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Former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz will take on former Junior Welterweight World Champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi in a 12 round junior welterweight bout this Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX.

The co-main event will feature a world title showdown between IBF Junior Lightweight World Champion Malcom Klassen and former Two-Time Featherweight World Champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero in a 12 round bout for Klassen's title. More...

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This Saturday on August 22, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz will return to the ring to face Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi at the Toyota Center in his hometown of Houston, Texas. The bout will be at a catch-weight of 138.5 pounds and for some is being considered a cross-roads fight for the two fighters.

Malignaggi 26-2 (5) is one fight removed from a one-sided TKO loss to Ricky Hatton which was stopped by his trainer Buddy McGirt. After a unanimous decision against lightly regarded Christopher Fernandez in April the “Magic Man” was scheduled to face Mike Alvarado who pulled out of their proposed show down. With limited options available, Malignaggi accepted an offer to fight Diaz at a catch-weight of 138.5 which is the first time he has fought under the junior welterweight limit for some time.

Diaz 34-2 (17) is coming off the second loss in his career when he was stopped last February by pound-for-pound champion Juan Manuel Marquez. The “Baby Bull” was applying pressure well and winning the early rounds of the Marquez showdown until he was cut badly in the eighth round and later knocked down twice in round nine, where the fight was waved off by the referee.

Saddoboxing had the privilege of speaking to Diaz in an exclusive interview to discuss his upcoming bout with Malignaggi. More...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission announced today the names of the referee and judges who will officiate the Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez super fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 19.

The referee assigned to the 12-round bout is Tony Weeks from Nevada and judging the bout will be Burt Clements from Nevada, Dave Moretti from Nevada and William Lerch from Illinois. More...

The third edition of the hit new monthly live boxing series "Fight Night Club" is rapidly approaching, and headliners Abner Mares and "Dangerous" David Rodela will be in tough in their co-featured bouts when they battle Carlos Fulgencio and Gamalier Rodriguez respectively at L.A. Live's Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 27th.

Mares vs. Fulgencio will be featured in the main event of the evening in an eight-round junior featherweight bout while Rodela vs. Rodriguez will be the co-featured six-round junior lightweight fight. More...

It's the biggest and one of the most highly-anticipated boxing events of 2009, so there was no question that when it was time to compile the undercard of the Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez super fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 19, it was decided to bring out the big guns with three spectacular televised undercard bouts on HBO Pay-Per-View, including two world championship fights.

In the chief support bout, unbeaten Chris John will defend his WBA Featherweight Championship against one of the most courageous warriors in the game, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Rocky Juarez, in a rematch of their February 28, 2009 fight which is seen as one of 2009's most compelling battles thus far. More...

Houston's finest will be out in force at Toyota Center on the Saturday, August 22 HBO Boxing After Dark undercard, as unbeaten hometown rising stars Hylon Williams and Jermell Charlo will be featured on the hottest night of the boxing summer.

Joining Williams and Charlo on this stacked card will be fellow Houstonians Marcus Johnson, Adam Richards and Darlington Agha, as well as Philadelphia's undefeated rising star Danny Garcia, unbeaten power hitter Adrien Broner, Philadelphia's Mike Perez and Texas' Omar Figueroa. More...

Michael Katsidis “The Great” has arrived in Las Vegas in preparation for his quest to become a world champion again.

Katsidis has signed on to face Vicente Escobedo on September 19 at the MGM Grand for the current WBO interim lightweight title. More...

Last night at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tuscon, AZ, the clash between former WBA light welter champ Vivian Harris, 29-3-1 (19), and Noe Bolanos, 20-4-1 (12), was short circuited when Harris collapsed in the second round following an accidental headclash.

The New York native could not continue and the bout was declared a no contest.

On the undercard, former Olympic bronze medallist Deontay Wilder, 7-0 (7), kept a perfect record by stopping Travis Allen, 3-5 (3), in the first round at heavyweight.

The Miccosukee Casino in Miami, FL saw big punching ex-world lightweight title challenger Antonio Pitalua, 47-4 (41), return from a loss to Edwin Valero in April by knocking out Jose Reyes, 23-7 (8), in the sixth frame.

At the Myth in Maplewood, MN, super middle veteran Matt Vanda, 41-9 (22), outpointed light heavy Ted Mueller, 19-16-2 (9), over eight frames.

Ahead of the Golden Boy Promotions fight card tonight at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tuscon, AZ, the principal boxers all weighed in yesterday.

Light welterweights, 10 rounds
Vivian Harris: 141 lb
Noe Bolanos: 139 lb More...

On August 14, 2009, Desert Diamond Casino and Golden Boy Promotions will partner up for the 24th time to offer Southern Arizona fans and ESPN2 viewers a lineup of supreme boxing entertainment.

The main event of the evening features former world champion Vivian "Vicious" Harris (29-3-1, 19 KOs) out of Brooklyn, New York. Harris held the WBA Junior Welterweight belt from 2002 to 2005, holding off opponents such as Diosbelys Hurtado and Oktay Urkal during his reign. More...

After six weeks of hard work in the isolated mountains of Big Bear California, former two-time featherweight world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero is entering the final days of training camp.

"I've been sparring with Sugar Shane Mosley and the knowledge he's been giving me is priceless," Guerrero said. "Shane is a great teacher and I'm grateful to be learning from one of the best fighters in boxing history. My weight is good and I can't wait to arrive in Houston. The final days are here and all the hard work and sacrifices will pay off come fight night." More...

On November 28th American boxing fans and fans all over the world will have the chance to witness the anxiously awaited rematch of Lucian Bute and Librado Andrade as they battle for the IBF Super Middleweight title.

The event will be aired live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. The fight marks the first time since 1977 that the famed American network will travel north of the border to broadcast a fight from Canada. More...

Floyd "Money" Mayweather has never been one to stay mum when verbally challenged by an opponent, and with the recent comments made by his upcoming foe Juan Manuel Marquez, today is no exception.

As Marquez claims he is bulking up and training hard to "attack Mayweather to his body" when the two superstars meet in the ring on September 19 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View, Mayweather clearly isn't afraid of Marquez's promise to "hit him where he got hurt." More...

Pound for pound, there are few fighters who bring excitement like former Junior Welterweight World Champion "Vicious" Vivian Harris.

Now eager to make another run at the top of the division, Harris has teamed up with a new promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, to help take him there. More...

Currently ranked in the top five in the world by the WBO and IBF, bantamweight sensation Abner Mares is on a collision course with the division's elite.

On Thursday, August 27th, Mares touches down at Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Los Angeles to fight in the main event on the latest edition of the new hit series "Fight Night Club". He will be joined by fellow Los Angeles-area fighter David Rodela who will do battle in the co-featured bout of the evening. More...

Through 17 professional fights, Daniel "The Golden Child" Jacobs has passed all of his tests with flying colors, winning each bout impressively against increasingly tougher opposition.

On Saturday, August 22nd, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Jacobs will face his stiffest challenge to date when he battles veteran contender Ishe "Sugar Shay" Smith in a ten round bout for the NABO Middleweight Championship that will open the highly anticipated HBO Boxing After Dark (BAD) telecast. More...

Golden Boy Promotions, the leading U.S.-based boxing promotional company and Germany's top boxing promotional firm, Universum Box Promotions, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance between the two promoters.

The newly formed relationship has three major goals including to capitalize on the global impact of the sport of boxing; give the fighters within the promotional stables of Golden Boy Promotions and Universum Box Promotions the opportunity to display their talents on a global platform rather than just a national platform; and focus on the joint development of venue, sponsorship and network relationships on an international level. More...

After scoring a knockout in its first installment in June, "Fight Night Club" is back at Club Nokia at L.A. Live on Thursday, July 30th and Golden Boy Promotions is bringing out the stars, not only in the ring but also out of the ring.

The card features hot Los Angeles-area prospects Charles Huerta, Luis Ramos, Carlos Molina, Ronny Rios and Enrique Ornelas, who will be joined by boxing legends Oscar de la Hoya, Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley as they come to town to watch the sport's hottest new series live. More...

Perhaps the greatest boxer to ever come out of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo's Joan Guzman has already compiled a spectacular resume that includes a 1996 Olympic berth, 29 professional wins without a defeat and world titles in two weight classes.

The 33-year-old Guzman, however, is far from done and has now enlisted Golden Boy Promotions to help lead him to a third world championship. More...

It will be a homecoming to remember on Saturday, August 8th, when former Junior Lightweight World Champion Jorge Rodrigo "La Hiena" Barrios returns to Argentina to face Nicaragua's Moises Castro in the 12 round WBO Latino Lightweight title bout.

In the co-featured bout, Buenos Aires' Israel "Cachito" Perez will look to extend his 13-fight winning streak in a 10 round lightweight bout against Caracas, Venezuela's Jhonny Antequera. The bouts will take place at Cordoba's Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti Stadium in Barrios' native Argentina on HBO Plus' "Next Boxing Generation". More...