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Read More »Boxing\’s Hitman Vs The Pretty Boy
It is perhaps the most talked about potential fight today and almost definitely the most wanted, featuring two undefeated champions both in their physical primes. Ricky Hatton vs. Floyd Mayweather is the fight that everyone is hoping to see as the highlight of next year. In one corner would be …
Read More »Winky Wright On Path To Middleweight Boxing Showdown
With “Winky” Wright solidifying the right to face Jermain Taylor, the stage is now set for two of the best jabbers in boxing, in my opinion, to face each other, and for “Winky” to become undisputed once more. Two Saturday nights ago at the Mohegan Sun Casino in CT, Wright …
Read More »Jean-Marc Mormeck’s boxing nickname
Jean-Marc Mormeck has often been asked when fighting in the United States, why he has yet to adopt an intimidating nickname like so many other boxers do. The good-natured Frenchman responded to such a question at a press conference prior to his SHOWTIME-televised unification win on April 2 in Worcester, …
Read More »Boxing in Germany: John Ruiz Loses Controversial Split Decision To Nikolay Valuev
After having been awarded several controversial decision victories during title fights, WBA Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz found himself on the losing end last night at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin after seven foot tall Russian challenger Nikolay Valuev walked off with a split decision win. It was like many Ruiz …
Read More »KO\’s And Controversy Ends DiBella\’s 2005 Boxing Season
It was a soggy, cold evening in the big apple but that didn’t stop fight fans from coming to the Hammerstein Ballroom for the last installment of the Broadway Boxing Series of 2005. As I entered the Ballroom, Gary Starks was up and as usual, he controlled the pace from …
Read More »Boxing Preview: David Haye – Alexander Gurov
Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddoboxing.com Bombs Away! Hold on to your hats folks, David Haye is back in action this Friday night at Bracknell Leisure Centre but the man standing between the London area bomber and his fast track to world glory is European titleholder, and former two-time …
Read More »British Boxing: Think Before You Speak
“Danny’s an underachiever. Whenever the time has come for him to step up and show what he’s got he has failed.” – Audley Harrison, November 15th 2005 How quickly things change eh? Just shy of a month has passed and Audley Harrison’s words have come back to haunt him. It’s …
Read More »Boxing Result: Danny Williams Outmans Audley Harrison
The mercurial Danny Williams was on form last night at London’s cavernous ExCel Arena as he proved his meddle once again by outfighting a hesitant Audley Harrison, winning one of his former belts, the Commonwealth Heavyweight title. In what many had expected to be a showcase for the much ballyhooed …
Read More »Will Winky Beat Boxing\’s Slippery Sam And Then Face Taylor?
With Jermain Taylor’s safe but unanimous decision win over Bernard Hopkins this past weekend in Las Vegas, Winky Wright will have a chance to fight for the undisputed title against Jermain Taylor, that’s if he get past Sam Soliman on Dec.10 at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, CT. Winky …
Read More »Boxing\’s Pugnacious Promotions
I have seen many things in this sport. I’ve seen a lot of great champions come and go, promoters putting on the first one hundred million dollar shows, upsets of the century, fights thrown, world titles bought and everything else in between. With the days of boxing just being boxing …
Read More »The Tragic Fall of Freddie Cadena
In a sport that is recognized universally as the “sweet science”, all too often the end for most fighters is usually very bitter. In the case of “Fast” Freddie Cadena the ending for this prospect could simply be described as tragic. It isn’t unusual to hear of fighters going off …
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