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Tonight, April 29, 2005, live from the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas, and televised on Telefutura, Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotion presents “Night of the Olympians.” Three of De La Hoya’s charges: Daniel Ponce De Leon, Abner Mares, and Vicente Escobedo, all former Olympians, are to feature …

At least eighty-percent of boxing fans would love to see John Ruiz get schooled, again, only this time by James Toney not Roy Jones Jr. Because of his fighting style, Ruiz has to be one of the least liked heavyweight champions of all time. Actually he is probably one of …

On a night where the stars shined, in attendance in and outside of the ring, Dash-DiBella Entertainment put on another spectacular event. This was the third installment of Broadway Boxing at the Hammerstein Ballroom. In attendance were notables such as Iran “The Blade” Barkley, Emile Griffith, Junior Jones and Harold …

Ahh….You just never know what’s going to happen with those crazy heavyweights. Well fight fans, welcome to the second installment of “The Big Debate.” This one is not exactly a fight that fans are raving about, but it is an important one since Toney is trying to become only the …

How do I presume to fashion a definitive heavyweight order from such a ragged bunch I hear you ask. Well, with great difficulty is my reflex response. Needless to say, we have a less than stellar crop from which to pluck and place in some manner of hierarchy. Furthermore, in …

A John Ruiz fight may be boring, uneventful, slow and a straight out way to help you fall asleep on the couch while watching. You can change the channel, laugh at his “Quiet Man” stance and take his self-assured statements of destroying his opponent lightly. It’s John Ruiz’ way and …

Is modesty a virtue? If you are a young boxer grappling for big fights and public recognition, then the answer to that question is a definite no; boxing is a fickle sport with fans even more fickle. Boxing is a sport revolutionized by the arrival of someone called Muhammad Ali …

“Don better step up to the plate after this fight because we want nothing but big fights. Johnny will beat both Klitchskos on the same night. No doubt about that. We better start getting treated the way we deserve from him because we’ve earned it.”–Norman “Stoney” Stone. “Just no excuses, …

James “Lights Out” Toney is a name of which most boxing fans are fond. With a record of 68-4 (43 KOs), Toney knows his way around the ring as well as the business of boxing. Beginning his professional boxing career as a middleweight, where he earned the IBF middleweight title, …

SaddoBoxing had the privilege of speaking with top heavyweight contender Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett about his scheduled bout with Hasim Rahman recently. Barrett is scheduled to face Rahman on July 23, at the Mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden. Monte expressed his excitement about the matchup, and can’t wait to …

No sooner do we get through one explosive week of action that saw Wladimir Klitschko’s successful return, Jameel McCline’s demise to the benefit of a gutsy Calvin Brock and the confirmed dominance of Antonio Margarito over Kermit Cintron, than we have yet another massive week of boxing action to savor. …

There are several divisions in boxing that are getting hot, and the welterweights are no exception. The division’s possible rise back to prominence was evident by the fact that two of the four ESPN pay-per-view televised fights this past Saturday featured three legitimate top ten welterweights in action, with the …