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Recently, it has been announced that Adrien Broner, the current WBC Lightweight Champion, will jump up two divisions to face off against current WBA Welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi on the 22nd June at a venue yet to be announced in the United States. The announcement of this title fight will have sprung a considerable surprise…
Back in December last year I, wrongly, thought that Miguel Cotto would be too big, too strong, too experienced and generally better in all areas than Austin Trout. As we all now know, Trout won the fight decisively and unanimously. Trout looked impressive in that victory, he didn’t allow Cotto to put the pressure on…
On April 20th, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will take on Austin Trout for the WBC light middleweight title and the WBA Super light middleweight title. According to Canelo, the Trout fight is a personal matter. “Of course it is personal. He is a great fighter, an undefeated world champion, a difficult opponent who won’t be easy…
On Friday, March 15th, GoFightLive heads to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for a staggering bill where, in the main event, top local prospect Naim Nelson (9-0-0 1 KO) will face Georgian born warrior Georgi Kevlishvili (12-4-0 3 KO’s) over eight potentially thrilling rounds. Kevlishvili, 31, is much better than his record proclaims. Saichion Sotornpitak and Anthony…
There was a high level of excitement from boxing enthusiasts when the announcement was made that Nonito Donaire would meet Guillermo Rigondeaux in the ring on April 13. However, none of us expected this fight to bring boxing out of the dark ages and into a modern infrastructure where fighter should be tested by independent…
As you may already be aware, Dibella Entertainment, K2 Promotions and Golden Gloves boxing are heading down to the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo for a packed bill featuring the Kazakhstan born fan favorite Gennady Golovkin (25-0-0 22 KO’s) facing off against tough Japanese spoiler extraordinaire Nobuhiro Ishida (24-8-2 9 KO’s). Also on the…
After much speculation both on internet forums and within the trade press, the identity of Matchroom Sport’s latest signing has been revealed, and it comes in the shape of the unbeaten Super-Middleweight prospect George Groves, who joins the burgeoning Matchroom Sport, headed by Eddie Hearn. The 24 year old Hammersmith Super Middleweight, who is a…
Super-Middleweight Prospect – Craig Willshee – is looking forward to his first professional outing this year and took time out from training to talk to Saddoboxing.com The twenty-four year old from Swadlincote started boxing at his local amateur boxing club with older brother Dean when he was just twelve years old. But only now, twelve…
Recently, it has been announced that current Southern Area Champion and three time British Heavyweight title challenger John McDermott will face off in a rematch against former British, Commonwealth and European title challenger Matt Skelton for the currently vacant English Heavyweight title at the historic York Hall on the 15th March. This English title bout…
Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins faces Tavoris ‘Thunder’ Cloud next Saturday, 9th March, for the IBF Light Heavyweight Championship at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York. During a media conference call this week – Hopkins was asked about Welshman Nathan Cleverly, who defends his WBO Light-Heavyweight title against Robin Krasniqi on March 16th at Wembley, UK….
Hennessy Sports have announced that undefeated British heavyweight hope Tyson Fury will make his stateside debut against the former two time IBF Cruiserweight Champion and Philly native Steve “USS†Cunningham at the Madison Square Gardens Theatre on the 20th April in an event that will be co-promoted by Duva Entertainment. In a contest that is…
Last week, several sources broke the news that former world champion Jean Pascal’s camp, Groupe Yvon Michel, and Lucian Bute’s camp, Interbox, were working on a possible fight that would take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal on May 25th. This is an intriguing thought as both boxers had separate bouts scheduled for this…