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Last Saturday in Corpus Christi, former two-time junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas returned to the ring in a big way. Coming off a fifteen-month layoff, the ex-champion earned a well-fought decision over the always-gritty Raymond Joval. Although I felt that Vargas was shot as a fighter and 160-pounds would be …

Intimate sources surrounding the business team of former world featherweight champion “Prince” Naseem Hamed indicate that Hamed is set to resume his boxing career later this year, only with an intriguing and unexpected twist. The rumors are that Hamed is set to represent a Middle-Eastern company claiming to have developed …

WAYNE BRAITHWAITE (21-0, 17 KOs) Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime “I am very grateful to SHOWTIME, Don King and everybody who made this fight happen. I am very confident and very focused. I really do not see how Mormeck can win, especially if he is lying on his back. …

On March 22, 2005, SaddoBoxing had the privilege of taking part in a conference call between Juan Diaz and Ebo Elder. The two fighters expressed their thoughts and concerns about their upcoming WBA title fight on April 23. But much more was said on the part of Ebo Elder. It …

Click for larger image© www.theghostguerrero.com Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is back in action on this Friday night’s Showbox telecast on Showtime, scheduled to air at 11 pm EST, and he’ll be in with a tough former Mexican champion by the name of Adrian Valdez. Guerrero will be defending his NABF …

It was a fight that was hyped as “The Battle of the Ages.” In one corner, from Atlanta, Georgia, the world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, twenty-eight and at the peak of his powers. Opposing him, from Marshall, Texas, George Foreman, forty-two, former world heavyweight champion. Holyfield had an unblemished professional …

In light of the many events past and present that have occurred causing many fighters to put their careers as well as their lives in jeopardy, I felt it necessary to address the situation. Given the short life of a boxer’s career, it’s so important that they make prudent decisions …

We kick off the latest installment of “This Week in Boxing” by heading to Germany where on Tuesday at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Taras Bidenko defends his WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title against Vladimir “The Hunter” Virchis. In only his fourth professional outing Bidenko, 14-1 (9), dropped a decision to undefeated …

“I won’t even think about quitting boxing until I’m a world champion.”-Rubin Williams. On March 5, 2005, Rubin Williams squared off against Jeff Lacy for the IBF super middleweight title. Although Rubin came up short, he really put up a great fight against the champion. With every opportunity, Rubin countered …

Here we are again, and as promised, I’m going to be sharing with you my thoughts on two superlatively gifted British talents: David Haye and Junior Witter. As you may have gathered from last weeks introduction to Don’s weekly, my principal objective is not to waffle on despairingly about all …

Walking through Barnes & Noble with my wife, we happened upon a boxing record book. My wife, having listened to my pontifications on boxing for many years, decided to put me to the test. “What boxer suffered the most knockdowns in a title fight?” she asked smugly. “Danny O’Sullivan was …

It was a fight that many believed would never happen. This was to be Leonard’s first bout in three years and as he said before the fight, this would not be a career but one fight. Born in May 1956, Sugar Ray Leonard first came to prominence when he won …