Ricky Hatton was not the only twenty-something lad to have woken up on that hazy Sunday morning nursing a collection of stitches around an eye. Granted, most others did so in a cell or a corner in a casualty ward, certain to be back out on the razz and none …
Read More »TKO Boxing Show
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Read More »Can the “Magic Man” Conjure a Legacy?
For a fight that only happened because Roy Jones Jr. is irrelevant in the light heavyweight division, it did at least give us a legitimate light heavyweight champion. Many see Antonio Tarver’s impeccable record in rematches as a redeeming feature. I cannot help but wonder why he does not get …
Read More »SaddoBoxing Writer’s Predict: “Gentleman” Glen Johnson vs. Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver II.
It seems as if every win Glen Johnson achieves these days is an upset, begging the question, when are people going to truly believe in him? Antonio Tarver fought beneath himself in the first fight, and paid the price. This time, the rematch specialist in Tarver will have to come …
Read More »Time Marches on; Will Jones Follow?
Everyone has a talent, no matter how veiled or insignificant it might seem. It could be a tendency to excel in a particular discipline, an intuition that others lack, or simply a personality trait that warms you to others. Whichever of these elements applies to you, it is probably fundamental …
Read More »Round by Round: Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Mohamad Abdulaev.
Last night in New York’s Madison Square Gardens, Puerto Rico’s beloved WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Angel Cotto came to the arena to defend that title against his challenger and former amateur nemesis Mohamad Abdulaev of Uzbekistan. Before the grand event of the Puerto Rico Day Parade, Cotto made his …
Read More »Casamayor and Raiymkulov Draw.
In the pre-main event fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor and Almazbek “Kid Diamond” Raiymkulov fought to an unpopular twelve round draw. Raiymkulov suffered a disastrous opening round as he was cut and knocked down by Cuban southpaw Casamayor who was looking to get …
Read More »Mike Tyson\’s Final Hour.
The destruction of the myth is complete. Or at least, it should be in the eyes of even those who dared to dream that there was anything resembling the greatness of old left in an aged Mike Tyson. Tonight, even Kevin McBride, an Irish heavyweight with a most unflattering record, …
Read More »SaddoBoxing Writer’s Predict: Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Mohamad Abdulaev.
June is the showcase month for the light welterweight division and current IBF champion Ricky Hatton began it by setting the standard bar almost insurmountably high by overwhelming ring legend Kostya Tszyu. On June 25, we have the showdown between Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather for the WBC title, as …
Read More »SaddoBoxing Writer’s Predict: Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor vs. Almazbek “Kid Diamond” Raiymkulov.
The lightweight division has one classic encounter to call upon this year, the Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo fight. As HBO presents the real heavyweight night of boxing this Saturday, another lightweight classic may evolve between former WBA super featherweight champion Joel Casamayor and undefeated contender Almazbek Raiymkulov. This fight pits …
Read More »The Big Debate: Joel Casamayor vs. Almazbek Raiymkulov.
Those of you that log on every week to see the SaddoBoxing debate articles know that I am not displaying stellar form of late. I lost big last week as Ricky Hatton did the supposedly impossible and dominated Kostya Tszyu before making the former undisputed light welterweight champion give up …
Read More »SaddoBoxing Writer to Feature on Boxing Radio Show.
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