© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City Miguel Cotto regained the WBO Welterweight Title by sending Michael Jennings to the canvas three times before the referee stopped the bout at 2:36 of round five. After his loss to Margarito last year, Cotto 33-1 (27) was looking…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Last night at Madison Square Garden in New York, British man Michael Jennings faced his toughest challenge yet as he met Miguel Cotto for the WBO Welterweight title. From the start, Jennings puts a lot of distance between himself and Cotto. Cotto stays in the middle of the ring…
Any questions that may have surrounded the career of Kelly Pavlik following his serious dismantlement at the hands of Bernard Hopkins last year were answered last night as the Youngstown, OH man impressed a hometown audience at the Chevrolet Center by defeating challenger Marco Antonio Rubio. With the Hopkins bout taking place at 170 pounds,…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The impossible may be possible tonight when Chorley, England’s Michael Jennings meets former champion Miguel Cotto for the WBO Welterweight title at the Mecca of boxing, New York’s Madison Square Garden. For Jennings, it’s a massive leap into the big time. For Cotto, it’s a chance to get his…
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 showdown.
Wall-to-wall media at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, including two network affiliate television crews broadcasting live, attended today’s final news conference hosted by World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik of Youngstown, his opponent, No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio of Mexico, and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, chairman of Top…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater in New York City, Top Rank hosted their final press conference for their “Two World Title Fights – One Night†Pay-Per-View event which will take place this Saturday, February 21 hosted from two locations. The evening will begin at the…
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 do with negotiations, it’s because…
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), suffered his first loss, losing…
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 Center in Houston, TX.
Last night at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, lightweight Nate Campbell held off a good challenge by South Africa’s Ali Funeka to win a majority decision over twelve rounds to lead the way on a massive Don King promoted fight card. Campbell’s IBF, WBA and WBO titles were not on the line as he had…
IBF, WBO and WBA lightweight champion Nate Campbell lost his titles on the scales at the official weigh in held yesterday at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL., failing to make the lightweight limit of 135 pounds ahead of his clash tonight with South Africa’s Ali Funeka. Campbell weighed 138 pounds on his first try, and,…