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All looked lost yesterday for WBF lightweight titlist Jon Thaxton when his opponent for this Saturday night, Eduardo Daniel Roman, pulled out of their scheduled twelve-round bout to take place in Thaxton’s hometown of Norwich, England. Today, however, the situation is now stabilized with the entry of Vasile Dragomir into the fray. The former Romanian…
The boxing world had the privilege of watching Iran “The Blade” Barkley do what most thought could not be done, and that was to stop Thomas “Hitman” Hearns. The stoppage came in dramatic fashion and thus catapulted Barkley into boxing superstardom. Ring Magazine stated, “This fight was the upset of the year.” The year was…
After an impressive win over Shawn Gallegos, to capture the NABA junior welterweight title, Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita took time out from his much needed rest to say a few words to the readers of SaddoBoxing. Here’s what he had to say. “I am feeling good now, it’s very good when hard work pays…
SaddoBoxing is pleased to announce another fantastic prize giveaway. ESPN is set to televise a fight card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 15 featuring the stars of the first season of “The Contender” reality boxing series. The main event of the evening will be the rematch between “Contender” champion Sergio “The…
Saturday night in Biloxi, Mississippi saw Ann Wolfe outfight nemesis Valerie Mahfood to defend her IBA light heavyweight title and move into position to set a shocking precedent in her next bout. The thirty-four-year- old from Waco, Texas won her second contest over Mahfood, who handed Wolfe her only career loss five years ago. In…
Fight fans! The Hernandez’ had some business to take care, but have returned and we now have a winner. Shirley Turbyfield, you are the lucky fan that will receive the autographed gloves. Congratulations! On behalf of Carlos and Veronica Hernandez and Saddoboxing.com, thanks to all of the great fans that participated in this give away….
It was a little more than a year ago when Juan Lazcano finally saw the opportunity that he’d been working for so long to earn. The Sacramento man was riding a streak of 19 straight victories going back to 1998 and had just dusted off respected former world champion Stevie Johnston in his most recent…
At 33 years of age, Audley Harrison is finally on the fast track to becoming a heavyweight contender with his bout tonight on Fox Sports’ broadcast from San Diego, California. The 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist faces his first real threat in the form of southpaw Robert Wiggins, 20-4-1 (12), a very wilfull banger who comes…
Hot Australian prospect Michael “Rocky’ Katsidis takes on Filipino Ranee Ganoy on Friday night for the WBO Asia Pacific Light Welterweight crown at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane. Katsidis has been hailed by some observers as Australias best home grown prospect since Jeff Fenech. A high volume puncher and Olympian in Sydney 2000,…
European welterweight champion Oktay Urkal will put his crown on the line against undefeated Dane Thomas Damgaard on September 3 in Berlin, Germany in a battle between the two best 147-pound boxers on the continent. Both men have previously worn the European light welterweight title belts while Damgaard, 36-0 (27), briefly held the welterweight title…
I just got off the phone with 122-pound monster, Daniel Ponce-De Leon, who advised this writer that he has been added to September 17, 2005, Barrera vs. Peden card. Ponce-De Leon is going to challenge for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title, which was vacated by Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman earlier this year. Daniel was…
During the post fight press conference in the aftermath of Jermain Taylor’s huge upset of Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Oscar de la Hoya told the assembled media that the rematch would happen and HBO had already set October 1, 2005, as the date. This…