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  • Williams Taunts Klitschko.

    As world boxing attention fixes firmly on Las Vegas for the WBC heavyweight title fight between Vitali Klitschko and Danny Williams, the challenger took the opportunity of the enhanced media focus to launch a verbal attack on the champion.

    Williams offered a comparison to the press regarding how he managed to fight n and win his fight against Mark Potter despite the disadvantage of one of his shoulders being dislocated. Williams asserted that Klitschko, “has a yellow streak,” based on the fact that Klitschko was winning against Chris Byrd but refused to fight on after damaging his shoulder. Klitschko did not respond in kind but these accusations must have the champion absolutely fuming. It seems that things are unsettled in general regarding this fight in Vegas as despite the fact that the Klitschko camp have no objections, the Nevada State Athletic Commission have insinuated that there is something improper about Williams’ facial hair. The NSAC state that Williams’s beard might prove to be abrasive on the champion’s skin. Williams has threatened to pull out of the fight if the NSAC pursues this line of inquiry. Why a state athletic commission would pursue such an issue on behalf of a champion while the fighter who would potentially be affected by it (Klitschko) remains indifferent is strange to say the least.

  • Klitschko-Williams Tale of the Tape.

    We are so close now to the world heavyweight title fight between Vitali Klitschko and Danny Williams. Among the many factors that will determine the winner of the WBC championship fight on Saturday night in Las Vegas, what follows is a detailed look at the vital statistics of both fighters.

    Klitschko is a handy favorite to retain his title in his first defense, but Williams has momentum on his side having sensationally knocked out Mike Tyson earlier this year. Read on to see if any of these factors will help you decide who will win the weekend’s big fight.

    TALE OF THE TAPE: VITALI KLITSCHKO VS. DANNY WILLIAMS.

    Klitschko —— Williams

    Belovodsk (Kirghizia) HOMETOWN Brixton, London, England

    34-2, 33 KOs RECORD 32-3, 27 KOs (more…)

  • Carlos Meza, Rest in Peace.

    Further to the story previously reported on this site regarding the terrible injury incurred by Colombian bantamweight fighter Carlos Meza during the weekend, we are saddened to report that he has passed away at the age of twenty-six. Carlos Meza was an undefeated fighter with a professional record of eight wins with seven of them arriving by way of knockout. Meza fought Panama’s Ricardo Cordoba on Friday night in Panama in a back and forth battle that eventually saw Meza succumb to a powerful barrage from Cordoba in the final round. Meza was rushed to the hospital where he was treated for severe brain injuries. Doctors pronounced Meza brain dead while the boxer lay in a coma and he passed away shortly afterwards. Saddoboxing.com sends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Carlos Meza.

  • Meza Suffers Fatal Injury.

    Meza declared brain dead after being knocked out in the ring.

    PANAMA CITY, Panama. Colombian boxer Carlos Meza was declared brain dead Tuesday, four days after being knocked out in the ring, but doctors cannot pronounce him legally dead under local laws. Meza never recovered consciousness after being knocked out in the twelfth round of a bantamweight bout against Ricardo Cordoba in the Atlantic port city of Colon. “As a result of the injuries he received, Meza shows brain death,” the Santo Tomas Hospital said in a statement. Doctors said they were not allowed to disconnect Meza from life-support systems as long as other organs are working. Dr. Winston Grenald said the doctors, “did all they could” to save the twenty-six-year-old fighter from Barranquilla, Colombia. Meza, who is ranked fourteenth by the World Boxing Association, underwent an operation on Saturday to ease swelling from cerebral bleeding.

  • The “Sniper” Returns.

    Hamburg. Former WBO world champion Corrie Sanders will make his first fight for German promoter Universum on December 14. The hard punching South African heavyweight contender will step into the ring in Sölden, Austria, on the Tuesday evening event of Spotlight Boxing. His opponent is Alexei Varakin, 21-13-2 (12), from Russia. The Sanders-Varakin fight as well as three other contests from the show at Freizeit Arena Sölden will be broadcast live on Eurosport TV all over Europe at 20:30 CET. Five contests from the undercard in Sölden will be broadcast live and worldwide on the internet on www.boxing.de starting at 18:00 CET (9am PT, 12am ET). (more…)

  • Olympian Solis Goes Superheavy.

    Cuban heavyweight champion to compete as super heavyweight in 2005.

    HAVANA. Cuban heavyweight boxing champion Odlanier Solis, who replaced retired three-time Olympic champion Felix Savon in the division, has announced he will compete as a super heavyweight in 2005. Solis, who won the Olympic heavyweight crown in Athens, relayed his decision in this week’s Trabajadores, the newspaper of the Cuban Workers Union. “Up until now I haven’t been able to box with anybody in this division, but we’ll see what happens,” Solis said in an article published Monday. “I trust in my ability to maintain speed and agility in this category.” Solis, twenty-five, will debut in the new weight division next week in a tournament in the city of Moa in Cuba’s eastern Holguin province. In addition to his Olympic title, Solis is also a two-time world champion in the ninety-one-kilogram (200-pound) weight division. Cuba has not had a strong presence in the super heavyweight division since Roberto Balado, who won the gold in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and a world championship title in 1993. Balado was killed in a car accident in Cuba in 1994.

  • Tszyu-Hatton Not Done Yet.

    Universally recognized light welterweight champion of the world Kostya Tszyu has denied assertations emanating from English promoter Frank Warren that he is close to securing a fight between Tszyu and his leading charge Ricky Hatton. Tszyu however has refuted this and remains open to other options despite Hatton being his IBF mandated challenger. Tszyu’s last fight was a dominating stoppage performance against Sharmba Mitchell and Hatton is set to fight veteran Ray Oliveira in London this weekend. Hatton has indicated that he will not be removed from the mandatory IBF status and if Tszyu does not fight him and the champion is stripped, Hatton will be available to contest the title with the next available ranked contender. Stay tuned for more on this story as it happens.

  • Mayorga Innocent of Rape.

    Former unified welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga has been acquitted of rape charges in his native Nicaragua. Mayorga was accused of abusing a female in a hotel before leaving the scene of the alleged crime and spent some time being hunted by Nicaraguan police. However, Mayorga always insisted that nothing improper had occured between himself and the woman, stating that he gave her some money and that they left on good terms. Mayorga was cleared to fight Felix Trinidad in October while the charges were still pending but once beaten by Trinidad he maintained that he would face the legal process knowing he was innocent. Mayorga stated that he would retire after the Trinidad fight but soon changed his mind and an official announcement is expected to signal when he will fight again and against whom. stay tuned for more on Mayorga as it happens.

  • Northeast Signs Quintana.

    Northeast Promotions President Walt Lambert has announced the signing of undefeated World ranked Welterweight, Carlos Quintana. Quintana who is currently 18-0 with fourteen knockouts hails from Moca, Puerto Rico and is ranked 9th by the World Boxing Association. “Carlos Quintana is one of the most charismatic and exciting fighters in the Welterweight Division. We expect major accomplishments from him,” Lambert said. Northeast Promotions matchmaker, Ron Katz states, “I’m very happy to continue with the career of Carlos Quintana.” “I think Carlos will continue in the great tradition of welterweight champions from Puerto Rico.”

  • Salita Gets Presidential Invite.

    President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have invited unbeaten Brooklyn boxing star Dmitriy Salita to the White House to attend their annual Chanukkah Festival Celebration on Thursday, December 9. Salita, the undefeated junior welterweight, has an unblemished record of twenty straight triumphs, including two straight on New York City cards promoted by DiBella Entertainment. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, and now fighting out of the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn after immigrating to the United States with his parents at age nine. Salita is a spiritual young man who practices Orthodox Judaism. Thus, he has been dubbed “Star of David.” After returning home from the White House, Salita will spend this Saturday evening (after sundown) with family and friends watching his November 18th bout against Paul Delgado on DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing which airs for the first time on MSG Network on December 11th at 10 PM. It will be replayed later that night at 2 AM and again on December 31st at 11 PM.

  • DiBella Aims Taylor at Hopkins and Trinidad.

    How does that Andy Williams holiday song go? It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Well, it was a wonderful weekend for DiBella Entertainment. Sensational middleweight contender Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor successfully defended his WBC Continental Americas middleweight title against former three-time World Middleweight Champion William Joppy in the main event of DiBella Entertainment’s “Season’s Beatings” this past Saturday, December 4th at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, AR. Facing the stiffest test of his young career, Taylor dominated Joppy from the opening bell, registered a knockdown in the fifth round, and shut out the former champ on all three judges’ scorecards – 120-107 – to take a unanimous twelve-round decision. (more…)

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