In an exclusive ringside interview with Saddoboxing at the Jones-Bruseles fight card at Bally’s, welterweight contender Shamone “The Truth†Alvarez 20-2 (11) predicted victory over upcoming opponent Alexis Camacho 17-2 (16) on the Tropicana Casino’s fight card on March 6. The card was rescheduled due to being snowed out last month. “It’s nice to be…
In the opening fight of a seven bout card held at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey last Saturday Kaizer Mabuza of Johannesburg, South Africa scored a shocking sixth round stoppage in an IBF Light Welterweight Eliminator over ex-WBO champion Kendall Holt of Paterson, New Jersey, impressive enough to possibly send Holt…
In a vicious gutter war that turned the house upside down at Bally’s Hotel and Casino on February 28, 2010, Gabriel Rosado, a Puerto Rican out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Saul Roman of Tijuana, Mexico, engaged in a brutal bloody split decision light middleweight slugfest. Rosado, 14-4 (8) won a brutal ten round split decision…
Saturday night at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey unbeaten Philadelphia boxer Mike Jones brought his record to 20-0 (16) retaining the NABA Welterweight Title with a 10 round decision over tough challenger Henry ‘El Nitro’ Bruseles, of Puerto Rico. The card was promoted by Top Rank in association with Peltz Boxing…
Boxing promoter Dr. Mario Yacobi of Boxing 360 scored his second heavyweight win in as many weeks. Last week, veteran Maurice Harris scored a six round decision over Billy Zumbrun in New Mexico. This weekend, New York City’s Emad Ali made it five of five with a unanimous six-round decision over Chris Green in an…
© Ed Mulholland / Main Events Former Cruiserweight champion and heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek, a Polish fighter out of Jersey City, New Jersey, won a unanimous twelve-round decision to retain the IBF International Heavyweight title over challenger Jason Estrada at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek moves into an eliminator bout against Chris…
**With Slideshow** © Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Over five hundred people attended the rescheduled Ring 8 annual benefit luncheon for injured and retired boxers held at Russo’s on the Bay catering hall in Howard Beach, New York. The event was originally scheduled for December but got snowed out. Former middleweight champion Giovanni ‘Nino’ Benvenuti,…
The famed Morris Park Boxing Gym in the Bronx has been a fixture in the athletic community for over four decades. Early Tuesday morning, just before Christmas Eve 2009 it burned to the ground. The cause of the fire remained unknown, but it started inside the first floor gym. The gym, which is home to…
This past Thursday, Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba showcased the main event of Dibella’s Broadway boxing card at BB King’s in New York City. The former Olympic champion won gold in 2000 and 2004 before defecting to the United States to pursue his professional boxing career. Rigondeaux won an easy eight round unanimous…
Last Friday in the main event of a nice combined boxing and mixed martial arts card promoted by Marshall Kauffman the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, Julio Cesar Matthews won the biggest fight of his career by defeating Harvey ‘Candy Man’ Jolly. Matthews, 9-0 (5), a southpaw from Reading, Pennsylvania, stalked Jolly, 10-12-1 (5), of…
In New York City, DiBella Entertainment and co-sponsor HBO Sports presented the latest installment of Broadway Boxing at the B.B. King Blues Club on 42nd Street. Former junior welterweight champions Randall Bailey and DeMarcus Corley advanced to the main event when the scheduled bout between Edgar Santana and Luis Rodriguez never took place. Spanish Harlem…
Miguel Angel Cotto 32-0 welterweight champ Cotto backed away from Margarito when the punishment became severe. Amir Khan Popular but overhyped Khan’s 18-0 lightweight record fell to Breidis Prescott in only 54 seconds. Britain had to relive Jerry Quarry vs. Jack Bodell all over again. Marcos Ramirez Ramirez blew a 25-0 record against Yuriorkis Gamboa…