WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero, in rehabilitation since March 28 of this year for alcohol, drug dependency and anger management issues, committed suicide by hanging himself by the neck from bed sheets in his jail cell in the early hours of Monday, April 19, 2010. He was arrested Sunday, April …

© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the post fight press conference, newly crowned middleweight champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina celebrated his victory over Kelly Pavlik back stage in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall just after midnight. Promoter Bob Arum, sitting nearby, appeared with a solemn face, hands folded. …

In the main event of a fight card held Saturday at the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California, welterweight David Estrada, 24-6 (15), scored a shocking eighth round stoppage of undefeated contender Orlando Lora, 26-1-1 (18), in an outcome which was anything but an upset. Estrada, who emerged unmarked, came …

Arthur Mercante Sr., whose face dominated professional boxing during his 47 years as a professional referee between 1954 and 2001, died in his sleep in Westbury, Long Island , on April 10, 2010. During his International Boxing Hall of Fame career, he refereed 120 title bouts. Before that, he served …

© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Shocking “Tony Zale” Style Knockout Ends Main Event at B.B. King’s In a Mexico versus Puerto Rico eight round main event at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City on Wednesday, junior welterweight underdog Leo “The Lion” Martinez, a Mexican out …

In an IBF eliminator bout held at Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, on Friday, March 19, the IBF number two welterweight contender, Randall ‘The Knockout King’ Bailey, won another title shot with a devastating first round knockout over Jackson Osei ‘Sugar Jackson’ Bonsu. A Bailey combination sent Bonsu down early …

With the twelfth round knockout of ‘Fast Eddie’ Chambers by Wladimir Klitschko in Germany the heavyweight picture has become clearer in terms of who the remaining talent is, and who is left to fight whom. The question is, will these bouts happen in the future? Vitali Klitschko’s upcoming bout against …

It was a marquee win for boxing’s ‘king of the world’. By the numbers, Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao’s 51-3-2 (38) unanimous decision victory over Joshua Clottey 35-4 (20) would not seem to be much of a fight. With Pacquiao throwing over 1,100 punches to Clottey’s 140, it would seem to be …

Friday night live on ESPN2 from the Gaylord Texan Hotel, Grapevine, Texas, Top Rank promoted an IBF heavyweight eliminator. Former WBC champion Samuel ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Peter 33-3 (26) scored a second round stoppage of Nagy ‘Dominican Dynamite’ Aguilera 15-2 (10) hailing from Newburgh, New York. The short bout demonstrated …

© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing In a light heavyweight bout where even the overwhelming favorite admitted that the opponent’s record was highly deceiving, Chuck Mussachio of Wildwood, New Jersey, won a razor close unanimous hard fought decision over game Richmond Dalphone of Pensacola, Florida, in what evolved as a …

© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Queens native Vincent “Vinnie” Maddalone, coming off a disputed decision loss to former cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck in Paris, France, overpowered “Diamond” Dominique Alexander of Topeka, Kansas, in seven lopsided rounds of a scheduled heavyweight ten rounder at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino …

When Gentleman Jim Corbett, the father of modern boxing, dazzled John L. Sullivan with lightning fast foot speed in the face of the new Marquis of Queensberry boxing rules to win the heavyweight title, a confused public was aghast. When heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali knew how to “float like a …