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In his second defense of the WBC light welterweight championship, Arturo Gatti delighted the crowd at Bally’s in Atlantic City by knocking out Jesse James Leija in the fifth round. Gatti used his skills to begin with but the Gatti of old returned before long and Leija found himself on the deck in the fifth,…
IBF light middleweight champion of the world Kassim “The Dream” Ouma retained his title tonight in Atlantic City. Ouma was victorious in the all-African championship clash against Kofi Jantuah who suffered his second defeat. Jantuah started as he meant to go on by throwing his heavy artillery, but the champion was soon able to assert…
Tonight in Bayamon in Puerto Rico, Eric “Little Hands of Steel” Morel defeated Juan Alfonso Keb Baas by wide margins over twelve rounds. Morel returned to Bayamon, the site of his defeat at the hands of Lorenzo Parra and the loss of his WBA flyweight championship. Morel first won the title in the year 2000…
In a heavyweight attraction on the undercard of tonights Gatti-Leija card in Atlantic City, contender Malik Scott moved his record to twenty-one wins without a loss when he decisioned journeyman David Bostice over eight rounds. Bostice had shared a ring with notable heavyweights such as Jeremy Williams, Lou Savarese and even former WBO world champion…
I am very pleased to announce that we are not yet at the end of January and already we have managed to achieve more registered members in this single month than in any other to date. At this time, 242 boxing fans from around the world have chosen Saddoboxing.com as their site for the latest…
Merely hours away from the Gatti-Leija event being televised by HBO tonight, we bring you the official weights of the main event participants and those of the chief support attraction. The main event sees Arturo Gatti put his WBC light welterweight title on the line against Jesse James Leija. Both fighters weighed in precisely at…
Further to the exclusive interview brought to you by this site last week, Rubin “Mr. Hollywood” Williams punished Aaron Norwood for ten full rounds in taking a decision win, moving his record to twenty-six wins against one loss. The best news was yet to come for Williams though as it has been revealed that he…
WBC flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wongjongkam defeated his latest challenger, Noriyuki Komatsu in Japan by a stoppage in the fifth round. The champion showed much of his impressive arsenal in making his latest defense, dropping the challenger on several occasions and cutting him with his sharp and powerful punches. Komatsu had no answer to the champion’s…
Teddy “Two Gun” Reid won himself the NABF light middleweight title on Friday night in Spokane, Washington, USA. Reid toppled the challenge of Eddie Sanchez in seven rounds, decking the previously unknown Sanchez four times en route to the stoppage win. Reid’s last high-profile outing was a welterweight contest in which he suffered a one-sided…
It was another Jekyll and Hyde performance from WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison on Friday night in Scotland as he struggled to draw with challenger Victor Polo. The fight was held in Harrison’s own back yard in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, and the home fans will not have been enthused to what they were…
Some of boxing’s newest and most talked about prospects took some early career wins earlier this week. Heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon, cousin of former heavyweight champion “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon won his second professional fight by stopping coincidental namesake Yul Witherspoon in two rounds. Known as the “Mensa Mauler,” Witherspoon is the latest of a seemingly new…
Hall of Fame Corners: Four of the five trainers working the televised portion of the Jan 29 fight card are former world champions. The sole trainer who isn’t a former world champion is a former NABF champion who twice challenged for a world title. Trainer of Arturo Gatti: James “Buddy” McGirt (former IBF jr. welterweight…