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You know it’s a great fight when fighter’s themselves can’t wait to see who wins. A couple of SaddoBoxing.com friends gave yours truly their thoughts on this weekend’s fight. Enjoy. Daniel Ponce De Leon (super bantamweight contender): “I like Jose Luis Castillo to win this fight. I think that it’s …

What should have been an easy night for Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez, ended up being a majority draw against late replacement Jose Soto-Karrass. Gomez, looking out of shape, came into the bout extremely overconfident. After a brisk opening three rounds, Gomez looked like he was running out of gas. Soto-Karrass was …

Yuri Foreman, on his ShoBox debut, won an eight round unanimous decision over formerly undefeated Kevin Cagle. Foreman, who had been absent from the world scene for over a year, looked very impressive, and showed great potential, as he out-boxed the game, but outclassed Kevin Cagle. Yuri opened the contest …

Despite respective losses, make no mistake that these are indeed the two finest lightweight fighters in the world. You want proof of pedigree? Castillo forged his iron will and resistance in hard years of tutelage, not at the thoughtful and guiding hand of a master, but at the lethal fists …

This is a must see fight. You’ve got to admire Diego Corrales; he’s riding high at the moment and why not? After successfully moving up in weight and beating Joel Casamayor and then TKO’ing Acelino Freitas to win the WBO world title, he now takes on the best to secure …

Former WBO junior featherweight champion Agapito “El Ciclón” Sanchez will take on top contender and most recent IBF title challenger Artyom Simonyan. This will be the co-feature of a Banner Promotions event featuring an IBF title eliminator bout between junior middleweights Teddy Reid and the “Kassim Ouma victim” Verno Phillips, …

Click for larger image© Jesus Sanchez Some fighters come out of the amateur ranks with a “silver spoon” in hand, especially if those fighters were part of the Olympic experience. These “Blue Chip” prospects usually receive rewards such as the big contracts and immediate exposure to the “mainstream” of boxing. …

Joe Calzaghe travels to Germany to defend his title against his previous one round KO victim. Their first fight was in April 2001, when Joe was arguably at his peak, coming off knockouts against Omar Sheika and Richie Woodhall. Since then he has defended seven more times with Charles Brewer …

This Saturday, May 7, 2005, it will be the clash of the two top lightweights in the world as Diego “Chico” Corrales puts his WBO trinket against WBC and Ring Magazine’s lightweight Kingpin Jose Luis “El Temible” Castillo in a fight that is sure to be one of the best …

What on earth happened to the featherweight division? Within a single year this once vibrant division transformed from a high-profile, ultra-competitive territory to a collection of good fighters not fighting one another and a few young stars not ready for the intensity of world-class competition. Make no mistake, the featherweight …

This match-up oozes with “Fight of the Year” potential. Barely two months since his emphatic victory over Julio Diaz, Castillo braces for the defining fight of his career, personifying the fierce pride and work ethic that sets both he and Corrales apart from the pack. Further to the accolades separating …

When Felix “Tito’ Trinidad climbs through the ropes on May 14 at the MGM Grand, it will be his first proper outing for the best part of four years. He got in a few rounds against Hassine Cherifi, but realistically, Cherifi was never going to offer much resistance. Ricardo Mayorga …