The highly anticipated match between Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley is only hours away and it seems that the boxing public is split when it comes to predicting a likely winner of this intriguing match-up. So much has written about their boxing pedigrees, their styles, strengths and perceived weaknesses …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Lucian Bute
Is the Super Six Tournament Lucian Bute’s blueprint to the super middleweight throne? It is good to be a super middleweight these days. The division while having some great fighters throughout its years such as James Toney, Roy Jones Jr, Michael Nunn, Joe Calzaghe, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, for …
Read More »Get Your Frustrations Out In A Gym, Never On A Child
The awareness of Prevention of Child Abuse, is represented by a pinwheel. Children have the right to feel loved and protected, because they are innocent and pure. Since children have limited mind sets to reason and logic, the child’s guardian or caregiver is there to see the child’s best interest, …
Read More »Edwin Valero Kills Himself In Jail After Murdering Wife
WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero, in rehabilitation since March 28 of this year for alcohol, drug dependency and anger management issues, committed suicide by hanging himself by the neck from bed sheets in his jail cell in the early hours of Monday, April 19, 2010. He was arrested Sunday, April …
Read More »Rendall Munroe Teams Up With Leicester City FC
Click the image to view all photos from the Day This past weekend at the Leicester City FC training ground, media gathered to watch Rendall Munroe as he trained alongside his favourite football team. The Leicester Bin-Man fights Mexican – Victor Terrazas, at the Coventry Skydome this Friday on a …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: Gethin Brothers Will Enter London Marathon
Click the image for more photos by Jane Warburton Boxing brothers Martin and Steve Gethin will have another gruelling weekend this week, but nothing to do with boxing! The two Walsall men are running in this year’s Virgin London Marathon on Sunday. The London Marathon – now in it’s 30th …
Read More »Legendary Boxing Referee Arthur Mercante Sr Passes Away At 90
Arthur Mercante Sr., whose face dominated professional boxing during his 47 years as a professional referee between 1954 and 2001, died in his sleep in Westbury, Long Island , on April 10, 2010. During his International Boxing Hall of Fame career, he refereed 120 title bouts. Before that, he served …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Munroe Ready For WBC Eliminator At Shinfield’s Gym
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday, SaddoBoxing went along to Shinfield’s Gym in Somercotes, Derby, England to check on the progress of Rendall Munroe as he prepares for the WBC Super-Bantamweight Title Eliminator. In a Frank Maloney promoted fightnight at Coventry’s SkyDome on April 23rd, Munroe …
Read More »Boxing Update: Maccarinelli vs. Kotlobay For Vacant European Title April 27
Former WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli is to face Russian Alexander Kotlobay on April 27th at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the vacant EBU Cruiserweight Title. The Welsh big-hitter is back on winning form after ending his last two contests inside the first round. Kotlobay – …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: The Future Of The Heavyweight Division
With the twelfth round knockout of ‘Fast Eddie’ Chambers by Wladimir Klitschko in Germany the heavyweight picture has become clearer in terms of who the remaining talent is, and who is left to fight whom. The question is, will these bouts happen in the future? Vitali Klitschko’s upcoming bout against …
Read More »Pacquiao vs Clottey: Post Fight Analysis
It was a marquee win for boxing’s ‘king of the world’. By the numbers, Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao’s 51-3-2 (38) unanimous decision victory over Joshua Clottey 35-4 (20) would not seem to be much of a fight. With Pacquiao throwing over 1,100 punches to Clottey’s 140, it would seem to be …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: The Welterweight Division
The Welterweight division, at the moment, looks very promising indeed with some very good fighters sitting on or around the weight and already some mouth-watering bouts lined up. Number one pound for pound fighter in the world is Manny Pacquiao, and he currently resides in this division, although he started …
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