director Jason Hutt documents Salita’s journey over the course of a few years near the beginning of his professional career and describes the film as a portrayal of Dmitriy's maturation in each of these disparate communities, and the seemingly incompatible cultures and characters working together to support his rare and remarkable devotion to both Orthodox Judaism and the pursuit of a professional boxing title. In the end the film is about more than just boxing and religion, but about a young man's search for meaning in life.
I was fortunate to have watched a press screening of the documentary at the end of last year and was impressed with the director’s presentation of Salita and the challenges he faces within his boxing career and his faith in his religion. I highly recommend the documentary to anyone who has the opportunity to see it. More...
