Jose Antonio Rivera was the WBA welterweight champion of the world and looking forward to signing some lucrative fights. Not anymore, and the reason being is none other than Bronx puncher Luis Collazo. Once beaten and not intending to be so again this weekend, Collazo is the WBA champion now, …
Read More »Head-to-Head: Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett.
Hasim Rahman and Monte Barrett are about to offend the Klitschko code of practice: they are going to fight. While that doesn’t make sense to a middle-aged heavyweight champion only one defense into a non-existent championship legacy, it is actually what keeps the business afloat. Unlike brother Wladimir, Vitali has …
Read More »Diaz Takes Jones out with One Shot in One Round.
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime The main event of the Sycuan promoted fight card at Camp Pendleton, California featured former IBF lightweight champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz making only his second ring appearance since losing in ten rounds in a WBC championship bid to Jose Luis Castillo. Diaz was scheduled …
Read More »Round by Round: Ricardo Dominguez vs. Rafael Ortiz.
ESPN2’s Tuesday Night Fights show came from Camp Pendleton in California. Tickets were gifted to the attending marines by Sycuan Ringside Promotions in honor of them and the US troops fighting overseas. King of the four rounders Butterbean toyed with no-hoper Rick Zufall for almost three rounds before battering him …
Read More »Julio \”Kidd\” Diaz on the \”TKO Boxing Show.\”
Hello again fight fans and welcome to the “TKO Boxing Show.” We hope you enjoyed SaddoBoxing’s coverage of the Jeff Lacy-Robin Reid title fight and hope you are ready to get started building up the coming week’s action. This week, we bring you former IBF lightweight champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz …
Read More »Lacy didn’t Fear the Reaper.
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime For the first time since the stolen stardom of Gerald McClellan and the passing fancy of Roy Jones Jr., the American boxing contingent has a reason to care about the super middleweight division. At Robin Reid’s eternal expense, Jeff Lacy is that reason. Bludgeoned: …
Read More »Writer’s Predictions: Jeff Lacy vs. Robin Reid.
Robin Reid has one last chance to become a major world champion, and if he does so against America’s Jeff Lacy, not one person could say he did not earn it. Lacy would already be a major attraction if he was placed anywhere else than in the super middleweight division, …
Read More »No Success-“Laced” Future if “The Reaper” Calls Time.
In terms of championship definition, these are confusing times. It seems that anyone with a Portakabin, Internet access and a fax machine can manufacture the latest sanctioning organization. Of course, rather than recoil at such nuisances, new sanctioning bodies have become to boxing what lingering passers-by are to Jennifer Lopez: …
Read More »Round by Round: Marcos Ramirez vs. Tiger Smalls.
The main event of ESPN2’s Tuesday Night Fight’s show coming from Kansas City, Missouri featured a twelve round featherweight fight between undefeated contender Marcos Ramirez and Tiger Smalls. After an action-packed co-feature served up between Silverio Ortiz and Daniel Seda, this fight needs to live up to expectations as a …
Read More »Round by Round: Daniel Seda vs. Silverio Ortiz.
The Tuesday Night Fight televised action on ESPN2 got underway last night with a ten round competition between Daniel Seda and Silverio Ortiz. The two orthodox lightweights came together as a chief support to the main event of Tiger Smalls versus Marcos Ramirez coming up later. Ortiz is a tough …
Read More »Fernando Vargas and Wayne McCullough on the \”TKO Boxing Show.\”
SaddoBoxing readers I assure you that you will be extremely glad that you checked in with your favorite boxing site today. It is our honor and our pleasure to bring you two of the modern age’s boxing greats. Today’s “TKO Boxing Show” features none other than the Aztec warrior himself, …
Read More »The \”TKO Boxing Show.\”
Once again fight fans we thank you for choosing SaddoBoxing.com for your daily news. Technical glitches tried to stop this week’s “TKO Boxing Show,” but they only slowed us down a little. Today we have famed boxing historian and author Bert Sugar as our special guest. Join Sergio Martinez as …
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