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With Massive Boxing Weigh-in Gallery Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / SaddoBoxing.com The weigh-in for tonights highly anticipated super featherweight rematch between two of boxing’s best, Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao, was held at the beautiful Wynn Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The atmosphere was electric, …

It was 1976. World events that year included the election of the 39th President of The United States Of America Jimmy Carter and the Montreal Olympic Games. At those Montreal Olympic Games, Cuban Teofilio Stephenson won his second heavyweight gold medal. A young light welterweight by the name of Sugar …

2002 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Darren Barker is looking forward to boxing at the home of British Boxing for the first time as a professional this Friday. The Barnet light middleweight takes on the tough Richard Mazurek over eight rounds on the undercard of the Hennessy Sports HS:BOX promotion, being …

History repeats itself. Don’t let it repeat on you…. I was at the video store the other day in the section where they keep the movies that almost no one ever rents (sometimes you find an oldie you’ve been looking for). I came across a movie named “Champion”, a foreign …

***With Photos*** Click for larger image © Matthew Voyle SaddoBoxing.com Sports Network put on a well run press conference in Cardiff earlier this week to publicize 2006’s most anticipated fightcard, Joe Calzaghe – Jeff Lacy, taking place at Manchester’s MEN Arena on March 4th. It was a cold day in …

Last Saturday in front of a sold out crowd at the Theater in Madison Square Garden, former undisputed welterweight champion Zab “Super” Judah suffered a devastating collapse. Judah, of Brooklyn, New York, 34-3-1NC (25), dropped his WBC title by losing a unanimous decision to the rugged veteran of Argentina, Carlos …

Click for larger image © Stefan Christou Heated heavyweight rivals Danny Williams and Matt Skelton came face to face on Monday, sharing a Sports Network press conference at the swanky Park Lane Hotel in the Picadilly section of London. The room was packed with press and photographers as Frank Warren …

Two weeks from this Saturday night two of boxing’s pound for pound best clash in an eagerly awaited rematch of their hotly fought encounter last year. In one corner we have Erik Morales, Mexico’s warrior, one of the few fighters in today’s era that puts his money where his mouth …

There’s Still Hope! After a quiet 2005 on the world heavyweight boxing front, what can we look forward to in the new year both domestically and internationally? The retirement of former WBC kingpin Vitali Klitschko for some people meant the division would fall into an even bigger state of depression …

Back on May 19, 2005, I spoke with O’Neil Bell just hours before his fight with Dale Brown for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title. Then, Bell felt as though he was the uncrowned champion of the division, he felt deep down inside that he was stronger and faster than all …

Jose Luis Castillo Just 147lbs A Month Before 3rd Fight With Diego Corrales Last Thursday, January 5, the Boxing Commission of the State of Mexico reported that former lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo weighed 67.200 kg (148lbs) at his 30-day weigh-in, in preparation for his upcoming battle against Diego Corrales …

They don’t know it yet but there’s more than just a title at stake James Toney and Hasim Rahman have one of the biggest heavyweight title fights in the last five years scheduled for 2006. Both fighters right now are on top of their game and possibly the two best …