Boxing Interviews

“I’m thirty-five and fresh. I would destroy myself at twenty-five. That is how confident I am right now.”–Kostya Tszyu. The undisputed junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu, has nothing left to prove. His resume consists of a who’s who of boxing’s elite. He has beaten all of the junior welterweights considered …

Ricky Hatton was in an extremely relaxed mood earlier this evening, taking questions from various reporters around the globe. The questions came thick and fast as we gauged Ricky Hatton’s mindset ahead of the biggest fight of his career. Topics ranged from the possibility of crowd violence and, much to …

“You know, being compared to Oscar is amazing because he is such a phenomenon in the sport of boxing. It makes me feel good inside and it makes me want to train even harder because I’m representing him.”–Vicente Escobedo on comparisons to his promoter Oscar de la Hoya. On May …

“Every time I step in to a ring, I fight for all of El Salvador.”–Carlos Hernandez. On May 28, 2005, “El Leon De Culican”, the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez, will headline a fight card that is promoted by Top Rank, and televised as part of Showtime’s pay-per-view boxing series. Although …

Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “All Golden Boy has to do is put them in line, and I’ll knock them out.”–Jorge Rodrigo Barrios. After taking the WBO super featherweight title from “Mighty” Mike Anchondo via fourth round stoppage on an ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights televised card, …

If you ask the average fight fan to name a boxer in the cruiserweight division, more than likely they will name a heavyweight, or even a light heavyweight. But in a division not as popular as those of the heavyweights and light heavyweights, you have a fighter that is on …

“I genuinely think I’ll win beyond a shadow of a doubt.”–Ricky Hatton on his upcoming fight with Kostya Tszyu. © Mike Cleary Almost no one outside of his dedicated fan-base gives Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton a shred of a chance to pull off an upset over heavily favored IBF light …

Click for larger image© Paul Speak Billy Graham is perhaps Britain’s top trainer as the Manchester based former fighter boasts Ricky and Matthew Hatton, Michael Gomez, Paul Smith, Steven Bell, Patrick Maxwell and Matthew Macklin among his superb Phoenix Camp stable of fighters. With the able assistance of conditioning coach …

Super featherweight prospect Jose “The Punisher” Perez, Jr. (now 7-0-0 with 4 KOs), made his ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights debut with an impressive four round unanimous decision victory over the more experienced Abraham Verdugo (now 5-6-0 with 3 KOs), at the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California. All three …

“James Toney should be a man and stand up and admit that he was on something. He keeps saying he is a real man. Let’s see if he has the balls to stand up and say hey, I did it. I took something I was not supposed to. When I …

You know it’s a great fight when fighter’s themselves can’t wait to see who wins. A couple of SaddoBoxing.com friends gave yours truly their thoughts on this weekend’s fight. Enjoy. Daniel Ponce De Leon (super bantamweight contender): “I like Jose Luis Castillo to win this fight. I think that it’s …

Click for larger image© Jesus Sanchez Some fighters come out of the amateur ranks with a “silver spoon” in hand, especially if those fighters were part of the Olympic experience. These “Blue Chip” prospects usually receive rewards such as the big contracts and immediate exposure to the “mainstream” of boxing. …