This Saturday, Showtime will air one of the most intriguing cards so far this year. Two excellent match-ups are on tap in two exciting weight classes as Jose Luis Castillo and Jeff Lacy put their world titles on the line against the talented opposition presented by Julio Diaz and Rubin Williams respectively. Will the defending…
Trainer Johnny Eames told SaddoBoxing in an exclusive that British super featherweight Kevin Lear had to pull out of his scheduled contest tonight in London with Paul Halpin due to breaking a hand in training. Eames expects Lear to be sidelined for six weeks as the injury heals. This comes after the former WBU champion…
Former kickboxing star Matt Skelton has thoroughly terrorized the heavyweight set in Britain, winning the British and Commonwealth championships despite having only been participating in professional boxing since August of 2002. Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Michael Holden, Keith Long and Jacklord Jacobs have all fallen to the six-foot-three, 250-pound nightmare in gloves. Now Skelton has…
After eight years as a professional, Robbie “The Bomber” Peden finally gets a world title opportunity as he meets Nate Campbell in Australia tonight for the IBF super featherweight crown. This will be a rematch of their brutal showdown in March of 2004 when Campbell dropped his hands in the fifth round and stuck out…
The life of a prospect in the sport of boxing is harrowing. So much is on the line that one slip up and you’re on thin ice. Mis-step a second time and you’ll find yourself in a steep sided dustbin, almost impossible to climb out of as the money that provided your career ladder is…
With British light welterweight Junior Witter’s latest chance to crash the world stage apparently up in smoke, a question begs asking. Is Witter lucky that the prospective fight against Australia’s Lovemore N’dou fell through in a tangle of boxing politics and misconceptions or did the man from Bradford, England miss out on the perfect opportunity?…
Exclusive interview with “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis and his manager Mike Michael. Look out Miguel Cotto! With head spinning velocity, twenty-five year old southpaw Mike Arnaoutis ripped through an impressive selection of up and coming American based light welterweight prospects in 2004, and is on track to continue his Sherman-like swath of destruction march to a…
Click for larger image© Richard Eberline Tye Fields is one of today’s most promising heavyweights. He’s also one of the biggest, whichever way you look at it. The six-foot-nine, 279-pound former college basketball player is amazingly fit and agile for a man of his size, and with top of the line trainer Jesse Reid at…
Michael Gomez has come from hell and back to get himself within striking distance of a major world title opportunity and has only to turn back the Argentine tide of Javier Alvarez to secure the possibility of rare glory for a British fighter. Ranked number three at super featherweight by the WBO, Gomez may yet…
The roulette wheel of opponents has finally stopped for top-notch British welterweight Michael Jennings as Romanian Vasile Dragomir has been selected as his opponent for tonight’s bash in Manchester, England. Serving as chief support to headliners Michael Gomez and Steve Foster Jr., the English champion has been through a range of prospective foes from Juho…
That bloke delivering your post may have a little more going on besides mucking about with a satchel full of letters and junk mail. Don’t give him too much grief if you get your neighbor’s mail by mistake because he may just be a future super featherweight champion. That is, if you live in Manchester,…
Some fights in a boxer’s career symbolize crucial turning points and they’re importance is not always evident beforehand. Many a valued prospect with a great deal of potential has been gunned down by a journeyman who has been looked at as just another stepping-stone by the fighter and his handlers. Sometimes the journeyman, usually packing…