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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. Then, there are those who…
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 and Byron Mitchell his only…
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 of 2005. This combat, televised…
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 class still boasts a host…
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 these two fighters from their…
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 on the other hand was…
“I’m looking forward to this fight and I’m okay that it takes away the comfort zone of me staying in Wales by having to go out to Germany. The adversity will help me get pumped up to knock out Mario Veit once again.‖Joe Calzaghe. British-based world champions don’t travel all that much when defending their…
With such a huge lightweight fight between Jose Luis Castillo vs. Diego Corrales taking place this coming Saturday, May 7, I figured this was as good a time as any to give my two cents on the state of the lightweight division. Once again, I used quality of opposition, and activity as the main factors…
Jose Luis Castillo will enter the ring this Saturday against WBO champion, Diego Corrales, one of the most feared knockout artists in all of the lightweight division. Making a mark in the featherweight division, Castillo’s talent for boxing and determination could be sensed early on. His 2000 majority decision win over Stevie Johnston caused some…
After weeks of speculation, sources close to the situation have informed SaddoBoxing.com that it is official! The boxing world will see “The Executioner” Bernard Hopkins square off against the young and powerful Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor on July 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The news is schedule to be announced at…
“I’m very lucky that since a young age I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be world champion and I’m going to get my dream.â€-Yuri Foreman. Time to Show the Boxing Public if He Has “It.” There was a time about two-and-a-half years ago that, whenever anyone would talk about solid looking prospects, the…
We begin our preview of this week’s world boxing action on Thursday in the idyllic sounding setting of Palm Springs. Whether conditions in the ring prove quite as agreeable remains to be seen as former world light heavyweight champions Julio Gonzalez and Montell Griffin face off. Roy Jones Jr., Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, Dariusz Michalczewski…