In a war of wills and attrition, after being hurt considerably by a left hook in round five, Alfredo “Perro†Angulo weathered the storm and came back to stop Richard Gutierrez at 2:48 of the very same round to capture the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title. The bout was the second televised event of…
Photos © Natasha Chornesky/SaddoBoxing This past Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, 35 year old Shane Mosley proved to all doubters that he still has what it takes to fight at the championship level in boxing’s 147 pound division. Mosley scored an impressive 119-109, 118-109 (twice) unanimous decision over crafty…
Photos © Natasha Chornesky/SaddoBoxing In the co-main event to the Shane Mosley – Luis Collazo bout at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday, Guyana native Vivian Harris scored a close 114-113, 115-112 (twice) unanimous decision over Californian Juan Lazcano in a WBC Light Welterweight Title Eliminator. Harris bravely fought off a determined effort…
Giant Photo Gallery © Mark DeSisto/SaddoBoxing Shane Mosley and Luis Collazo both weighed in at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds today in anticipation of their WBC Interim title fight tomorrow night at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Slick southpaw Collazo, 27-2 (13), will be a solid test to see if…
Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Manchester, England’s Ricky Hatton fulfilled his dream of winning a major title in the boxing capital of the world by scoring a unanimous 119-109 decision over Colombia’s Juan Urango at The Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Hatton regained the IBF Light Welterweight…
Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing Manny Pacquiao showed Eric Morales and the rest of the boxing world that he is frighteningly fast, powerful, and right in his prime by scoring a devastating 3rd round knockout over the Mexican legend to retain his WBC International Super Featherweight Title. The opening round…
Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing Both Eric Morales and Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 129 pounds for their highly anticipated rubber match, scheduled for Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales quickly put to rest any lingering questions regarding his ability to make the…
There were no suprises during the welterweight championship bout, Saturday night at The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. took no chances and cruised to a unanimous decision over WBC Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir. Two judges had Floyd pitching a 12 round shut out 120-108, while one judge gave…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing Carlos Baldomir and Floyd Mayweather Jr. showed up in top shape for Friday’s weigh-in at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Welterweight Champion Baldomir came right in at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs, while IBF Welterweight Champion Mayweather came in…
Joel Casamayor used his speed and crafty southpaw boxing skills to take a split decision victory and capture the WBC Lightweight title from Diego Corrales tonight at The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In actuality, Corrales had relinquished the title the day before on the scales as he was unable to…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada held the press conference for this Saturday’s big fight between archrivals Diego Corrales and Joel Casamayor, who face each other for the third time, a contest that Showtime will broadcast. WBC Lightweight Champion Corrales was…
Over 10,000 fight fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada were bound to get their money’s worth with three world class bouts, brilliantly lined up by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions this past Saturday night They certainly did, but the heated action came in the two co-main event features…