Click the above Image for all Photos from the Training Camp Saddoboxing had the unique opportunity to visit Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz at the Savannah Boxing Club in Houston, Texas as he prepares for his upcoming rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez. They will face each other on July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and…
Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz are training hard for their rematch, Marquez vs. Diaz II “Fight of the Year: The Rematch,” but it is a day like Father’s Day, which both fighters will celebrate with their children this Sunday, that makes it all worth it. The world championship bout is scheduled…
Fireworks will come at the end of July this year when boxing superstars Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez takes on Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz in a rematch of their February 28, 2009 fight which was named 2009’s Fight of the Year by numerous boxing organizations and media outlets. Marquez vs. Diaz II, scheduled for Saturday, July…
The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) has spoken, and the verdict is that the February 28, 2009 battle between Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz is the winner of the 2009 Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier award for Fight of The Year. “This is a great honor and receiving this award is one…
After having lost a controversial clash with Juan Diaz this past August, light welter Paulie Malignaggi got revenge this evening by posting a unanimous decision in the rematch his evening at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Malignaggi, 27-3 (5), managed to largely control the pace of the bout by avoiding the trench warfare favored by…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This Saturday December 12, Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz will face Paulie “Magic Man†Malignaggi in their highly anticipated rematch at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Their first fight took place in the hometown of Diaz where he received a controversial unanimous decision victory. Malignaggi 26-3 (5) told anyone…
© Tom Hogan /Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy and Dibella Entertainment in association with 8 Count Productions put on a fight card tonight at UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL. NABO junior welter championship, 12 rounds Juan Diaz: 138.4 lb Paulie Malignaggi: 138.6 lb
Former three-time Lightweight World Champion Juan Diaz and former Junior Welterweight World Champion Paulie Malignaggi will face off for their December 12, 2009 fight at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago which will be televised live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. Top rated contender Victor Ortiz and former world title challenger Antonio Diaz also face off…
Observing Paulie Malignaggi’s and Juan Diaz’s first fight together this past August, I took heavy notice of the clash of their styles. Malignaggi is faster, he reminds me of a spider cricket; hard to catch. Diaz packs a heavier punch. Malignaggi is punching twice the rate, thus could be equivalent to a power punch or…
It’s the last major boxing event of 2009 and on Saturday, December 12th, Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella Entertainment are pulling out all the stops to deliver the biggest and best fight card top to bottom of the year. Headlining this stacked 12 fight card is an HBO “Boxing After Dark” doubleheader featuring the NABO…
The Illinois State Athletic Commission has assigned the officials who will oversee the December 12 junior welterweight battle between Houston, Texas’ Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and Brooklyn, New York’s Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago and televised live on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark”.
After controversy, heated conversations and negotiations were settled, former three-time lightweight world champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and former junior welterweight world champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi met face-to-face yesterday to announce the December 12 rematch of their exciting August 22 bout. Diaz and Malignaggi will square off on neutral ground at the UIC Pavilion…