Fight Previews
Top middleweight Kelly Pavlik defends his WBC and WBO titles tonight in his native Youngstown, OH as he meets Miguel Espino at the Beeghly Center. Pavlik, 35-1 (31), is making the third defense of his dual belts but is coming off a nagging hand injury that nullified two clashes with Paul Williams and could be…
Lots of action tonight south of the border with two good cards on tap for this Saturday evening. At Pallenque De Gallos in Tuxtla Gutierrez, it’s an all-Mexican battle for the IBF featherweight crown as Chiapas native son Cristobal Cruz, 39-11-1 (23), returns to his birthplace to defend the title against Mexicali’s Ricardo Castillo, 38-7…
The hardest punching boxer on the planet returns to the ring tonight at Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela as Edwin Valero defends his WBC lightweight title. The occasion marks the first time in almost four years that the southpaw will fight in his native country and Valero meets experienced Mexican super feather…
Tonight, the WBC heavyweight belt will be on the block at Post Finance Arena In Berne, Switzerland as champion Vitali Klitschko continues a very active title reign. The towering 38 year old will be facing his fourth opponent since returning from a four year absence in October of last year and it will be a…
Tonight there will be a huge boxing gala taking place in Montreal. As the main event scheduled tonight, the much anticipated rematch between Jean Pascal and Adrian Diaconu will take place. Some of the other fights included in the card will be the return of Eric Lucas and the WBC Youth Inter-Continental championship fight between…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Top Rank held a press conference to announce their upcoming world championship doubleheader featuring Juan Manual Lopez, 27-0 (24), who will move up in weight to challenge WBO Featherweight champion, Steven Luevano, 37-1-1 (15). Also featured is WBA…
Tonight at The Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany, a great clash for the WBO cruiserweight title takes place supported by a solid undercard. Experienced former European titlist Marco Huck, 26-1 (20), makes the first defense of the WBO belt he won Victor Emilio Ramirez in August but he faces a very dangerous opponent in the form…
This Saturday, Amir Khan has his first defence of the WBA Light Welterweight title since winning it of Andriy Kotelnik a few months back. This is his second fight at light welterweight, and his opponent is Dmitry ‘Star of David’ Salita, an undefeated Ukrainian born fighter from Brooklyn . His record currently stands at 30-0-1…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The first stage of the exciting Super Six Super Middleweight tournament concludes tonight when the recognised number 1 in the division, Mikkel Kessler, meets Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward for the WBA title in Oakland, California. For the Dane Kesslerm it’s his second spell as a World Champion. After…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at the Gateway Hotel in Nottingham, England, promoter Frank Maloney hosted the official weigh-in ahead of tonight’s European super bantamweight title clash between reigning champion Rendall Munroe and former European bantam titlist and WBC world title challenger Simone Maludrottu. Proceedings went smoothly and quickly. The two…
**With Slideshow Audio** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today at the Gateway Hotel in Nottingham, England, promoter Frank Maloney hosted a press conference ahead of Friday’s fight night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre, in which Leicester binman Rendall Munroe will defend his European super bantamweight title for the fifth time. Munroe’s opponent, former…
Miguel Cotto defends his WBO welterweight title tonight against challenger Manny Pacquiao in a hotly anticipated clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Pacquiao, 49-3-2 (37), comes into the bout riding a four year, 10 bout win streak at super feather, lightweight and light welter with the most recent victory coming against Ricky…