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The overwhelming fan underdog in his last fight in Montreal, Canada, a controversial loss to Lucian Bute, 30-year-old Librado Andrade is looking forward to the cheers that will undoubtedly rain down on him Saturday night from the boxing-crazed Bell Centre crowd. Andrade, 27-2 (21,) is ranked No. 3 in the …

When Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton meet in “The Battle of East and West,” more than just Hatton’s IBO junior welterweight championship belt will be at stake. The ante will also include Pacquiao’s coveted title as boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter. Simultaneously the stakes will be …

If it’s a fight night at Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, you can almost guarantee that David “The Destroyer” Lopez will be on hand to thrill his legion of loyal fans. On Friday, April 10, Lopez will fight at his home away from home for the 12th time when …

Boxing’s No.1 pound for pound king and reigning Fighter of the Year, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and world junior welterweight champion Ricky “Hitman” Hatton invite their Filipino and British fans to the famous Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California, this Monday, March 30, where they will walk the red carpet and speak …

Former world champion Julio Diaz will now square off against Oxnard, California’s Rolando Reyes, who agreed to fight Diaz on the April 4 “Lightweight Lightning” card at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas after Joel Casamayor was forced to withdraw from the bout last week due to an acute …

Golden Boy Promotions’ prospect and 2004 US Olympian Vicente Escobedo has agreed to step in and face Carlos Hernandez on the April 4 “Lightweight Lightning” pay-per-view event after former world champion Jorge Barrios was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a right temporal bone fracture above the temple …

One of the most anticipated matchups in the lightweight division takes place tonight as Juan Manuel Marquez clashes with Juan Diaz for the WBA, WBO and IBO title belts at Houston’s Toyota Center with WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John making his first American appearance on the undercard as the Indonesian …

Golden Boy Promotions invites the public to watch the weigh-in today for the “Supremacy” fight card headlined by the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz WBO, WBA and IBO Lightweight tittle fight. Also scheduled to appear are Chris John and Rocky Juarez, who will contend for the WBA Featherweight title, …

If fighting for the prestigious Ring Magazine and IBO Lightweight Championship belts weren’t enough, on February 28 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz will also have the vacant WBA Lightweight Super Championship and WBO Lightweight Championship belts on the line in their highly anticipated …

Ahead of their hoptly anticpiated clash on April 11 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Winky Wright and Paul Williams met the press. Winky Wright, Former Undisputed Junior Middleweight World Champion: “I get a lot of people asking me why I’m not fighting. I tell them it has nothing to …

This past weekend, SaddoBoxing had the opportunity to speak with Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz in an exclusive interview as he completes his preparation to face the Ring Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez on February 28 at the Toyota Center in his hometown of Houston, Texas. In 2008, Diaz, 34-1 (17), …

Danny “Swift” Garcia will make his way back to the ring on February 28, 2009 on the Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz card. The undefeated hard hitting junior welterweight prospect from Philadelphia will face Cristian Favela of Los Mochis, Mexico in a scheduled eight round bout at the Toyota …