It was an extremely exciting night of boxing last evening at the Contender Finale at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Sakio Bika, 25-3-2 (16), knocked out 23 year old Jaidon Codrington, 18-2 ( 14), in what must be considered a favorite for fight of the year and round of the year. At the…
Guerrero Destroys Honorio on Undercard Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In front of a sold out crowd at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, WBC Super Featherweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez, 48-3-1 (35), systematically destroyed the #4 contender Rocky Juarez, 27-4 (19), in a twelve round unanimous decision. It…
Munguia Hands “The Pit Bull” Diaz First Career Loss On Undercard In a major upset, Saul Roman, 24-4 (20), won a difficult split decision over former IBF Junior Middleweight Champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma, 25-4-1 (15). In what was apparently supposed to be a stay busy fight for Ouma after his bout with Sergio Mora…
Joseph Agbeko scores upset to win IBF Bantamweight Title! In a dominating performance, WBC Light Heavyweight Champion “Bad” Chad Dawson, 25-0 (17), stopped late sub Epifanio Mendoza, 28-5-1 (24), in the fourth round at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA. The champion came into the fight and did what was expected of him by winning…
Escobedo wins NABO Featherweight belt! In just over a month since defeating Rey Bautista in the Second Annual Golden Boy Promotions Boxing World Cup, WBO and IBA Junior Featherweight Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, 33-1 (30), needed just five rounds to take out the rugged Columbian Reynaldo Lopez, 27-6-2 (19), at the Morongo Casino in…
Click for larger image © Michael Worden / Saddo Boxing The first of five press conferences to build hype for the December 8, 2007 showdown between Pound for Pound King Floyd Mayweather Jr, 38-0 (24), and the universally recognized Junior Welterweight Champion, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, 43-0 (31), was held on Monday at the Universal…
Gerry Penalosa Leads Undercard With Amazing Comeback To Win WBO Crown The Filipino team might have walked away with the second Boxing World Cup, but the night belonged to WBO Junior Featherweight Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon, 32-1 (29). The champ retained his title last night in the main event from the ARCO Arena in…
It is a great time for boxing fans. The best fighters are actually fighting each other, rather than talking about it. The coverage on major sports networks, such as ESPN, is reaching an all time high. And for the first time since Lennox Lewis retired, we are going to have two of the four alphabet…
Click for larger image © Mike Worden / Saddo Boxing The main event on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California saw Paul “The Punisher” Williams, 33-0 (24), wrestle the WBO Welterweight title from Antonio Margarito, 34-5 (24). The fight capped off a three bout tv welterweight card, separated by 3,000 miles…
He hasn’t won a fight in over two years and yet you would be hard pressed to find a writer alive that still wouldn’t place Zab “Super” Judah, 34-5 (25), in the top ten of the welterweight division. Heck, I for one think that he is still one of the five best in that weight…
Photo ©Michael Worden/SaddoBoxing On July 14, live from the Home Depot Center in Carson California, Antonio Margarito, 34-4 (24), will put his WBO Welterweight title on the line against undefeated number one contender Paul Williams, 32-0 (24). The fight will cap off a three bout card, separated by 3000 miles. HBO will first air Walter…
He is the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. And it is that word, “undisputed”, that grabs you when one speaks of Jermain Taylor, 26-0-1 (17), and his accomplishments, because in today’s world of alphabet titles and paper champions, it is rare to find a consensus top dog in any weight class. He won the…