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“The Viper” Is Running Out Of Patience! “To have patience is the ability to wait for things that you wish to happen, happen! You sit, you toil and you tarry. You don’t complain, you don’t cry and you don’t grumble. Soon that patience runs its course and frustration sets in. …

Roy Jones junior faces Felix Trinidad this weekend at Madison Square Garden, and according to Setanta presenter Steve Bunce, if Jones wins this contest he will face the winner of Tyson vs Holyfield 3. “It is going to happen!” Bunce insisted on Saturday. A Tyson – Holyfield rubber match is …

Five Big Fights To Look Forward To This Year Our number one heavyweight Matt Skelton will fight for the WBA Championship on 19 January against the undefeated giant conqueror Ruslan Chagaev in Germany. Skelton is most certainly the underdog and some expect him to be made to look silly when …

Names Making News And What’s On For January 2008 Happy New Year one and all, I hope everyone’s holiday was good because it’s now time to get back in the groove. Let’s start out 2008 with a few rumors, updates and fights already signed making headlines. But, before we get …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing I guess this was no real surprise. Mayweather seems to have these departments locked up as of late, my assumption that being the pound for pound number one ranked fighter wasn’t already enough for him? Floyd not only took part …

Who do we want to see in the coming year? To take a look into the near future, there are really good match-ups that could take place, but it’s anyone’s guess if they’ll happen. Tony Thompson, 31-1, vs. well, anybody: So long as it’s on TV, we just need to …

All the Staff at Saddo Boxing would like to wish all our Readers a Very Merry Christmas and a Great New Year. Lets hope 2008 will be as great a year for the boxing fans as 2007 has been Here is our little gift to you all…. © Jane Warburton …

The O. It’s been what was for dinner in 2007 for boxing fans. This year has been a fond swan song for the much coveted goose egg. From the first of this year when bantamweight Jonathan Arias kayoed Jorge Lopez Palafox in Baja California in a single round to two …

A look at those we lost in the boxing community in 2007 The end of every year, we look back and try to remember what has transpired over the last 12 months and debate the good, dismiss the bad and hope the next year brings more fortune than not. We …

They say that pressure busts pipes. They say that only the strong survive. They say that the way one deals with adversity, not prosperity, defines them as a person. I can only wonder if these are the same “they” who said boxing was dead? According to most media outlets, boxing …

Where does “The Hitman” Go From Here? Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing 2007 was a bittersweet year for Ricky Hatton as the wildly popular 140 lb British superstar established himself in the states with a decision over Juan Urango before climbing to the heights of …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Having returned from Las Vegas, I was eager to watch the Hatton vs. Mayweather fight again and to give a final overview of the night when The Hitman lost his ‘O’ The first thing I thought was that Rick looked …